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Pen-blwydd hapus. With a birthday and New Years Eve together I assume you will be AWOL for a couple of days. Cheers Degsy
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Hi Matt If it's a runner have you thought of driving it back on trade plates? If this is not feasible check with the docks, they may have a loading ramp so that it could be put on a flat or curtainsider,this would give you a much better chance of a reduced price for a return load. There will be an agent or broker in the area who may be able to help you find a haulier looking for a load. Best of luck Degsy
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After WW2 ex-military vehicles were to be seen everywhere, all garages seemed to have a Chev, Ford or Morris with a crane, usually home built, farmers and hauliers used anything they could snap up but the local council capped them all with a fleet of Diamond T's fitted with huge vee snowploughs. As a small boy I was hooked and when at 6 or 7 years old I was given a book about WW2 it started a lifelong interest.
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Hi Jack Try to get a copy of Bart Vanderveen's book The Observers Fighting Vehicles Directory WW11 ISBN 0 7232 1469 7 published by Frederick Warne. It is now out of print and copies have sold on ebay for up to £80 but you can pick one up sometimes at shows for much less or try a search on Google. It is a mine of information and would be a great help to you. Regards Degsy
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Hi Jack Nice idea but I think you will find that some parts are completely unobtainable and they sure aint gonna make anymore. Cheers Degsy
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Hi Oddball I refer you to my previous post regarding coffee and organisers. Great pics, I am strangely drawn to No 8. Regards Degsy
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Not a book, but a DVD in the British Campaigns series. Very informative and a few little surprises with regard to vehicles if you watch very closely.
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A very good book I read regularly, the urine on the hands was a treatment for chilblains, it certainly gives an excellent account of the conditions in the east.
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I used to do that when I was young Steve but it wasn't mice, it was those gaudy birds with long tails.
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The winters of 1946/47,1962/63 and 1982/83 were memorable for the cold and the amounts of snow that fell,62/3 had the longest period of sub-zero temperatures and although I cant remember what the mercury fell to the rad and block of my car froze solid one night when returning from the pub. Not too surprising you may think but in those days we ran a 50% anti-freeze mixture!
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Absolutely,the risk taken,I think we all know about the Gestapo! Whilst in Normandy last year I met a Belgian guy whose grandfather and father helped to save a large no of Allied airmen. They were taken by the Gestapo,his father escaped, but grandfather was never heard of again. He showed me certificates signed by Eisenhower and Tedder commemerating their actions,after the war his father re-started the family haulage business with surplus GMC'S,Diamond T's etc, he even had a White halftrack.
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Look in yellow pages under Car Electrics for your local wholesaler, they should be able to supply you at a good price. Cheers Degsy
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Aaaagh,happy memories,but can anybody tell me why, when you get to my advanced age you can fall asleep during the day at the drop of a hat but at night you seem to have exactly the opposite reaction? Cheers Degsy
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Oddball,the eternal optimist,I know. I know, negative waves. Seriously though,enjoy, I only wish I could be with you but apart from the distance I will be working on the farm. No rest for the wicked. Cheers Degsy PS Hope this is legible, just finished a bottle of GMC red I brought back from Asnelles last year and it seems to have affected my vision.
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If you do a lot of night driving it improves your lights, we have not done the jeep but may do in the future. A mate has changed his to 12v using a dynamo in order to keep the original look and is pleased with the results.
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I am almost rendered speechless,the ghost of Christmas past must have visited or are the organiseas offering free coffee? Have a couple for me Enjoy your day Degsy
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Great to hear from the younger generation, you are the future keepers of our history and it is vital that you carry it on.Well done!!!! Kind Regards Merry Chrimble Degsy
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A Great Uncle joined up in the Accrington Pals in WW1 was transferred to Machine Gun Corps, survived wounds and about 3 years in trenches. WW2, My father was an armourer with RAF Coastal Command on Ansons and Hudsons and flew as a gunner on ops from Scotland and Iceland. One of my Uncles was a RM Commando and landed in Normandy on D-Day, another uncle served as an AB on a no of ships, a 3rd uncle was a rear gunner in Bomber Command, served as a regular after the war. All survived but played down what they had done and when persuaded to talk only told humourous anecdotes.
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Hi Matt You are quite right that it is a repro but from what I can understand on the site it has been very closely researched and since it was an "in the field conversion" I would be surprised if they were all identical, I only wish I had paid a bit more attention to French studies all those years ago. Cheers Degsy
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Hi Jack The cheapest way to do it is to use a s/h Bosch alternator off a Mk4 Escort with new battery,w/light,resistor for fuel gauge and bulbs from local auto - elec wholesaler, give me a bell and I will explain how easy it is. PM with tel nos follows. Cheers Degsy
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Nifty, Steve but far too hi-tech for me, I just stick a 21w bulb in and paint the lens orange.
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Just rec'd a new hardback copy from Andrew Morton Books via Amazon. Once started couldn't put it down.
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Good buy!
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Hi Bill Totally agree with you, we may not get it 100% right 100% of the time but these megalomaniacs and mass murderers must be controlled. Regards Degsy
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Yes, thats a Tapley meter and will give you the readings you need.