antar

Yes very good idea.

There is still a body on one of the strechers inside the K2 Ambulance ?!

I would agree that is Sam Wieners, must dig out my photos and scan them ! spent many happy days wanedring round all the yards there. John.

That would be Bill not Bob. John

Mike, Mention of the Explorer gearbox PTO is interesting as I sold one a couple of weeks ago to a fairground chap from the Heathrow area as he had over winched and smashed 3 teeth of his ! John.

Should anyone require a brand new winch rope for one I do have an original one still coiled up. It has a spliced and bound eye is 7/8ths inch diameter and the correct length. It wont be cheap though, PM me if there is any interest. It was in the stowage locker on my 20 ton Constructor when I got it. It has been dry stored ever since. John.

Anyone seriously wanting 14.00 x 20 18plys pm me as I have a friend who has just cut an M series bridging truck and he has 13 for sale they vary in condition, but they are mostly very good. John.

That would be the one belonging to Bill Holding of Shiffnal in Shropshire. Bill bought it of MIRA (motor industry research... i've forgotten the last bit). It had been used to test motorway crash barriers, most of the time it was ANTAR 1 crash barrier 0, but eventually a crash barrier scored and the front axle got obliterated. Bill purchased another front axle of a MK2 antar which had been cut up in John Watsons at Stone in Staffordshire. Repairs were required to te sump and then a very extensive restoration took place making a very nice truck. Bill also has the correct trailer to go behind it. John

Didn't know that about the Militant. Guessing that happened in Kibworth... But at least my old Explorer is safe at Duxford. John.

Sorry, dont know about that one, the only other one which was in the Wrexham area about that time was complete and original and owned by the same guy my M578 and Stormin's Ward La France came off. That went to ...... Kibworth. It has moved on a couple of times since. I will ask around and find out about the one with the concrete block. John.

Sorry, dont know about that one, the only other one which was in the Wrexham area about that time was complete and original and owned by the same guy my M578 and Stormin's Ward La France came off. That went to ...... Kibworth. It has moved on a couple of times since. I will ask around and find out about the one with the concrete block. John.

It is now owned by Peter Doe in Hampshire who also has an Explorer and a Handyman. John.

Where was that at, seem to recognise some of the vehicles in the background but cannot place the show ?

Or M746John...or CETJohn...or CRUSADERJohn...or M578John...or M747John...or CHAMPJohn...or REOJohn...no no its all getting a bit scary now.

Q67GDB is in the Duxford collection, chassis number 8132 from contract 7443. It used to be mine many years ago with a petrol engine in it, when the head gasket blew I decided to put a Meadows diesel in it, never got round to it, sold the whole lot to a friend of mine, he did the engine conversion ran it for a couple of years. He sold it to Bernie Jones who imediatly swapped it with Duxford for a Militant MK1 6X6 Gun Tractor. In april last year it was outside sheeted up near the play pen. John.

Hi Les, look again there has been more than one antar owner on this forum ! as regards the Magnum there would apear to have been only one of them. The nice thing about it was the fact that it was a sleeper cab (obviously) with no bunks. behind the driver was another seat with a hatch in the roof and across the back of the cab were gun racks. behind the pasenger seat was a passageway into the rear body. The rear body had been emptied of all the comand equipment but there was a large hatch in the roof and a ladder up to it. Outside on the roof the bodywork protruded above the roof by about 18" so someone could be concealed whilst up there. Quite a bit of kit !!! John thats John !!!

Very interesting, the Renault magnum control vehicle and trailer was in Whithams a few months back for sale, whilst I was taking the pictures there was someone looking to buy it and use as a race car transporter, its not there now so it must have sold.

Welcome aboard Tricky, amazed to hear you are working on M747/747 outfits in Bolivia as I have one of my own ! Should you require any information do not hesitate to contact me. I have all the manuals for them and prety much know them inside out. I would like to know the serial numbers of the ones you have. There were only 125 built for the US Army and 68 built for Morroco. I asume that yours are ex-usa ones ? I have attached a picture of mine. Best Regards John Riley

A number of years ago, probably 25, a small group of people took a Bedford MK all the way to Libya and "recovered" a LRDG Chevrolet ?, the vehicle finished up in the "Grange cavern military vehicle museum" in Holywell North Wales. As I recall it was left in "as found" condition and placed in a de-humidified display enclosure. The museum closed about 17 years ago and I never heard what happened to the vehicle. Does anyone recall anything about this story ? John

I am a friend of the owner of the £7k one which was recently for sale and it has sold at very near asking price !!!

Yes, They were in Sam Wieners, Akron, Ohio. I have visited the yard on a number of occasions in the past, but can confirm that there were no useable parts. Sam gave me a guided tour and told me he bought 50 from a british dealer (he could not remember who) and had them shipped out via Rotterdam as deck / hold cargo. John.

Just fired my Crusader up and turned it round in my yard ready to start some serious restoration work on it in the new year. It has not been on the road for about 5 years now, I have just used it as a static crane for shifting all the other junk around in the yard. It has an EFFER 9ton/metre crane fitted where the big stowage box used to be, it is powered by a Hatz donkey engine fitted where one of the battery boxes was. It was a bit difficult to start as it was about -1 here all day, but eventually it went.

Norman, When I see you at the next club meeting remind me to tell you about Stalwart alarming experiences ! John

I think the important fact that you forgot to point out is that when you are in Bogota you are already at 8000 feet above sea level !