Nick Johns

I have seen several sold some years ago in the days of MOD auctions, a Landrover dealer I worked for bought a rolled one, a classic blue 4 door fitted with full roll cage it was repaired and used to be often shown

the Austin Champ owners club....http://www.austinchampownersclub.com/

3 Ward LaFrance M1A1 Wreckers at Capel !

A Turbo is never enough............

A bit further away...Mr Bryan does a lot of Jeep and other vintage radiators, Bryan & Son in Tunbridge Wells, .....has no website but a google search will find his phone no. and address.

second that, take the flexible hose off and check it, or if it looks old just replace it anyway

.....Next Saturday / Sunday

reminder to get your MV free entries in

what year is the Zil ? recent changes to truck test exemptions mean if its made after 1960 it will need a truck test to go on the road, the Zil 131 cargo truck is listed as 6700 kg unladen weight,

You tube video of the Honest John Missile and vehicles used to carry and launch it,..as stationed at Church Crookham barracks, except they would have had British Army markings no stars

To repeat my previous post.!....No the 1943 Chev wrecker does Not need testing as its a "Pre 1960 Historic goods vehicle over 3.5ton" and is still Exempt mot and lgv licence ..."Provided its used unladen, it is allowed to tow an unladen trailer."...... No change.......... Breakdown/Wrecker trucks, ..Other than pre 1960,.. are now no longer exempt and will have to be tested which is the start of this thread regarding the AEC Militant wrecker, friend has a 1965 French Army Berliet TBC wrecker, now off the road untill clarification re. testing The New changes to truck test exemption regs. Only affects commercial vehicles made After 1960 over 3.5ton , owners have previously been able to Self Claim a test exemption using form V112G, this has now been ammended by DVSA as some of the categories were being exploited as "loopholes" to claim test exemption by commercial truck operators who were found to be running badly maintained dangerous trucks with no testing, The new 40 Year old VHI, "Vehicles of Historic Interest" category, the MOT exemption Only applies to vehicles up to 3.5 ton, for cars, light trucks, vans and some passenger buses, ..,,Not large goods vehicles, so now a lot of post 1960 historic hgv's will be off the road !!

.....looks nice...but new repro or hotchkiss body tub

The change Only effects Post 1960 made goods vehicles over 3.5ton.. No change for the existing Pre 1960 goods commercial vehicles over 3.5ton are still exempt test and hgv licence if used unladen

Thanks Wally, I think this explains the mystery vehicle with a rocket, the RA regt. with the Honest John missile launchers based at Haig Lines, Church Crookham, seeing. a large M series truck with a missile on the back going out on the road on manouveres would attract attention, mistaken for an Antar, few would have realised back then it was actually American, ...a friend owns one of the extra long wheel base M series missile carriers

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I too lived near Aldershot and back then the only Antar tank transporters operating in the Aldershot area were transporting tanks along the A325/A30 between the Long valley tank testing area on the Fleet road near to Tweseledown and the FVRDE site at Longcross nr Chertsey. . Church Crookham has narrow roads and weak bridges, not really suitable for vehicles the size of an Antar. The Thornycroft Antar was actually designed and built for the oil exploration industry for use in deserts transporting pipelines and equipment, ..Not rockets !, ..when the political situation abroad changed the Antar order was cancelled it left a lot of unsold Antars which were then converted to tank transporters sold to the British Army, first ones were ballast body drawbar tractors then later semi trailer tractors

VOSA, now DVSA are responsible for goods vehicle testing, the change will now leave a lot of vehicles off the road unable to re tax them without a test certificate,

The pre 40yr exemption goes by year of manufacture a vehicle was built new as should be stated on the V5c reg. document.. Not year of 1st registration, if the year of manufacture is not shown or incorrect then you will have to get Landrover verified to prove to DVLA its correct age to claim the exemption

7/8th July, .Capel, Between Dorking and Horsham on A24, It has grown into an excellent show, Tanks on site and an RAF Chinook helicopter will be landing too, ...info and online entry form on the website https://www.capel-military-vehicle-show.com

Photos of the event http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5798489/Spitfires-tanks-armoured-car-descend-Devon-beach-mark-anniversary-D-Day-training-area.html http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/devon-d-day-pictures-1-5545404

number 3037 is listed as in preservation, former London fire brigade

this was quite successfull at reserving a plot at W&P show ....... a reminder what happens to the hop farm after heavy rain

There was No mention at last years w&p Hop farm show about the previous show command ..stay to the end or don't enter, it was actually all quite relaxed and hope it will be same again this year, ....also this year you enter just One military vehicle and bring any other MV's for Free ! ..just extra crew/drivers need to buy a wristband for entry, .

Flushing will not remove the black slime bacteria, have to use specific chemical treatments to remove it, never use diesel fuel from an unreliable source, above ground storage tanks etc, its where the bug is most likely present. ..your engine seizing would not have any connection with this fuel bug, the engine stops just from lack of fuel caused by the bacteria blocking the fuel filter and injector pump