Nick Johns

Here's a pic of a Chev tipper I bought in 1971 for £60 from a garage on Salisbury plain...and sold on years ago, it now lives in sussex and is a regular at shows

In the early '60s my Uncle used to drive a 1940s Morris armoured car, he always reckon he was invinceable with all that armour plate around him, however one day a Standard 8 lost control on a bend and demolished itself on the o/s front of the armoured car, Uncle was ok but was dismayed to find the axle had shifted back on the spring and sheared off the sector shaft in the steering box, it too had to be suspend towed away... :whistle:

Excellent collection of Jeep film clips, I've got a lot of US military films on DVD and planning to see if its possible to run them at shows using a back projection screen in the back of my Dodge

I see Ebay have now pulled the ad

I did bring this to everyones attention on here back in July that the LEZ will include just about any diesel powered commercial based vehicle, including Landrovers etc but not many seemed to take it in

The best bit of "Eye of the needle" is the opening shot, hundreds of extras, lots of vehicles, all shot in the old goods yard of Battersea power station, I worked on this shoot, see if you can glimse the Salladin armoured car, (wrong period) at the time it was the only privatley owned one, ...as for the rest of the film....well Mungas faked up as ? German ww2 vehicles :roll:

[ in a couple of weeks there will be a show at the south east showground at ardingly near the m23 towards brighton h ..Whats the show at Ardingly?

Hi Gus, Dodge owner also in London here, just sent you a PM

Looks like some sort of kiln for curing or firing or drying?

The forward control truck is an American Autocar 1940/41

30cwt Bedford J type were the favourite transport of the travellers, known as vauxhall cresta pick ups ! now very sort after

Planning to drive down to Hampshire on sunday 16th in the M422 Mighty Mite to see my brother and then on to Cheriton...he went last year in his 1926 Morris Cowley, said it was an excellent day, ..allsorts of vehicles turn up...

Yes its a Volkswagen Kublewagen, German equivelent of the Jeep

That is the theory....If only it was that easy once the tyre has been on a split rim for a few years !! special eqp usually comprises hydraulic bead breaker, sledge hammer crow bar......... :? Probably why all French army Jeeps regardless of age were all retro fitted with solid one piece rims..

I could have advertised it on Milweb for some ludicrous price and seen it go out of the country but the new owner was very pleased to aquire it and I'm very happy it's gone to the right person who will restore it properly for us all to see in the future..

:-D will collectors in years to come be scouring the planet for all the M201 parts that have been taken off and scrapped to make them into fake ww2 ones ??

.....Royal Logistics Corp Museum Princess Royal barracks Deepcut Camberley 01252 833371 Surrey GU16 6RW info@rlcmuseum.com

New edition to the collection... a 1960 M422a1 Mighty Mite made by American Motors for the US Marine Corp, alluminium construction, independent suspension, air cooled V4 engine, only 3500 ever made, most ended up in Vietnam, apparently only three? in the UK .....and yes that is an m38a1 windsrcreen, which was fitted as original equipment for the m422a1.... the only Jeep part on it.. .....plenty of parts available in the US..

After much deliberating whether to put the '42 Willys back into its SAS trim I've now sold it on :-( to the owner of the SAS/LRDG collection as featured in latest CMV mag, its gone to a good home to join the most amazing collection of SAS/LRDG vehicles anywhere,.... ....And already replaced it with an equally rare green machine. :-D... a 1960 M422a1 Mighty Mite...no not the thing you find in yer carpets..an ex USMC lightweight alluminium 4X4, only 3500 ever made, apparently only 3? in UK more details and pics soon, start looking for Vietnam gear now..

For all that missed it, the programme is repeated bbc1 late on thursday 30th at 12.45am

Returning from wings and wheels show on sunday in my Jeep I got stopped in Epson by a Surrey Police car, they wanted to know what the apparent weapons I had on board, the end of an empty wood garand stock was sticking out of its leather scabbard and was visible, another empty wood stock was in the carbine mount on the windscreen. I showed them both bits of wood, after lots of questioning they were on the phone back to Police hq firearms team to confirm the situation and eventually I was given a verbal warning not to have them visible whilst travelling...... :whistle:

Yes great show, but oh.. the organisation, chaotic, arrived as requested before 9am then queuing for nearly an hour to get to the display area..... :?

I run a Dodge and Jeep, both fun to drive, the Dodge obviously carries more and you can sleep in the back, bit on the thirsty side, it will just fit into a standard size garage if the top is removed, last winter I totally rebuilt the Jeep, parts are Not expensive, and everything is redaly available. Things to look out for apart from the obvious are, gearbox selection probs, very common, oil leaks from rear main, head gasket problems, may indicate cracked or warped block, body condition, but you can of course by a new repro body, nothing is really complicated or require any special tools, a Hotchkiss is worth considering because they have not had 50 years of civvy usage

Yeah I''l be leaving Brixton in the Jeep about 7.30 going A3 to Guildford then A281

Pity it's such a long way to paddle it home :-D