Tony B

It's just that you use the Douglas Adam's vending machine technique. He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. The way it functioned was very interesting. When the Drink button was pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's taste buds, a spectroscopic examination of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the taste centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a cupful of liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

Mine had a green dashboard. First car I ever owned, was a right ******* pillock to get rid of it! Now I have to put up with Land Rover C*ap! Second best all the way round.:cry: Did you know you can front wheel drive only on a Gipsy? Not on the plate but in the drivers handbook.

Could that hitch have been a 'Civillian extra'? Sold speciffically to convert the many ex military trailers about to a ball? Is it a 2 inch ball by the way rather than a 50mm?

Yeah I was thinking that! Ah good old English Social History. Even the stock market prices.

Welcome Ian.

It is the old conservation, restoration argument. My WC51 was completly restored, and has gained her war wounds over the years we've bashed about together. My WC54 was rebuilt in 1952, she has several panels and patches added at that time. The repair method seeming to be cut a patch, drill and screw on over damage. I could at great expense 'Invisibly' replace these panels, but they are part of the vehicles individual history. My BSA folding bike is in the same state, usable, paint work battered, amonst other things you can see the beautiful brazing used in constructuion. The condition is getting no worse, and I can always paint if I want to.

Welcome in Geoff! They had one of those beasts in Jersey for the 60th Anniversary of the Liberation, very impressive and a lot of fun to ride on!

Quite simple really, does it carry a London or Birmingham Proof house mark and a certificate issued by the proof house? If not, then it is NOT De-Activated under UK law. Please bear in mind you can own it. I still own my pistols, you may not posses it! So if it's in your house, don't make any plans for the next 10 years. I'd suggest you contact your local Trading Standards office, as they are selling something not as described.

Also on some missions the 2nd Pilot was an experienced navigator to assist with routing.

Trouble is, what colour and what markings do you put on it? Why not just wax the beast with a clear wax, then the buyer can do a paint by numbers on it if they want. Personally, I think a bit of wear and tear loks better on an MV.

No , that's the yard shunter. :undecided:

Welcome

Very Mixed crew. Have you tried the press and local in country vetran organisations? The service records should at least give you were they signed on, in not a Hometown. Beauty of the Internet.

I have four beautiful pictures of my vehicles by Olive Cook, don't know if he is still doing them, but worth asking http://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile.aspx?MID=a91ea897-4671-40ac-8bf2-97fe0293e8ae. A number of pictures were inone of the magazines a while back.l

Jersey. http://ciosjersey.org.uk/

Your a Gent Sir!

If so, your fortune is made hiring it out! Any bicycle spanners marked BSA by chance?

Hunting around You Tube, I came across an intresting film clip. It appears to be two WC54's in North Korean service. The subject of the film is shocking, and not for after dinner consumption the clip is concerning alleged Germ Warfare by the Alies. The clip is at 19:08. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr2f98JOmdY

Welcome in. The thing about a bike, the running costs are low.:-D

My Gipsy, which was 1968 leaf sprung version, the green was slightly darker than LRO 1. .

First patented in the US in 1867. Military wire is difrent to the usual agri stuff. Longer barbs closer together. Wiring was originally done on wooden posts, laid as a horizontal apron, rather than vertical. As the noise of banging in posts called attention to work , inviting enemy attention, the so called silent picket was developed. The intention was to keep the opposition beyond the range of thrown grenades. Later as man power and wire became scarce less thick belts were used. Lanes in the wire could either be preset in chicanes, or cut prior to attack. The wire also suffred attrition from artillery fire. Indeed the mian reason for artillery bombardment prior to assualt in early stages of the war was to cut wire. The Allies developed both hand held and rifle mounted cutters. The other wire cutting tol was invented by a man calld McLintock of the Madras Sappers and Miners in about 1912, as he was based at Bangalore, it became known as the Bangalore Torpedo. Originally it was used to destroy booby traps, the wire cutting was unexpected consequense. The idea of one man throwing himself onto the wire so others could cross over hime. Bu**s*it! Good strling proganda, but in practice useless.

Welcome Sid.

More Scary really. :wow:

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Got to be asked: Would he fit in a spare wheel cover? This lot could probably do you something. http://www.topnotchsigns.co.uk/?page=Wheel%20Covers