The only time I have been stopped by the police, when driving an ex-military vehicle was when visiting a friend in Sydney, Australia. He also collected military vehicles, and had his Ferret on display at a show in the northern outskirts of Sydney on the weekend I arrived. I went with him in his army Land Rover 2a, to collect the Ferret, when we got there, it turned out, that I was to escort him and another Ferret, back to the Lancers museum in Parramatta. Very good! I had no idea of the route, which was heading back in to town, so another guy with them had a car and said "follow me". We headed off at a cracking pace, me not taking my eyes of this car as it sped through intersections, just praying that the lights did not change. I had no idea how far befind, the Ferrets were, as there was no point me going slow for them, if my escort had dissappeared.
Then it happened! I reached a crossroads and the lights went red, the car by now gone from site, as I sat there a white ute pulled up on my left........with red stripes on....the policewoman leaned out and motioned my to open my window. My first thought was, "only been in the country a day and have been pulled over.....great". She called out that one of the army vehicles following had something wrong with its indicators! All I could say was OK, I'll check, with that, lights changed and she sped off. I got down the road a bit and the car was waiting for me. We waited for the Ferrets and I got them to check their indicators, turned out the other guy was switching his flashers to the opposite position than intended. I told them about the police and we had a good laugh afterwards. I am sure she though we were the real army!
Richard