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You can't blame gypsies! This was a professional job carried out to order,which means someone who's into hmvs is involved,de activated weapons ain't goin scrap nor have they been taken by someone to hold up a bank,it's sat somewhere being stripped down to rebuild another maybe any really distinctive parts that can't be altered/reprinted to disguise them will end up scrap,hard as it may be to face but I still reckon someone from within the hobby has had this truck not gypsies for scrap!

Danger is people who nicked it browse these kindve forums and could be moving it as we speak

Sounds like some have attended the show with the sole intention of pilfering,they must have a buyer because being in the know and being selective means they know all eyes will hit the usual sites,specialist kit to try and hawk on car boot sales!

very bad news how dare they take something as big that would stick out like a sore thumb hope you get it back soon mate :shocked:

That's the thing though,no one would bat an eyelid believing it being transported to an fro a show

My younger brother has just qualified and is looking for a tower/mast to stick up on the field,if anyone's got one within sensible distance of Warwick for sensible money please let me know and I'll let him know,thanks!

Maybe someone at a plating station might be more usefull? I just knew when I saw the word VOSA it would turn into a nightmare lol

Is he a bit skint then lol

I don't know his name,the family run the filling station/mot station and always come out to fuss the dogs in back of the truck lol,he has photos of her winching diggers that'd sank at nearby quarry out,I'm sure he'd be an asset to the forum if he's a silver surfer lol

I helped restore this M1 way back in the late 1970's .It originally came from Troopers lodge garage near Evesham.

It was in a sorry state I have pictures of the restoration somewhare.It has a Leyland Bus engine and the bonnet has been extended.

At the time it was quite a rare vehicle and we considered it worth restoring and we did get it to Duxford one year.

The old Ward has probably paid for its self as it was the only vehicle that could rescue tractors and combines that fell into big holes,we had to take it once to rescue a modern recovery vehicle that was stuck in a snow drift.

I remember contacting the American La France company at Elmira Heights NY by post (no internet then) and a few weeks later they sent me a parts manual that they still had.

I think it took about 3 years to restore and I believe it has had another restoration since.

The garage has used a lot of ex military vehicles as recovery. The Leyland allready mentioned a Bedford RL , Diamond T,1/2 ton Dodge (was a command car)a post war Dodge (ex USAF) .

In return for helping with the Ward my Jeep had an extensive engine rebuild and body work repairs .

 

Happy Days we were young once

yes thats the ol gal,the chap who owns her has many a photo of her in action and speeks highly of the old beast!

Well done Harry! My nipper was quoted 24k @ 18yrs old on an old p regd 2.0tdi vectra with 200,000 on clock value of about 300 quid scrap! But he could crash the ol teka into a Bentley costing the ins hundreds of thousands to fix!

Proper job!

look like a battery and some fuel and theyd drive away!

wonder why hes sellin the ol gal,it was only weeks/months that she sold on ebay!

very nice!

a few yrs ago i was stopped with over 30 full jerry cans of derv on back of transit,police seized truck threatend alsorts i contacted the elf and safety who passed me round different deptpartments untill a nice lady who was senior managment rang stratford police station for me and gave them the good/bad news that there were no limmits to storing moving diesel,petrol yes diesel no!

brillant only the brits could pull a stunt off like that,i fear its a never to be repeated mission. if the falklands are ever atacked again weve got no carriers or planes to re take them and any spare cash has been given away in foreign aid lol

_{what a colour to paint the old beast!}

have to say she looked in very good condition rot wise considering shes "of a certain age" !!! but crickey she looks as good as new know,a real credit to you!

some buggers put a cat flap in your rear door mate lol!

well if the tanks are off to germany gues where the navys getting its new ships from!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4146818/Royal-Navy-ships-to-be-built-by-South-Koreans.html

you dont need a lot of cherry to stain a whole lot of white red,but as mentioned if you keep all your fuel receipts and this thread as reference you should be ok,if theres any clear pipes they will will be stained red/black colour

arent they in the process of rebuilding the storage sheds,getting rid of the asbestos cladding etc thats gotta be costing a fortune just to knock it all down

she must be local to avon dasset,here she is at banbury steam fair

nice to see the old beasts doing what they do best! did you see his dogs names? scammell and diesel think shows which his favorite truck is eh!

wish id found forum earlier stonleighs only tem mins up road,on a plus point going to look at plot land sat morn nr gaydon so maybe free camping next yr if anyone needs it lol!