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Best wishes on your Special Day , May you have Many many more!!!!

A little off topic I m sorry But I noticed you mentioned a Billericay Dickie from which I gather you might mean He is from Billericay ? I used to live in Billerica Massachusetts 1993 -2005 which is city twined with Billericay England ! just a bit of trivia for you .

Prayers are said For All those that find them selves in harms way . We hope that the most important Thing ,Life its self is spared all other things can be replaced although it may take years and much money .

I cant imagine what the fuel bill total was after the Beast was filled up !! They are very thirsty , I think the Ward gets something near 3MPG !

Perhaps the administrator could always use a bit of black boxing or other wise block all the naughty bits ? would they then be politically correct to be seen ? I thought the News Papers on that side of the pond had rather different standards for public images???

Thats correct the right ones are the same standard ones used on all U.S. military vehicles if you can locate a copy "Military Vehicles magazine" issue 121 its the June issue the article on "Tippers! troop trucks that dump" on page 36 or " Wheels and Tracks" issue 22 page 33 . in " The GMC a universal truck" on page 58 is the configuration as the Dutch made them and last in the book "standard catalog of U.S. military vehicles 1940-1965" by thomas berndt page 80 :computerterror:

Thank You Lawson ,You have a fine looking tipper too! Kinda envious of your closed cab in wet weather. The current configuration is as I received it from the Netherlands and not the proper U.S. army tail lights , it's also missing the front and rear ww2 U.S. blackout light's in their place are NATO lights installed by the Dutch during one of its overhauls , all of which I m correcting with its rebuild . For the sake of safety I think I ll keep the turn signals . I have all the proper ww2 lights just need to mount them . From the vintage photo's of the backs of tippers that I have seen , the tippers had very small brackets only to mount the lights and no more .

They are all Beautiful in their own ways!!! , isnt that why we collect and restore them ?

I m very partial to this beauty as being the sexiest truck of ww2 :-).....perhaps I m a bit prejudice since I own it :whistle:

done , wont worry about being perfectly spot on , but will check out satellite image later

Its the latest and fastest way to rid your yard and garden of all those annoying pest's ,mice ,moles and neighbors pets!

The lipstick transport for the Fifty Foot Woman ! I ve been looking everywhere for it

Thanks for the explanation , didnt see that other access hole before , No 101's on this side of the Pond, that I have seen so far

Your most welcome Degsy

I ve checked my milage when I first acquired my 1944 CCKW 353h-1 at 5mpg given average road speeds 30 to 45 mph and terrain . of course I have a heavy Jimmy even when empty as its a airborne tipper with winch with an added ring mount .Those good old days of 1 dollar or 1.25 per U.S. gallon , as the price is now 2.56 today to 3.50 recently .Which is I know far less than the estimated almost 10.00 per gallon you are paying across the Pond

Its not just limited to that side of the Pond , seems the Water Bucket craze has Gone world wide , with the same seperation of those who hang or strap a bucket to their HMV and those who claim never to have owned one !One can only hope the maddness will end or the craze will burn its selfout quickly So we might move on to some more important item, Like How many Jerry Cars can you mount on to the outside of your HMV ??? or how many Water jerry cans are the proper number to carry for each hmv?

What does the crank couple to ?since the hole in the bumper is offset or does it connect to the engine some other way ? the 101 looks like it would have great visability in all kinds of terrain. I wonder how it would handle a snow plow ?

Ok I ve loaded all the pictures both black and white and color some are duplicates that is in both formates on to my PC there are a total of 48 pictures the link is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/35783949@N00/1153206345/ I m not sure if you will be able to view one or all yet ? but here goes

A standard licence is all thats needed , as long as the vehicle is under 18,000 lbs , 9 tons U.S. , Of course the vehicle is also registered as an antique and insured as such . Which gives you a reduced premium but there are limits as a result , you cant use the vehicle a daily driver , you cant haul cargo or use for business but you can drive it as needed to check it mechanically say after any drive line repairs , you can drive to and from events , if you belong to a group, or to parades or displays and some states limit operation to daytime or weekends. I have only recently relocated and will have to check if any other laws apply in this state.

Thnak You for the conformation :-)

When confronted over here on the other side of the Pond, about My HMV I tell them that while others may collect and restore an antique car or regular commercial truck I m interested in perserving a Vehicle that happens to have both Historical Military value and an example of American engineering, that both I and the vehicle are civilian's .

Now does someone need to learn about coloring inside the lines ? :-D. I think hes just having a bit too much fun and needs a time out ;-) .

Oh and the models trains look like loads of fun !

What is the purpose of the red disc's inside the aircraft ?engine cowl shield perhaps?

The Photograph's are fine ! Looks like a great time was had by all . The crank on the front of your 101 is it for the engine or for a jack ?

I have a few pics of the Halftracks in various stages of , just have to get around to putting them on the pc . Thank You all for the welcome :-) I had a chance to Visit over there a couple of times like the D-day anniversary in 1989 at Portsmouth and the trip across the channel with all the great HMV collectors. I ll post what I can of the restoration of my HMV .