ashley

Cant remember the last time we had sunshine like that :-D when did you take that pic, truck does look nice in the sun though....

 

All the best R3

 

Knowing Lawson he has probally just finished cleaning it, i can see a puddle of WD40 behind the rear wheels....still a nice truck :tup:

Ashley

My Self......... started life in a BMH ( British Military Hospital) and spent my life with green surroundings (dad left the R.E`s in 1974) became very interested in the First World War,built many a plastic kit (military of course) even went to Sutton Coalfield on leaving school to gain entry to the Army.. changed mind and joined a travelling fun fair :whistle: happy days

Always had an intrest in 20 century German history and collected a fair amount of German militaria, along the way in 2001 brought the jeep which i had known of for over twenty years never regretted it, had great times met some fantastic people (+ the odd T****r)

looking forward to the circit in 2008 and beooooooynd :tup: :tup:

Ashley

Congratulation to you both, life will never be the same :schocked: enjoy all the experiences for they will happen probally once.

Do not forget the O.D. car seat for the dodge

Ashley

Hi,

i am also very glad that the road fund license has not kept up with its modern counterpart :-D

Ashley

Hi,

I am surethat the second picture show the same type of vehicle in use, just the front wheels covered by debris etc.

This appears to be a very late picture showing the grey uniform being worn rather than the black Panzer uniform.

Also shown is the very rare grey Panzer crash beret being worn i have only seen one in real life :schocked: and most collectors would mortgage their house for one.

Just a pity i had to sell my black one at Beltring last year :cry: :cry:

Ashley

Its going to be a helluva Cola bingedrinking party.... :coffee2: :nut: :beer: :banana: :died:

 

Watch that stuff mate people have known to O.D. on it :nut: :nut: 8-)

All the Best to all members for 2008..... named,

pseudonyms ,

hidden,

guest,

and also the spiders ?

Ashley

Best wishes for the 40 Jack,

best set the alarm for A.M. otherwise when you wake up you would have missed it :-D

Ashley

maybe some of you would like to come over for a one day drive out to Imber in the new year. Like I say, when I get some dates I will post.

Tony

 

Hi Tony,

certainly sound like a good possibility :tup: keep us in touch with a possible date.

Ashley

That guy cannot be called cheap! $3500 for a German paratrooper smock..

 

The price cannot gaurentee authenticity, a good friend of mine and also a collector of Fallschirmjager smocks helmets insignia etc once paid nearly £10,000 for a smock and had to wait several years and beat off stiff competition to to seal the deal on the item :schocked: :schocked:

Ashley

Be warned this guy i sure is a top faker of militaria if you visit wehrmacht-awards.com and can carry out a search of Snyders treasures no one has anything nice to say about him...well worth checking.

Ashley

Hi,

judging by the uniforms (and in the first pic the vehicles ) the first three look American the others could be anthing :dunno:

Ashley

Looks sort of Italian to me ? :shake: is the prime mover a Lantil tractor (if such things exist).

The gun it appears to have been mounted on a stretched car chassis or a truck chassis.

(It even looks as though it is going backwards :-D)

Very nice Marty :tup: thanks for sharing.

Ashley

Cool.

I've got a large collection of photo's of German (used) cars and trucks.

 

C`mon don`t be shy old boy, post away. I belive i too have some but are packed away at the mo.

I shall have to try and dig them out.

Ashley

Fantastic thread :tup: :tup:,

i belive that i heard once, that when the Ford motor company began making Jeeps etc it was on the proviso that once they left the country they would not be returned (and flood the forseen post war market boom with second hand ) when in reality they could buy new.

The price at which old H.Ford could produce new was in reality cheaper than shipping back the surplus from Europe.

This is why thousands of thousands of vehicleswere pratically given to the European countries ravaged by the war, but as far as i know none of these were given to Britian :dunno:

Ashley

In modern conflicts a majority of vehicles equiptment is left for the new `policing forces` of the country

Nice pics :tup: :tup:

i was also at this show as well as others befor it was stopped.

Ashley

And what the US jeep tooken by kriegsmariene and after then by british army? :evil:

 

Very interesting camo paint job could well be ex mediterranean/italian campaign

Ashley

"T" as trailer? or is only the figure?

Radek

 

 

 

 

Hi Radek,

the function of the `T` is to reflect light. if you go out tonight and shin a light on the T it should shine back (reflect) red in colour.

Hopefully this helps explain ?

Ashley

@Ashley I hope you don´t me this with our ranks :-D

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Good lord NO, i mean within the HMVF ranks ;-) but there again i see in the picture that the Kett. is towing the purpose built trailer for the vehicle. The last full size of these i tried to purchase was on a lawn enroute to the Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin it was being used as a very large flower pot and was well chained down :roll:

Ashley

The story as i remember.......

was that a section of a French trench was readyin position to `go over the top` when they were caught by a creeping barage which buried them leaving only the end of the rifles and fixed bayonetts exposed.

This is how theywere found post war and deemed a monument, but i cant remember when the shelter was built over them to try and protect them from git`s and the elements.

Ashley

The Morris (?) Tilly is still going strong here in the Dorset area

Chris,

Looks very nice, your M20.

No, WD bikes had no stop lamp fitted, from 1941 they used a Lucas MT3/WD/MCT1 rear lamp. Cornucopia had loads once (postwar, with a number plate illumination window, but what the hell), Stef

 

You may still find these on E-bay i am sure it sounds similar to a boxed one i brought last year....mind you the box is still sealed :shake:

Ashley

at home 2nd :-D

original T :yay:, what does it mean? :?

 

Hi Radek,

the `T` is actually a reflector equal to the modern reflectors found on modern car lenses.

Ashley

Hi,

i saw one in 1996 in Florida on International drive advertising local tours in Gatorland ?

Ashley

Bernd,

welcome to the forum, hope you can cope with the English humour :-D always nice to see German vehicles in our ranks.

Ashley