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Hi Bob. I recognise your name from the days of Wheels and Tracks - If my memory serves me correctly you appeared in the 'Before and After' section with a Morris Commercial CS8 and Bovy's Matilida I. Don't be bashful now. The Morris looked sweet - now in America I believe - and seen the Matilida doing its thing several times. Good job done there, even if it does have a Rover V8 in it. Mind you, I don't expect there are many original engines around.

Looking through the Falklands books I have here, none of the British vehicles show their registration numbers be they CVR(T)s or land rovers. On one pictue of a CVR(T) you can see the number has been painted over. Irritating!

The late Jaques Littlefield criticing the panther makes for fascinating listening: http://historynet.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=501435

I think you mean Reg 24(1)(b).

Regulation 1 deals with revocations - see SI 1989/1796 here: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/stat.htm

Welcome aboard, Phil If you're interested in learning more about lightweights, try getting hold of a copy of The half ton military Land Rover by Mark J Cook (Veloce Publishing).

Tim, you have managed to remind me of this monstrosity. How can I ever forgive you http://www.michaelcollinscentre.com/images/crossley.JPG

That's not quite right, Tim. One of the tenders was the Crossley bus with it's bus body removed - see blurb here: http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/Gallery/todaybus/20_25bus.html I don't remember another in Michael Collins but you may be right. There were certainly two in Wind that shakes the barley. If you look at the second one it has single rears, rather than twins. So it may be a car chassis done up like a tender. There is also a rather amusing scene when one of the soldiers pushes a motorbike into shot - he clearly couldn't ride it!

I don't know about the staff cars but the Austin 10 Tillys were given a water pump.

Sorry Radek, F4304 is a Vauxhall.

I believe so. Subsequently with two or three others before it's latest move.

The most original tender is still in the UK in a private collection. The one at Hendon has a replica body (looks ok from a distance, but wrong in many ways) and the Australian War Museum's example has a replica body as well. There are also a few piles of distressed parts in the UK looking for a decent chassis - most unusual this, as it normally WW1 chassis that are the easy bit to find. But the one gone to NZ is probably the best 'project' vehicle around.

I read today that the 1918 RFC Crossley 20/25 tender rolling chassis that has pased through many collector's hands in recent years has now been sold to Peter Jackson (director of Lord of the Rings) in New Zealand. That puts paid to that dream! Still, at least, Peter has the resources and enthusiasm to do a 'proper' job with this vehicle. No doubt, in time, it will end up with his WW1 aircraft collection and museum: http://www.omaka.org.nz/

Here're the links: http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=478 http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10850

Donald (ToTec), I saw your posting on the 9.00 x 16 string about 9.00 x 13 tyres:- Post 21 - http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=14578&page=3 Although I'm not in the market, as far as buyers are concerned the main issues are what the MRF tyres look like and their speed rating. Can you provide better details? Are they reasonably in keeping with historic vehicles? Can you post a picture? There is world wide demand for these tyres (I'm sure Robert (WOA2) will be along and provide links to the discussions on MLU), or are you restricted to supplying only the UK market?

Our friends on MLU have an interesting string going about Federals: http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6364

Finally finished Liberation Road. A good yarn touching on faith (in God and those around you), hope (and asperations, especially those of minorities), charity (the sacrifices of life and war), leadership and humanity. With those sort of themes it is well worthy of turning into a film. Any one know a producer? It is, of course, set around the Normandy campaign: principally the freight operation and the Red Ball Express; and the operations of the Tough Ombres (the US 90th Division - a unit I previously knew nothing about). The "action" parts are convincing and tragic at the same time; as are those of the lead characters Joe Amos Biggs, a black driver, and the chaplain, Rabbi Khan - their lives being ripped apart in their repsepective ways. Well worth a read if you have time to sit down with a novel.

Can someone post a still?

Some web links: Guy Ant Radio (ex Eddie Smith, I seem to remember): http://www.military39-45.freeuk.com/update03/pres005.htm Another Radio bodied Ant: http://www.armyvehicles.dk/guyant.htm Quad-Ant: http://www.armyvehicles.dk/guyquadant.htm

I see there's a Gut Ant for sale in this month's CMV, possibly this one(?): http://www.yorkshiremvt.co.uk/members/denis_ga.htm Advertised with "many spares".

I don't think this link has been posted before

Guy was bought by Jaguar, so there may be stuff in their archives: http://www.jdht.com/html/Trust/services/archives.html I think it then went to British Leyland, so you could try the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon: http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/ At one time Pete Gaine had various Guy bits. I'd be very surprised if he still has them - from memory he was going to scrap them unless someone took them away. He may remember where they went though.

Looks like they also have another K6 in store - HXA 912 - http://www.fire-world.org.uk/weedon_collection.htm

Reminds me of the old joke about the [insert put upon race/creed of choosing] vehicle inspector who when asked whether the indicators were working replied: "yes... no... yes... no... "

Dambusters - here at about 1:24 onwards: