LarryH57

Its reassuring that the new WPR owner has been to W&P many times according to the article. Hopefully he can be persuaded to move it back (eventually) to Beltring or even Stoneleigh!!!!!!

I don't think there is any likelihood of the arena being in front of the stand, as the racecourse has some kind of preservation order on it, so the white barriers that formed the original horseracing track cannot be removed.

Is it so that many MV owners from France and Belgium have given up due to the relaxed manner in which the French Police deal with those blockading the Port of Calais?

It looks from the traffic as if everyone at first avoided the M20 by going on the A20 and then once this was known everyone else switched to coming down from M25 to the South Coast via the A21 in the hope of going to Rye, then up the coast a bit before turning towards Folkestone. Others have come south from Canterbury area. So I'd be interested to know whether this will put off the typical family from going.

A friend of mine turned down the idea of going as he heard the M20 was completely closed at Junction 8. So how are things now with the route to WPR. Presumably getting from Junction 8 to A20 would not be too hard?

Regarding the possibility it will be exported abroad and registered somewhere else, no one in the 'DVLA equivalent' in many less sophisticated countries of the world are going bother about a few hard to find chassis numbers on Jeeps that arrive or a V5, when a faked up document or bill of sale might do if a bit of cash changes hands at the docks.

That's interesting, because if Myferry Link had only a few vehicles on board then the company can hardly be any competition, and therefore not worthy of being ordered about by a Competition Commission

For anyone from the London area or beyond coming in a slow and or wide MV and used to doing the M25, M26, M20, then A20, the route across country to avoid M20/A20 looks quite slow and torturous. As for those on the other side of the channel I presume the queues at un-blockaded ports are getting quite long too! Shame on a certain '28 Country group of nations' for saying that Eurotunnel could not own a couple of Ferries too!

I'm thinking that no one will be going this year if the blockade of Calais continues and the M20 is being used as parking. Is the traffic on the A20 any better?

I wonder what Rex will do with his collection of tanks and other vehicles? Has he got room in his new home for them?

Regarding the enormous profit that WPR made, this article suggests otherwise http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent-business/county-news/all-is-fair-in-war-15862/

So I it really true that War & Peace Revival is to end for good in July 2015?

Good for you in taking on a job like this; I'm looking forward to the photos!

Other owners have araldited a penny over the hole and that's worked equally well apparently for years! As for soldering or welding a tank I'm not sure that's a good idea if it still has traces of fuel in it- you would need to wash the tank out a few times to make sure no vapours are present.

DVLA website struggles with new rules on hiring a car- enough said! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32916968

The DLVA have recently abolished the Counterpart driving licences, so if you are soon to be hiring a car for a trip abroad or once you are on holiday, then in advance of the hiring, you need to access the Share Driving License website and enter your license number, the postcode to which the licence is registered and your National Insurance number. This will then produce a reference code for you to give to the Car Hire firm, so that they may check you records to see if you are acceptable to them for the vehicle you hire; such as your class of licence or that you don't have too many penalty points. However the online reference number given only lasts for 72 hours after which you need to log on again and get another reference if you have not already hired a vehicle. So if you go aboard take a note of your Drivers Licence number and National Insurance number (hopefully you remember your postcode!), so you can be prepared for that Icelandic Volcano eruption, which might permit you to hire a car in Spain and drive to Calais, to get home rather than wait for the airline to start flying again! As the new system may take a while to be implemented I suggest you still bring your drivers licence with you just to be sure. https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-to-share-your-driving-licence-information www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence

What a shame ex-military vehicles used not for hire and reward get classed as 'commercial based'. Time to write to your MP or better still mine; Boris Johnson!

Here is an in service photo of another example in service in Tunisia, Sicily or Italy. This photo comes from another of Bill Greggs books. It looks like the tilt hoops have been lowered to their shipping height and are used as grab rails. I can't make out the Div sign on the near side.

Snowdrop - what do you own that's affected by the LEZ; something diesel I imagine? Have you checked the LEZ web site, as I know that some members drive diesel Land Rovers but these are classed as PLG by DVLA, so are exempt.

Interesting to know who would own the CV as it might not be a war prize and more like an artefact!

Sometimes when searching for something on the web (vehicle related of course!) other photos pop up that are of interest, and in this case a photo of a WW2 Italian Carro Veloce found somewhere in the Middle East or Afghanistan- but what has happened to it? Does anyone know?

Thanks for all your posts. Fulltilt's post is correct and luckily I'm not in a conservation area. The buildings that are on the web are either too massive and too long or have doors that restrict the height or have a central pillar in the door opening. I have a space 18ft by 18ft approx. for the garage which would still leave another 12ft of garden width as a hard standing for a car or other MV!

I'm looking to build a double garage at the end of my garden as I have rear access, and according to the council I can built the garage up to a max of 4 metres high (and without planning permission) but I can't find any prefabs that fit the bill, as I want to have a high ceiling and doors on it to match so that I can cater to a range of MVs of medium size that would not fit is a standard garage. Has anyone had a garage built to their own design to cater for their MV. The problem I have with a double garage is that the opening needs a sturdy RSJ to avoid having a central and vertical support in the opening which defeats the usefulness of a double garage. Also the design of the doors needs to be easy to open but not that easy for a thief, so what have you got? I'd be interested in photos of you various designs, or details of a firm that can do the job.

I collected loads of your leaflets at the MVT AGM and handed them out at the last meeting of the Heathrow & West London Area MVT and loads of members were interested, as its not too far from our area and only up the road from Box Hill which was our Area's destination for drive it day! Regards Larry

Dear Ashcollection, Hopefully you don't keep your wonderful collection in a big field and let them rot over the coming years (like a collection being disposed of in Wilts this weekend)