LarryH57

Just a quick point from a mate of mine - who works for the MOD as a mechanic. While walking round Beltring in the last two years he has noticed a few Bedfords & AWD types where the box body that the owner is carrying has not been properly secured on the back with J brackets along the sides - unless of course the owner had some miracle way of doing this which wasn't the standard way! So do check this out!

While on holiday in the Pyrennes a few weeks ago (on the French side) I spotted an abandoned Lightweight Land Rover in a Farmyard still with its UK registration - NTP 550Y. VOSA says last heard of in 2008 So sign of anyone around to talk to nor any sign it was ever registered as a French registered vehicle It was left hand drive and likely to be a 24v FFR It was still in quite good order too - and had a few bits I could have had off it for my own use.

Dear John, As Area Reports Editor I must concur with Clive Elliott concerning the great job done by the current Editors and at the same time appreciate that it was a commercial decision by the MVT to appoint you, so its a warm welcome from me. The show must go on! As for Windscreen it will remain an important outlet for the MVT - as believe it or not many MVT members do not attend any area meetings at all or aren't connected to the internet! They need Windscreen to know what's happening. I know this from attending the AGM where there were discussions concerning having Windscreen as an online magazine but there was uproar from many older members at this suggestion. I for one still like a paper version to read on the train or if I'm on holiday - so long may it continue! I think what would be good for John is if you tell him what you want and don't want in Windscreen for the future. Also if a few more of you write articles that would be great. PM Sent John.

For someone in Dorset there is a place I believe that does Tank Driver training from a farm next to the A31 in Hampshire. I pass it often but cannot recall the exact spot - but it is on the A31 around Alton when driving to Wincheter. Someone will know the name. The farm used for the firm is visible from the road

Firstly - its great to hear that the new owners of Mil Ody at Detling want to get the show back to how it used to be. Secondly - I agree that our European friends seem to be better at having a get together with their rarer vehicles and from reading French MV mags I think I spend more time in France Belgium and Holland next year. But all the above still doesn't answer the point - German vehicles do exist in the UK but seem to have gone in to hiding. Even in the 1980s when anything with tracks was rare you could at least see an Sd Kfz 10 up close. Last year Duxford had the SdKfz.com Stug III but thats about it.

What I want to do is search CH 13701 to 99 to find the photo but it seems I cannot However if IWM is open Saturdays for me to go to the archive that is great news How much notice do they need? I presume I call and say I'd like to come on such a date?

Guys, I need help in trying to search for a photo in IWM. The trouble is I cannot remember the whole number reference. Its in CH 137.... range but when ever I try to search CH I get 77 pages of random CH numbered photos but not in any order! What I want to figure out is how to search individual reference numbers in sequence. Any clues Many thanks NB - Are all their photos online yet?

This year the number of real WW2 German vehicles at shows has so far been less than ever, leaving only the mock ups on Land Rovers and FV432s plus a few repro VW Kubelwagens and OT's to take on the Allied vehicles. I suspect therefore these vehicles that we all used to see are now in private collections and it costs too much to bring them along to a show and the owners have no financial inducement to do so. The trouble is that over the years to come if the big shows don't make an effort to get some good stuff, people will not bother going again. Who remembers Detling a few years back? There was quite a collection of German half tracks, a few Hetzers and the Jagdpanther.

Whats the earliest a vehicle owner can get access then - surely its before 9am - 10am when the public arrive. I'm hoping to arrive well before that. Will I still have to wait hours to get booked in?

Rambo, You can always come back for this weekend can't you?

Guys Do not be put off by a bit of mud. I was there in 2007 when it was like this and it was still a good show. I even witnessed a husband v wife mud fight (clothes on of course) where both got pushed in the mud so that not a bit of them was left uncovered - but thats enough about EMLRA members. So go there and have fun! As someone said recently - the soldiers that originally drove our vehicles didn't have a choice about the weather!

Guys, I use a roller every time - the foam ones as mentioned below and get good results. I keep my paint in jam jars to keep it fresh and in a quantity ready to use, and I use about 2 large jars to paint the Lwt Land Rover. Never keep the paint in 5 litre tins and us only a bit at a time as the skin that forms will put bits in the paint and or go off rock hard. I find the NATO green is best used with about 1/3rd thinners mixed in, and never straight from the tin. By the way it might be best to start by spraying wax oil on the chassis and undersides and then (after removing any from the upper panels) give the vehicle a good touch up with paint.

So if you bought a GAZ 67 or 67B all the engine parts and bits attached might be available in the US then or do they not quite fit? Spark plugs should be easy to find I hope. What about the gear box is that ex Ford too?

Why didn't anyone think of towing the gun home - at least for the Firepower RA Musuem. Did it get pulled out of the ditch or is that where it is now!

Regarding Thompsons Water Seal this used to be thick stuff like wall paper paste - and it worded a treat on canvas. But when it ran out I went to buy some more only to find the 'new improved version' was like watered down white PVA glue and it was no use at all. Also the tin no longer mentioned canvas! I've been on the hunt for the original Thompsons that some say is still produced but every tim I find of Thompsons is the new version. Any help finding the original or an alternative greatly appreciated, as I've looked in B&Q, Wicks and HomeBase, Halls and Jewsons in London area without luck.

It is rather strange that the dog is to be called Digger, supposidly so that it may be released in the USA, when in fact the US TV and Film industry do still allow the Nigger word to be used in both a historical context and a comical setting. In recent years I have seen serveral US made films that covered Civil Rights in passing or as the central story and they don't hold back on using Nigger. The word was also used in the film 'Trading Places' and another film, the name I cannot recall, that had mostly black actors where they were calling each other Nigger. In recent years there was a US black stand up comedian who's opening line was 'There is blacks and there is niggers.... However in the UK it's just not used any longer on anything we make in the UK, the luvies are so **** scarred! So I suspect its the UK film industry that is so sensative and not the yanks.

Mike65 When you said 'should be up there with my 109' I thought what a lucky B owning a Messerschmitt Bf109 but it was only when you said about the dents and the paint that the penny dropped:cheesy:

Who is going to this show? I have not been for about 7 years. Does it get a good turnout these days? It used to be the number one show in the 1980s!

Thats all very well But if you have a NATO socket on your Lwt like me and have no trailer you don't want to fail an MOT coz someone doesn't understand what a NATO socket is for or how it works. Having said that I did hitch up to a Sankey trailer just to test the restored wiring worked, which it did. I suggest all historic & classic vehicle owners start campaigning for a re-introduction of a 25 year or even 30 year roling date for 'historic status' (I'm told 30 year roling date is is used in most EU states) and have the testing regime 'typically' match the date on manufacture without trying to make vehicles meet more stringent testing as if they were brand new or god forbid be subject to any compulsory retropective modifcations (airbags in Jeeps etc!). BTW - I appreciate the Gov't thinks history stops at 1st Jan 1973 and I'll never get free Car Tax - but in truth I'd rather have the knowledge that I can enjoy my MV without worrying about LEZs or tougher MOT rules especially as I do a very low milage

Guys I just thought I'd look at the REME Museum Arborfield web site as I fancy visiting but on the photos they provide there are no vehicles showing! Does this mean they have all gone to Borden since this thread was first started? Incidentally I see that they are not open on Saturdays Lastly - how easy is it to set up a visit to Borden to see the outstation run I think by a Mr Jones?

Is the engine in the GAZ-67B a copy of a US engine like all the previous trucks like the four and six wheeled GAZ-AA and GAZ-AAA? As it got some of its insperation from the US Jeep are there any Jeep parts that fit? I have also heard that the axles are very likely to be from a GAZ-69 and that this was done in service as the parts for GAZ-67B ran out of stock?

When I took my Lwt for its MOT recently the garage was covered with posters say 'No to MOTs every 2 Years!' This is the first time I had heard that the Government was proposing that owners only had to get their vehicles tested less frequently. Has anything been said about it regarding MVs (assuming your vehicle is not exempt)?

From my History of the 405th FG USAAF - 22nd June 1944 After bailing out of his P-47D and coming down in the sea off Point de Barfleur, Lt. Doyle struggled into his dingy to await his rescue. Shortly afterwards he was circled by two Spitfires which dropped smoke flares to guide a British ASR launch to him; one of several that were posted off the coast of Normandy. Once on board the ASR launch, Lt. Doyle was given a tot of rum and went below to sleep but after an hour or so he was woken by a terrific noise. Going on deck, Lt. Doyle found that the Captain was still waiting off Cherbourg in case of other ‘ditched’ pilots and the launch was being shelled by German guns! After one shot landed about 30ft away the Captain shouted “Good shot old Boy” Lt Doyle decided that good British sportsmanship had gone a bit too far! But there was nothing he could do except to grin and bear it until the Captain finally decided to return to port!

I don't think anyone would doubt that RAF blue was still being used in 1940 even on new vehicles for the RAF, as factories often continued until told otherwise what ever the wartime situation. However the main point of this post was to get an idea of the colour schemes used from 1939 to 1945, and the info posted here from Ted and others confirms what I always thought, that RAF blue on RAF vehicles as seen in every war film or TV series was fiction - for most of the war.

A bit off topic but I think 'old git' would have been that way all his adult life. These types are ones who just love to 'interfere' phoning the council because they don't like your green machine parked in 'their' road, or complaining that your MV lowers the tone. Its not that they are grey haired its just they get a kick out of it being smug. Our local MVT has mostly grey hair and there's not a git among them.