Puff

I also took these photos of the FWD HAR-01 and SU-COE at The Great Dorset Steam Fair last year.

The latter is a photo of a FWD snowblower parked in Aberfeldy, Scotland until a few years ago before it was scrapped in Perth. :-(

Well this is certainly an interesting thread that right up my familys street :-D

My name is Karen and my father is Colin Smith who owns an FWD HAR-1 cargo truck. Here are a few photos of it from when my dad acquired it in 2007 to the recent photo taken on the far right.

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WORLD WAR ONE TRIBUTE AT THIS YEAR'S GREAT DORSET STEAM FAIR

With 2014 marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, we will be commemorating this centenary anniversary with our own tribute display featuring a sample of steam and historic vehicles and ancillary equipment which participated in the War years.

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Anyone thinking of going??

A driving licence is a privelage, not a right. Although a lot of people seem to think otherwise these days.

Jack, I hear you and I know what you mean, but seeing as in the past two weeks I've seen two of my friends finish up in intensive care due to cars pulling out in front of them and one in the morgue from bring T-boned, please allow me a little slack here.

We've all heard that speed kills, and every time that there is a hideous accident someone always rolls out the usual platitudes that ever lower speed limits are a good thing and that we need to roll ourselves up in hi-viz tape and flashing lights until we squeak when we breath and electrocute ourselves when it rains, but I would rather sit pillion with Valentino Rossi for a dash across europe than go to the shops with any number of blue rinse oap's who might as well be on Mars for all the awareness they have of their surroundings.

Somewhere along the line somebody forgot to mention that a driving licence is not a God given right, but something that you have to deserve. When I took my HGV it was a long drawn out and nerve racking experience - but as cheap as chips to take. When I got my C+E a couple of years ago it was a walk in the park - and cost a fortune. Draw your own conclusions there. The roads are an increasingly dangerous place to be, this is true, and the fault lies in bad driving (not fast driving mind you - bad driving - two very different things indeed). Stopping distances, awareness and vehicle control are alien concepts to vast numbers of people that simply need their licences ripped to pieces before their eyes...Sorry for the outburst, but like I said, it hasn't been a great few days

I wholeheartedly agree with you on that, you echo my views precisely. I'm fed up of idiot drivers out there on the road who drive wrecklesly, and I've had a near head on collision on a blind corner on a narrow road because the daft woman coming the other way was paying more attention to texting at the wheel of her chealsea tractor than what she was driving! Fed up and pissed off doesn't even come close, and I plan to install a camera in my car very soon and shop these bastards to the Police! It's not the first time and just fed up seeing the same **** time and time again.

I'm glad my dad uses an amber beacon on the back of his FWD lorry when he's out on the roads. We normally sit around the 30mph mark when on the roads. Even though its not a guarantee of safety, we feel a lot safer with it on as it gets other road users attention from miles away.

We're lucky where we stay in Scotland because there aren't any motorways near us, however we have noticed that road users pull out very early to pass us on dual carriageways compared to once when he forgot to switch the beacon on. It makes a world of difference but like I say, its no guarantee of safety on the roads. I do agree with what others say on here - a lot of road users don't seen to look further than beyond their car bonnets nor are aware of what's going on around them.

I hope the people/ driver of the Scammell are okay/ on the mend - Vehicles can be repaired, but the welfare of the persons are the priority here.

John, you seem to have fond memories of the camp :-) thank you for sharing :-D Although had spotted in some of the huts radiators/ central heating. Don't think it's original somehow! Also some of the huts have been rented out to people/ small businesses too these days...

Good grief!!!

Used to go there on Cadet Force Camp in the late 1970's

A desolate place then with very dubious latrine arrangements!!

(That'll be a wartime Champ then??:whistle:

lol!

Does the place look any different from when you were there?

Heres a link to someone who took photos inside the Nissen Huts.

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/military-sites/26329-cultybraggan-army-training-camp-comrie-perthshire-19-01-08-a.html

Also, there was a nuclear bunker built there in the late 80s/ early 90s during the cold war (this was obviously before anyone knew *when* the cold war was going to end). Tens of millions of £££ spent building it, then the cold war ended and was sold off my the government at a fraction of the price. The most technically advanced bunker from the cold war that remains today! Got an opportunity to look inside it...and the majority of rooms were empty! The only real things in there was plant machinery that looked brand new. Either its never been used, or very little in its 22 year history. I must say, I've never been so excited about seeing empty rooms, but it really was intriguing because we all knew what the bunker meant and its function.

I took photos, but I find this thread does it justice better...

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/underground-sites/26993-cultybraggan-rghq-bunker-comrie-19-01-08-a.html

Just found this website regarding the bunker back in 2000. It would appear to have more equipment in it then that what it does today.

http://www.bunkertours.co.uk/cultybraggen.htm

Hey folks, here are a few snaps I took at this small event a couple of weeks back.

This event was situated at Cultybraggan Camp.

Cultybraggan lies close to the village of Comrie, in west Perthsire. It was first used as a Prisoner of War (PoW) camp during WW2, and then became an Army training area. It eventually closed in 2004.

Some members of the Scottish Military Vehicle Group attended, along with re-enactors dressed as POWs or WW2 soldiers.

I had a great day visiting - and the re-enactors and military vehicles certainly gave the place an atmosphere. There was also a parade of MVs going through the town nearby, as well as the POWs being frog-marched back to the camp

Cultybraggan POW Camp. Just some of the many buildings here.

The military vehicles and POWs heading out to Comrie for the parade, with my dads FWD taking up the rear

RVP in a park in Comrie before the parade through the town

A vintage bus even took part in the event, running a free service to and from the camp for the public

Some of the POWs awaiting to be marched through the town and back to camp

Arriving back at Camp in dads FWD

Dads FWD parked up

Some of the re-enactors

Looking out from the guardroom

Might add more later when I have the time

Out in Dundee today and saw 2 military vehicles. One ex landie and a working Dutch Ambulance. Think its up here taking part in the big Joint Warrior ex at the mo. Good times

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Modello, I know your answer, but I am concerned about truck with this link

Thats my dads truck! RAF Leuchars Air Show last year. Great times

I dont suppose that they are taking any more liberties than the film companies making WW11 films with M38 Jeeps, Reo`s, GMC M135s and a gaggle of post war tanks......... perhaps it would be better if we just squint when watching.

You have a point. Well said.

However, I don't think film directors have us military vehicle enthusiasts/ anoraks in mind when they make WW2 films using post war Reo's for example. They know that average Joe out there watching their films wouldn't know the difference between a FWD Har cargo truck and a post war Reo. As long as its green.....

I saw it too!

I agree with regards to the military vehicles on display - however it was set at the near end of National Service, 1960 they say.

But yea I was being a sad anorak and noting the MODERN MAN trucks, Land Rover Wolves, Ambulances, Pinzguar....however there was a Humber Pig in there a Bedford RL, a couple of older Landies too. Think that was the main ones.

A bit cringeworthy when you see the modern vehilces!!!! D'oh!! :-D

Thank you guys for the input. I recon that it is a Crossley BGV3 also, going by photos. Its exactly the same.

Thank you for your help on the matter

Hey guys,

this was posted on my Facebook wall earlier today, someone asking me what it was. I thought it might be a Burford of some sort, but not sure. My books and Google isn't telling me anything!

Any ideas most welcome

Wow, that was great. Nippy wee things! Thank you for the share x

Thanks for looking, folks

**After the Parade, the SMVG, Veterans and military personnel made their way to the Gordon Barracks a few miles away for lunch

**Arrived in Aberdeen for the Parade itself

Some members of the Scottish Military Vehicle Group got together for the Armed Forces Day Parade in Aberdeen yesterday. What a great turnout of vehicles, veterans, serving personnel and crowds! We were lucky with the weather this year - I think the lot in Dundee got drenched!

Hope you like :-)

**Prior the parade, the SMVG rendezvous at Westhill Ind Est at the outskirts of Aberdeen....

Spotted these in Forfar TA Centre today when I was heading home.

Did you manage to save the scrapped FWD?

 

@Puff, that is a very good looking truck!! Well done on the restoration!

Thanks everyone for the kind replies regarding my dads FWD - it's a labour of love

The FWD snowblower that's in the scrapyard is still there at this moment in time.

Out of interest, what would you do with the FWD snowblower? - buy it complete, or just buy bits of it to complete your own FWD (Use it as a 'donor' as such) if you had one?

Thanks everyone with the nice comments - dad couldn't wait to get it on the road!

WOW!!!!! An amazing resurection from what your dad (Colin) had to start with. The back body looks very precise and the restoration looks fantastic. A restoration that really demonstrates true grit and determination, especially as Colin has completed his restoration in just a few years!

 

thanks for posting the pictures

 

Ben

Hiya Ben,

dad has dedicated a hell of a lot of his spare time to restoring the FWD to the way it is now, and like I said above, he couldn't wait to get it on the road for its first run! But what the photographs don't show you is how freezing cold and windy it was yesterday on the road run - the wind was blowing straight through the cab!!

Whenever my boyfriend and I come to visit him and mum, he's always keen to show us his progress and the next part he is going to tackle! Dad could tell you in more detail than what I ever could as to what he has done to the FWD the past few months though. I even had a shot of driving the FWD briefly back at Christmas time and it was great to try out (you could also say it has excellent brakes on it too, as dad found out to his dismay )

But so far so good, another milestone reached! :cheesy: