BenWilliams

I have never been in an arena with a mv to date but have several times in the past with my civvy vehicles. Basically as a intorverted extrovert :undecided: I don't tend to volunteer for an opportunity to show off but if asked I'm up for it. A bit of a pain for an organiser but what can I say, I am needy. As a punter at the shows I like to see the larger unusual vehicles in moving in the arena, basically stuff that makes a 5 yr old say "awesome!". As for the more mundane normal vehicles that I own and drive (jeep & land rovers) I prefer interesting static displays with a few choice props unless they are doing something really interested and not just going in a circle. I really do hate the bores that feel the need to tell me at length what is wrong with mine and prove they are superior to all in earshot. This is of course entirely differnt from the freindly quiet and polite advice which is gratefully received and normally given by those that really do know . Ben

Just joined mvt so no doubt see a few of you at the meets. I have much to learn. regarding the pump, the Godiva is a common fitment on land rover fire engines from my experience as I have seen a few with its set up. Although I suppose not that many landrovers were fitted with pumps in the grand scheme of things so it it a bit of a rarity. For this one I have the original manual that I must get around to scanning and sharing one day. My other fire engine ( in the background of the jeep pic) has a petrol driven Godiva in the back rather than using the landy engine to power it.

I'm just down the road in cumnor

Hello all. just to let you all know I suffer a little bit of obsessive collector syndrome. Being into land rovers for a while (22 years with a break in the middle) I've had quite a few in my past My current collection of vehicles stands at 10 (I think.:undecided:) not including the modern commuter box. I'm deinately limited to that by the better half. On the military side I have; 1970 2a lightweight ex RAF undergoing a very slow rebuild onto new chassis. 1978 109" 24v ffr converted to fire engine by VF specialist very early in its life. Need to do some history digging onthis one. 1942 Willys MB. This is an ITM jeep with 2 rebuilds so a bit of a triggers broom, but I love it. hopefully I've managed to attached a couple of pics I realised the other day that I have owned 3 101's in the past but all now sadly moved on. No doubt another will take my fancy one day. So it appears 've got a bit of a green thing going on albeit with a dash of red. Cheers Ben