84KB11 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Was not quite sure where to put this post, so here will do. Anyone seen the Vigilant Mk2/6 Ferret that Withams have in their auction at present? http://www.mod-sales.com/auction/vehicle/related/27747/Alvis_Ferret_Mk2_1950-60.htm# Its in a bad way, but this has to be one of the rarest ferret varients and would be nice to see it restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 2/7 surely? Not so rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84KB11 Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Hi Clive, No, I had a good look at it when up there for the last tender. Its still a 2/6 hull, but missing all the turret mounted brackets (ground off). Its not had the 2/7 conversion like my old one. If I still had the spare 2/6 turret, I would have been very tempted by it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Fair enough if you've crawled over it. All I could see were the old 2/6 holes as per 2/7. But I suppose having a spare wheel made me think it was no longer in 2/6 role. Rather like the Bovington 2/6 which is actually a 2/3 with a 2/6 turret dropped on! I remember taking part in the SSVC film "Anti-Tank Guided Weapons - An introduction". The presenter read from the MOD approved script as he stood beside the Bovy "2/6". After some debate, because the script was not meant to be changed from what had been approved, I managed to press for a change that said "the spare missiles would normally be carried here but on this particular vehicle has a spare wheel fitted instead". Otherwise anyone with any knowledge would have watched with horror as it would have made no sense referring to it carrying spare missiles. Yes I remember you had Vigilant tendancies. If you decide to buy I have some nice little unused Vigilant tester labels & I expect I could find some of those elusive missile bin straps.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Was not quite sure where to put this post, so here will do. Anyone seen the Vigilant Mk2/6 Ferret that Withams have in their auction at present? http://www.mod-sales.com/auction/vehicle/related/27747/Alvis_Ferret_Mk2_1950-60.htm# Its in a bad way, but this has to be one of the rarest ferret varients and would be nice to see it restored. I had a look at it during the December tender sale and thought that it looked o.k. it had most of the bits that a restorer would want. Inside was reasonably complete and the inside / outside was to be expected from a vehicle that’s been a gate guard. Either the MK4 or the 2/7 came with a free birds nest and egg I've a few more pictures to add http://www.ferret-fv701.co.uk/other_variants.htm Edited January 10, 2010 by ferrettkitt can not spell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolman Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hello Andy Well done taking a photo of the data plate. However I can't quite see the hull number. **77 is all that I can see on the photo. Please could you let me know what it is if you took note. Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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