cordenj Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Hi, After having lurked on this forum for a while and having thoroughly enjoyed reading about some great restorations, feel it is time to post an intro. I've been interested in WWII history and MV since school. Not counting Airfix......started by helping a friend maintain his halftrack in ealry 1990's (change tracks and back axle after a catastrophic failure on the M20!). Some MV events I have been involved in: 1995 Tribute and Promise in the Mall; numerous Bethune trips; 2005 and 2009 IMPS trips to Normandy; annual trip to Oosterbeek (family connection there); took part with the Jeep in the 2007 Centenary celebrations of the FANYs at Buckingham Palace (met the Queen and then parade down Mall to Chelsea Hospital....not a normal MV event !) And not forgetting lots of W&P's and the 2009 Combined Ops. My wife's family are from the Netherlands; father-in-law was liberated in Helmond (nr Eindhoven) by Op Market Garden; mother-in-law had a much tougher war in Rotterdam....survived on raw sugar beet and saw Operation Manna. As a result of this connection, my 1944 Willys is marked up as Guard's Armoured Div. Also have couple of Airborne trailers and have just finished restoring an Airborne Water Bowser. Anyway, enough of an intro I think. Tot ziens en groeten, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Welcome in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Glad you have found Us and Welcome to the Friendlist Forum on the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protruck Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) Hi john and welcome to the forum. Clive .................................. protruckservices.com Edited February 23, 2010 by protruck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Hello John, Welcome to the forum. I remember talking to you about your airborne water trailer at Headcorn, nice job. regards, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Welcome to the Friendly Forum, John. Post some snaps of your interesting motor and bowser for us to admire. Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordenj Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 Thanks for the welcome Guys. Richard - yes remember meeting you at Combined Ops. Mark: will try to post some photos of the Airborne Bowser ... when I work out how..... RE: Airborne trailers - have you seen the one on Ebay at present? Will post a seperate message as a "heads up" John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 welcome in John good to have someone to keep a chinese eye on some around here Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichelK Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Welkom bij het forum John MichelK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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