marmon Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 These are all junkyards in my area can anyone spot anything good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Willyslancs Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 bedford and the jeep trailer in under growth look ok to me .....(detomaso innocenti in one pic reminds me of one i had , cracking little car ).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 honeileen Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Nice photos, which region did you take these in because my friend showed me a photo of the Marmons about 10 years ago taken in the same spot. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 (edited) .............and the Bedford .........Rippo will be interested in that :-) Edited August 22, 2010 by Richard Farrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 robin craig Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I think there might be Sumb thing worth saving. . . R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 No Signals Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 The 'GMC/Dodge garage' appears to have had a few vehicles moved around in the last 3 years since i saw it. This surprises me as it appeared to be completely derelict/unused. Are the remains of the GMC's still holding up the fences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Bodge Deep Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Caravan looks interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rippo Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Hello Marmon, I think the mw has been on here before..... but the location was unknown. Richard if you look at the doors it might refresh you memory!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 (edited) . Richard if you look at the doors it might refresh you memory!!! Ah ha !! Yes John, I see now. Edited August 22, 2010 by Richard Farrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 marmon Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 They are in Limousine central France all close to my farm which is in Creuze area, The GMC/ US surplus place has a sign up roughly from what I remember along the lines of please don't consider knocking on my door during lunch, apparently us British have a reputation in France for always showing up at Lunch time... I don't have an exact address for any of these places but if anyone is interested I could go write down the GPS positions next weekend or get contact details. And if you want SUMB it seems they are on the move after many years, the story as I've been told was they were bought for resale from the army but paperwork was never provided, now it seems a company is fixing them up one by one and shipping them to Africa or so the story goes.I can by the way highly recommend the diesels great bit of day to day usable kit if you put 12.5 x 20's tyres on. (20% gear increase cruise at 50-55) makes them look right too. I'll look for a photo. second one is in case you were wondering why she's a little down at the rear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Johnny Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) These are all junkyards in my area can anyone spot anything good... 3 x Vespa 400 microcars in the foreground, very valuable even in that condition. Edited August 23, 2010 by Johnny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fc101daz Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 That's what I like to see as I bought a house in central Brittany a few months ago and can't wait to sniff out the local scrap yards and barns full of interesting WW2 stuff...........yeh I know nice dream these days!!! All joking aside it is nice to see there is still stuff to look at. Yours hoping!!! Daren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jack Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 (edited) That's what I like to see as I bought a house in central Brittany a few months ago and can't wait to sniff out the local scrap yards and barns full of interesting WW2 stuff...........yeh I know nice dream these days!!! All joking aside it is nice to see there is still stuff to look at. Yours hoping!!! Daren Joking aside and it may give you some faith but Normandy was a 4000sq mile battlefield! Edited August 24, 2010 by Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Snapper Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Vespa Microcars....classic. Thanks for the info - never heard of them before. This is why France is so great: the motors you see here and there. A friend of mine's father in law lives in Vichy and he's got a shed full of Panhard CT24 air cooled cars and bits. I digress.... I'd love a SUMB, being a Francophile I am easily pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jerry.ice Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Love those Renault ambulances......look like a Morris J Van on steroids:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Looks like a couple of old Peugeout 404 estate cars. :cool2: Happy memories of the back of one of them. That pair of wheels holding up the back of the tractor, wonder what that story is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 N.O.S. Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 That pair of wheels holding up the back of the tractor, wonder what that story is? French farmer's son's go-kart maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 honeileen Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 There is normally 2 sets of wheels like that and they are used for spitting a tractor in half:cool2: Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 steveo578 Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Snapper Vespa Microcars....classic. Thanks for the info - never heard of them before. Have a look through the micro-car museum site at http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/vespa400.html you'll split your sides laughing -compared to some the Vespa 400 looks positively well built- I always wondered where Sinclair got his insane idea for the C5. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 abn deuce Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Darn I knew I shouldnt have read the post , been busy looking through all the youtube video's and doing research on wiki THANKS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 g0ozs Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hi Marmon Thanks for this! It is good to know there are still SUMBs available and some of these look to be in better condition than mine (which spent most of the last 20 years on a farm). I haven't had the greatest success getting spares in the UK for mine (I do know about RR services in Kent but they didnt always have what I needed when I needed it!) and would be interested in contact details for anyone in France who is able to supply either new old stock or recovered parts. I'm particularly interested in NOS fan belts, a fuel pump and the rubber seal for the fuel filter at the moment. Regards Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 marmon Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Hi Lain, Try this chap he supplied me some new and used parts and is very pleasant to deal with. http://www.negoservices86.fr/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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