Marmite!! Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Haven't watched the other episodes yet so don't know what other vehicles are in it? The series is currently on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spearhead-Series-1-Michael-Billingon-New-DVD-/350323951261?pt=UK_CDsDVDs_DVDs_DVDs_GL&hash=item5190ef469d Something went wrong... Something went wrong... Edited January 14, 2011 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Nice to see Mk 1 Pigs doing their bit. Mind you that must have been one hell of an explosion in the bushes, not only did it turn the Pig over it also blew off the barricade ram :undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13BK76 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I really need to sort my pig and get it on the road again. Anyone know any history of the making of this. Presume it was done with MOD help as i doubt there were many pigs, vpk's in private hands. and in places the roads have a training area quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I wouldn't have thought it was done with any MOD help. Particularly when it was made & I'm assuming mid1980s. NI was esp touchy & I think some of these Brits are being a bit dodgey in their activities. Ex NI Mk1s started to be released in early 1980s. I've tried but I can't read the Pig ERM, although the VPK LtWt is 20 FM 13. Is that the one Mark Cook had at one stage now in NI? I think that was the only VPK LtWt to survive. In the second clip the "Look is it loaded?" poster is mid 1950s & looks rather out of place being so dated. I assume they are depicting the mid 1970s then posters that feature such characters as "Heary O'Leary" listening to phone conversations from a chamber pot were more likely to be seen. Can anyone with better eyesight than me read the ERM of the Pig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I like this thread....Pigs and land rovers.........Priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I like this thread....Pigs and land rovers.........Priceless Calm down dear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Calm down dear! I don't know what you mean!:whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I don't know what you mean!:whistle: I think you know only to well what I mean, can you honestly tell me you haven't sniffed that rectifier for that smell of nostalgia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I think you know only to well what I mean, can you honestly tell me you haven't sniffed that rectifier for that smell of nostalgia? I can't admit to anything regarding my beloved rectifier, but since she entered my life she hasn't left my side....I adore her........ Ahhhh I can smell her now! However I think she is stringing me along. I have seen the way she looks at the control box! Do I need to seek medical advice for this affliction. is there a cure, or will it just get worse as the habbit grows??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 is there a cure Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Can anyone with better eyesight than me read the ERM of the Pig? I think maybe they used two pigs, or else the continuity person was not keeping an eye on the sign writer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Wow well done Bernard. The top one is 71 BK 22 which is not a Humber ERM. The lower one looks as if it might be reversed as 22 BK 71. This is a Humber ERM but relates not to a Pig but a FV1601 struck of by NELF in 1962. Curious how the barricade ram disappeared once it fell over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Curious how the barricade ram disappeared once it fell over. Thought one of them might not of had one but when you watch part3 5:11 they both appear to have rams.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Lee but are there 3 Pigs? In the first clip at 5:40 the ram has gone. Barricade rams are not easy things to remove, I know as I have removed two. Tut-tut someone didn't lock the engine bay hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Lee but are there 3 Pigs? In the first clip at 5:40 the ram has gone. Barricade rams are not easy things to remove, I know as I have removed two. Tut-tut someone didn't lock the engine bay hatch. But was it a real barricade ram or a Blue Peter job. It is quite amazing what you can make from cereal packets and toilet role tubes. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 But was it a real barricade ram or a Blue Peter job.It is quite amazing what you can make from cereal packets and toilet role tubes. Mike Well perhaps that was why it fell off so easily? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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