ruxy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Has anybody managed to identify the truck the "activists" are chained to - seems Russian or Eastern Block origins to me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Black and sotty by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Has anybody managed to identify the truck the "activists" are chained to - seems Russian or Eastern Block origins to me ? Where's the photo? I can't see it on the BBC news site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 I watched both BBS & Sky news & can't remember , it is painted a matt green all over & located to the right of the scaffolding keep. The commentry stated there were a couple of activists with their arms in a concrete filled washing machine that was attached to the truck or something to that effect.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) ps HERE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-15357932 amd. and HERE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15368327 Edited October 19, 2011 by ruxy amd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 think its a zil 130 or ural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 same as this one i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 or more likley this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) I see ,, are they very rare in the UK ? would it be a great loss to the M.V. preservation fraternity if it were incinerated ? What about £ valuations for those runners in sound condition ? Availability of spares ? I suppose they are very cheap in the eastern block , just the cost of importation etc. Looks like it could be put to a few practical uses ! Edited October 19, 2011 by ruxy speling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 The curved front one is a Zil, the square fronted one is a Ural. There's a lot of similarity between the two. There are manuals downloadable on here - http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/ Good fun and easy to drive, though a pig to get started - I've been shown two different ways and theres definitely a knack to it that I don't have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 they are quite plentiful here and there are tens of thousands avalible from eastern block countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 True, and trucks as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 True, and trucks as well. haha how true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 True, and trucks as well. Nice one Tony :-) To answer part of the original question - those comms bodied Zils & Urals tend to get converted into motor homes... Which would be appropriate for where the filming was!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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