robin craig Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 (edited) Dear All, I have worked out some of this vehicle's history but I am looking for anyone's input that we can get to further flesh it out. This vehicle has recently been purchased, by a friend, ex the estate of another local Land Rover chap for who I made a model of the vehicle many moons ago. Here is the PDF that was received, if it doesn't turn out I will edit and repost so standby R Edited December 25, 2014 by robin craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 So, from what we can work out it's date into service (DIS) was January 1980. It first went to the vehicle depot at Hilton on the 21st of February, is that the date it was received? How come the DIS was the month before? So on the 11th of June 1980 it was sent to the 250 Field Ambulance in Hull who as far as I can see were a TA unit. Interesting as it is a left hand drive vehicle. It didn't last long there as it was only October of 1980 and it was headed back to Hilton. Perhaps being left hand drive was an issue. On the 14th of May 1981 it was headed overseas to Canada to the Ordinance Detachment at British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), likely a more suitable place for a left hand drive vehicle to be used. On the 7th of February 1984 it was sent to British Army Training Support Unit (Wainright) which was predominantly an infantry training area for the British Army. On 31st Decemeber 1985 it is noted as going to be part of Exercise Trumpet Dance, this was an annual exercise down in Washington state in the US of A every winter. The next entry is 26th September 1990 when it is shown back at Wainright, Alberta. Surely it wasnt left down inthe US of A for all that time? What can anyone make out to help interpret the data? What was it's original colour, was it matt green as indicated by "colour code 76"? R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 Here are a few pictures of the model I made of the actual vehicle for the then owner, they have been posted before R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 What was it's original colour, was it matt green as indicated by "colour code 76"? Matt green is 71 IRR Green is 76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 ROBIN 250 FIELD AMBULANCE are indeed based in HULL at WENLOCK BARRACKS and are a TA unit l know it very well MERRY CHRISTMAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 So, from what we can work out it's date into service (DIS) was January 1980. It first went to the vehicle depot at Hilton on the 21st of February, is that the date it was received? How come the DIS was the month before? Is perhaps 21/2/80 the date entered for ADPCON? A vehicle could be delivered some weeks earlier before it was confirmed onto the ADP = Automated Data Processing system which at the time was VESPER (Vehicles, Equipment, Spares, Provision, Economics, Repair) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Passed by this vehicle on the weekend. It has a hand throttle on the centre of the lower bulkhead / firewall yet the vehicle type does not mention it being an FFR. Can anyone please explain? Thanks R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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