Tony Lawrence Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Just seen on the London to Brighton run on the A23 south of Redhill - pity the poor b*****s on the top. The weather was foul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cordenj Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Think Andy Robertshaw (of WW1 trench fame) was one of those on the top deck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 It was a bit wet on the journey down to Brighton, but dry when we got there, a good varied turnout, nice to see the Chevrolet wrecker as we passed by you in the French military Berliet recovery truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tony B Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The herd of holligans on the bus are the 10th Essex re-eanactment group and Andy Robertshaw. Lock up your daughter's and booze. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I thought the LGOC looked rather nice. Won the prize this year as best military pushing the Pierce Arrow into 2nd place. I note that despite my best efforts of keeping out of everyone's way that you managed to get a photo of me in the background of one of the images. Wont tell you which one though. Think of it more as a game of "Where's Wally" but without the striped shirt and the hat. The Grundons had put a lovely 13pdr in the back of their Pierce Arrow. I had not seen a photo of a Pierce Arrow gun lorry before. Does anyone have one? Thanks Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Peskett Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Good to see that the 'B' type made it to Brighton successfully and won first prize in the military class. It was of course restored in our workshop on behalf of London Transport Museum and proved to be a considerable challenge with only 12 months to complete a total rebuild , the engine , gearbox and back axle had previously been sourced in Australia ,a survivor of some 40 chassis shipped reconditioned second hand in 1921/2. The lower saloon of the original body had survived on the chassis on an Essex small holding and with evidence of its serial number still visible on the chassis frame it enabled us to positively identify the actual vehicle. We managed to complete in 10 months, first finished as a service bus of the summer of 1914 and then last September , almost 100 years ago to the day we re-finished it into the troop carrying khaki as now seen. The bus has since successfully completed a tour of Belgium and France as well as attending numerous events here. The 'Grundon' Pierce-Arrow was also many years ago mostly rebuilt in our workshop , It was bought by the family as an 80th birthday present for Mr. Steve Grundon whose father had started the company after WW1 with war surplus Peerless and Pierce-Arrow lorries bought from the Slough dump. It had survived near Arles in France along with a Riker/Locomobile ( I do not know what happen to that ) and had started life with the French army. It is good to see that some 20 years on the family still take an interest in the lorry and the run. I do not know anything about the new addition in the back !. Richard Peskett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8_10 Brass Cleaner Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I note that despite my best efforts of keeping out of everyone's way that you managed to get a photo of me in the background of one of the images. Wont tell you which one though. Think of it more as a game of "Where's Wally" but without the striped shirt and the hat. Tim In front of Mighty Atoms trailer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 That's me. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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