matchlesswdg3 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 The famous Daily Express cartoonist was one of the first postwar MV enthusiasts with his beloved Jeep. I just love his cartoon published in 1946, featuring a pioneer MV nut coming up against the perennial problem of storage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Priceless, thanks for posting! An interesting take on immediate post-war surplus and the new MV owners. Strangely it appears on your post as upside down, but when I saved it (I was going to rotate it) it saved the right way up :nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchlesswdg3 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Strange.....my view is right way up, but I have had other posts where folk saw my pics as upside down. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz48 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Upside down on my PC great all the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I didn't know that he owned a Jeep. Love his cartoons. Greatest cartoonist ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Another couple of Giles Gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchlesswdg3 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 There is a nice potted wartime biography of Giles with lots of his cartoons in the format of the annual Giles Cartoon softback, by Peter Tory ( Headline Press, 1994) called "Giles at War". Then there is of course the original Giles Annual No 1 (1943-46) which I think is available as a modern reprint or stump up for the original edition. You can see by the cartoons, Giles attention to detail in portraying MVs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 My two of the Landy are from the 1967 annual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antony Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 It looks like a 4 ton Diamond T 968 Cargo, which raises a question, were The British Army equipped with Diamond T 968's, I know they had 980's and 969 Wreckers, but I cannot recall seeing any pictures of DT Cargo Trucks. Did The US Army have these Trucks in England, or were they delivered direct to Normandy after D Day from The US. Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchlesswdg3 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 It looks like a 4 ton Diamond T 968 Cargo, which raises a question, were The British Army equipped with Diamond T 968's, I know they had 980's and 969 Wreckers, but I cannot recall seeing any pictures of DT Cargo Trucks. Did The US Army have these Trucks in England, or were they delivered direct to Normandy after D Day from The US. Tony. I suspect some artistic licence was applied here to make the cartoon work.......a Bedford would look far too sensible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 And the uber rare DT971 6x4 tractor unit on the approaching tank transporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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