Mark Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b114/MEasterby-Wood/DSCF0015.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWade Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 What a depressing photo if only they were down the road :cry: :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 if only i could win the lottery ,dreaming again? :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Is a waste the correct choice of words? These were all disposed of in Switzerland (with the half tracks also at the some location coming from Israel) and sold for scrap but then shipped to Belgium in anticipation of a buyer coming along. Some have found buyers, some have not. What you see is the residue, so maybe not a waste yet? Perhaps an opportunity for someone to do a restoration? Jack! Jack! An opportunity for you! Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 What a WASTE! ... that land could be used to build something to house Humber Pig's indoors! such a waste! Oh the trucks! hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Isn't the MV world brilliant? Israeli half-tracks sold for scrap in Switzerland, reappearing for sale in Belgium. Glory. I have no space and no mechanical skills - but the workshop/office body GMC looks lovely. I would imagine a good deal of this stuff will end up with a home - but if all else fails Beijing awaits...or maybe even Stratford - sorry, London, 2012. I think I prefer the MVs, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 This picture was taken here: CLICK ME, Google Maps link!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Joris. Thats brilliant. I cant quite make out the Ward La Frances. Whereabouts are they? Actually there is quite a lot of stuff there. Maybe it is a waste after all. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 They should be there on that yard too, at least, that's what I've been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Thanks I think ???? ;-) Joris I just spent a huge amount of time exploring my old and current neighbourhoods by satellite and even some at street level views , This is all very nice but it takes awhile trying to figure out how old some of the the images were , it really tests your memory. :sweat: All because you have shown me a new Google tool to play with :computerterror: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Joris am de man for sure. Great stuff. I would love to spend a few hours snapping in a place like that. Looks huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I did a Google Earth search earlier this year & had a look at my home & yard & couldn't work out what was wrong until it suddenly dawned that the picture was about two years out of date . Looked again a couple of weeks ago & it was a bit more recent - about six months old . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Google Maps is absolutely fantastic, you should try the route planner too that really is the bomb. You can change your route on the fly by dragging the blue line to a different road to avoid, for instance, a badly congested road. Absolutely brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 just finished another recon and explored the street level buttons many features , while not every area I looked had it , the ones that did were eye popping , able to go right down at 6 feet off the ground and swing 360 degrees and zoom in on house fronts , almost able to read licence plates ! As for the big picture I don't know what the rate at which they update, if I knew I could wave when the satellite went by LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Mmmmm... Google map was fun! ;-) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Is the street level button something peculiar to the US version of Google Earth ? Can't find anything like that when I look & the pic looses all focus when it gets to the largest magnification (which is way too high to see very much detail) - I know what's standing in my yard/garden so I can identify it but if I didn't know ........... :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Yes your correct . It seems to be something thats on going in the U.S.A its scattered around the country if you are looking in an area where it is you will get an additional button saying street level which if clicked on will hi-lite the streets that have been photographed at street level with a blue line down those streets . I have yet to find it in any other areas I have looked , and I have been looking in loads of places around the world, there is a limit to the resolution in a number of places has to do with the imaging that was done so far, for instance you can zoom in to the max or 50 feet level at the Eiffel Tower but not below the 100' level at the Sydney Opera House. as for most of Britian and Ireland you cant get closer than the 100' level . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50 cal ( † RIP † ) Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 yes in a way it is a waste but when you ask van dam the prices theres not one of us out there that will go and pay over twice what they are worth when i asked the gmcs started at 2500 euro dont forget i said STARTED in a few more years these trucks will be totally dead so is this man doing us a favour by raising the price i thing so ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 That's a lot of money for those trucks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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