Dartmoor Halftracks?

[ajmac]

This sounds like fantasy to me but I'll ask anyway:

Chatting to a work colleague today we got talking about his time at agricultural collage in the 80's, where one of his friends spoke of seeing a dozen ‘unloved’ wartime German halftracks (one would presume 251s) in a warehouse on Dartmoor. No more info ATM, but does it ring any bells?

[ArtistsRifles]

No - but give me the Sat Nav co-ordinates or grid reference and I'll be there with a low-loader immediately!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Edited February 6, 2009 by ArtistsRifles

[Tony B]

There proably out trying to grit the roads at the moment.:-D I did know the farrier who went to Dartmoor Prision. They had during the late '70s twenty Dartmoor Ponies supposedly for officers to use in case of escapes and bad weather. Have you seen the size of the avaerage Dartmor pony?

[snowtracdave]

They had during the late '70s twenty Dartmoor Ponies supposedly for officers to use in case of escapes and bad weather. Have you seen the size of the avaerage Dartmor pony?

 

Must have given them ski's too then :-D

[snowtracdave]

No - but give me the Sat Nav co-ordinates or grid reference and I'll be there with a low-loader immediately!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

 

And I'll lend you a hand .:-D

[mcspool]

This sounds like fantasy to me but I'll ask anyway:

Chatting to a work colleague today we got talking about his time at agricultural collage in the 80's, where one of his friends spoke of seeing a dozen ‘unloved’ wartime German halftracks (one would presume 251s) in a warehouse on Dartmoor. No more info ATM, but does it ring any bells?

Yeh, a friend of a friend of mine saw them, they were stored next to the new-in-the-crate $50 Jeeps!

 

- Hanno

[Chrisg]

No - but give me the Sat Nav co-ordinates or grid reference and I'll be there with a low-loader immediately!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Got relatives in the area can get there quicker :cool2::cool2:

[Adrian Barrell]

They could have been US halftracks, given that most films by that time used them to play Germans, many people would think they were German.

 

A friend of mine bought his M14 from a contractor in Norfolk in about 1980 after I saw several doing sea defence work on the beach. They had quite a fleet and one left completely unmodified as they bought it.

[Richard Farrant]

They could well have been Czech OT-810 halftracks, which look similar to German WW2 types. At the period mentioned, quite a few were imported and there was a dealer down in the Devon area.

[Adrian Barrell]

DEF Armaments I think, however, that was a bit later, nearer the late 80's, early 90's? Probably the most likely explanation though. Preston would know.

[Richard Farrant]

DEF Armaments I think, however, that was a bit later, nearer the late 80's, early 90's? Probably the most likely explanation though. Preston would know.

 

Hi Adrian,

 

Thats the chap I was thinking of, David ......forget his surname. The poster did say "in the 80's" so it fits the bill.

[Adrian Barrell]

Hi Adrian,

 

Thats the chap I was thinking of, David ......forget his surname. The poster did say "in the 80's" so it fits the bill.

 

Freeman......you're right, I should read more carefully! I reckon you've cracked it.

[Great War truck]

Thats right. Dave freeman. One of them survives at Prestons place. It is of course an OT 810.

 

Tim (too)