N.O.S. Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Oh come on, abn - Fodens are good off road, but not that good! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Truly if there were enough people the moving of all that stuff wouldn't be that long a project . When there are some boots on the ground , and can do a recon for the mission , is there a workable plan that can be put in motion , can it be a successful recovery . Only time will tell now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon in a 432 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Sounds interesting but what price are they looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 This sounds like a job that is perfectly suitable for the ASSFART if you ask me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Missed all this. I would certainly bracket the K2 as 'iconic' in terms of British WW2 kit. Looks like a nightmare of a job getting it out. I guess the alternative is to break for bits. What a crying shame. If it had been in the UK, I agree "we" could have got a team in. Now I know the TV thing was a muse of sorts, but there's mileage in having a proper salvage/recovery squad. The minus is expense and having somewhere to put the kit after. There must be one of the thirty-seven thousand ShedTV channels who'd fund it. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Sounds to me like the only way this vehicle is coming out will be to send an "Invasion Force" over there.I reckon, if some of you dudes turn up there with a Foden recovery truck, a couple of Scammells, an Antar c/w trailer to bring it back, and something like a Spartan full of aggressive looking middle aged dudes all dressed in combat gear.........things could change. Just imagine that on the news........"British invasion of France". "Today a number of military dressed civilians arrived at Dover in an assortment of Historic Military vehicles, on an invasion mission into the heart of France, where it is thought they are mounting a rescue mission to liberate an English prisoner known only to us as K2. It is thought that K2 has been held prisoner for as much as forty years in atrocious conditions. A spokesman for the group said they were going there in convoy as a band of twenty men to liberate K2 from the place of captivity, and if necessary they will turn the place upside down to get it." I can just see the TV cameras following this "Mini Army" clattering their way into the back streets of France, wondering if K2 will be brought out alive, or whether as rumours have it; they could turn up to find the body has been dismembered, cut up and removed as threatened. The TV crews will be wondering what horrific scenes and stories they are about to witness. That would be a real hoot................... go on.........dare ya. :-D:-D:-D Theres the answer then!! Sell the whole thing to channel 4 as a mini series. :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Theres the answer then!! Sell the whole thing to channel 4 as a mini series. :cool2: Not a good idea, the present owner would then think he was sitting on a gold mine and up the price. Best kept low key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 There's enough there for a feature film. But which actor should be cast in the role of Jack, and what about the rest of the crew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 There's enough there for a feature film. But which actor should be cast in the role of Jack, and what about the rest of the crew? The Jack part would need a real live wire!:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Sound track with vocals by EARTHa Kitt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Should be a Sparkaling performance. :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 On the other hand you cant lift it out and you cant drive it out and you cant drag it out ...... does any one fancy a bit of digging ? a few months work to dig under the property and lower the vehicle down and bring it out cant be all that impossible . We could dig three tunnel's and call them Tom, Dick and Harry!!! :cool2: :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Whats a K2?:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Austin 'Katy' ambulance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Am i missing something i thought there were plenty about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Hi, I was there with my friends at 4.5. and we have changed somethnig impossible to the real thing. We have saved the lady! :-) Radek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 2nd block of pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 3th block of pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 She is in good community. :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted May 5, 2009 Author Share Posted May 5, 2009 Well done Radek Serge sent me some photos of you guys getting her out yesterday. I am glad to see it came out without any dismantling. Hope you got it home safely, the truck looked a little small :shake: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 X 6 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Fabulous story, fabulous pictures. Congratulations to all concerned. Brilliant :tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radek Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Well done Radek Serge sent me some photos of you guys getting her out yesterday. I am glad to see it came out without any dismantling. Hope you got it home safely, the truck looked a little small :shake: Only litle bit. :-)) All past well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Well done. What fabulous news. It is wonderful to hear something good has happened with it and i really didnt think that it could be saved. Where will it be headed now? Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotBed Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Radek, your a star, im so glad she has found a loving home good luck with the restoration:yay: regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisg Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Well done Radek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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