ferrettkitt Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 A very nice looking Austin Champ traveling up Huddersfield Road from Oldham towards Austerlands...3 people on board and i think it was complete with radio gear.... I was quite jealous as it was a lovely day and i wasnt out in my Landy.. cheers Mike That might have been going to or coming from the local Manchester Area MVT event the one where I had fun in the mud but thats another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenmi01 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Now i am really disappointed i was not doing anything yesterday, wife was at work...ended up Gardening...could have come along in my Landy for a play... i need to get along to an MVT meeting..i believe there is 1 in stockport and 1 in Oldham but i always seem to be working away on the nights they meet... cheers Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arm carp Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 You had a nice day for it. I take its running good.Al yeah all fine mate , was good to take it out for a run , blow a few cobwebs out , that mj of mine has still got your name on it :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 nice looking jeep going past Weeton army camp tonight (oh it was us !:whistle:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Bit of an easy one as I only have to look out of my office window, but just seen the USAF Pararescue launch their landing craft and a couple of huge matt black jetskis and they're now hooning off out to sea. whooosh :cool2: HMRC had a cutter coming up the other way, what an interesting interaction that would be, knowing what assumptions HMRC make about small fast matt coloured craft :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Looked like a bsa m20 (main road into Blackpool this afternoon). Chinook flying low over st annes beach yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaw Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Nice L Rover Lightweight at 9.10am on M8 westbound at J3 (Livingstone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Sat 23 3:15 PMish. over Chesham heading NE Hawker Hurricane. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 On tv now Quest channel (no 38) Le Salvager.. real nice Command car ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 spotted this evening......... heading north (towards the cheshire border direction) on the A500 (Stoke on Trent) approx 18.15 a Jeep on the back of a red transit? pick up, anybody on here? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) On the North Norfolk coast - looking like what might have been a military landing craft, seen here at low tide (note the excavator in the background): On the way back (with tide coming in) it could be seen loading with rock for sea defences: A little further on - remember the digger in pic 1? Something didn't look right: Oops! Back to the Landing Craft - turns out it was indeed military, dating from 1980 (more recent than I'd imagined), but the contractor couldn't tell me any more about it Edited April 28, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 the 360 is surrounded by water ! :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrynevuk Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 the 360 is surrounded by water ! :shocked: :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Sorry guys, bailing with bucket just didn't work.:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Just tracked down what it is - LCVP Mk4, capacity 5.5 tonnes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 And the big digger was 6 tons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Drake Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Spotted in Ilchester about 16.00 driving in the direction of Yeovilton, what appeared to be a Land Rover Carawagon, in green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Sand coloured lightweight around Orpington and Windsor drive today. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 And the big digger was 6 tons? More like about 13t I would think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 or 16 ton , :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) Yes, somewhere between 13 - 18 tonnes. Anything below 30 tonnes is a toy anyway :cool2: Well - little did I realise when I posted the landing craft photos that it was the digger which should have been the main mv story! I mentioned it to a friend today who lives up there and he said a tank had tried to pull it out, a photo appearing in a local paper. From the Lynn News Friday 22nd April (the contractors told me it had been there 7 days) "RENEWED efforts involving a tracked crane were being made at low tide yesterday to rescue a mechanical digger stuck beside a mudbank at Burnham Overy Staithe. It followed an unsuccessful attempt to remove the digger on Wednesday using an ex-Army tank belonging to Wells-based Safety Boat Services. The digger..... was involved in repair and restoration work on groynes at the harbour for Burnham Overy Harbour Trust. Work on the £95,000 project was nearing completion when the digger became stuck – and then got flooded by the high spring tides, leaving only its mechanical arm visible above water. Safety Boat Services marine operations manager .... said efforts to pull it out using the tank were unsuccessful as the rescue team was unable to start the digger’s engine." Looks like an Engineer Tractor to me? Edited April 29, 2011 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hardly surprising they couldn't start the engine with the muck that must be in there.:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Just back from holiday in Kent, on the outskirts of Sandwich, taking a walk around the cottage spotted a replica hurricane in a field along with an M4A1 75mm Sherman tank, unrestored condition, but complete with turret, gun, track and bogies, looked to be early hull with direct vision slots, but a single piece transmission and wide mantlet. On the other side of the path was a small compound with piles of main guns including a 17 pdr from an M10c. Judging from the new bentley on the drive of the nearby house I presume it all belonged to a well to do collector, but the hour was getting on and there was no one around to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Richard, have you been out and about? A Dodge WC54 back end going up Court Road, had a large ETO cross on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted April 30, 2011 Author Share Posted April 30, 2011 Richard, have you been out and about? A Dodge WC54 back end going up Court Road, had a large ETO cross on the back. Not this Richard, must be another one :undecided: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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