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Originally Posted by Les Freathy
Radeks photo of the pile of scrap vehicles makes one stop and think, today they call us a wasteful and throw away world but many of those in that picture look as if they would have done further service or at least a supply of spares so little has changed in 60 odd years. I know we have heard many times of the massive glut of military equipment in the late 1940s but with the British economy being in a almost collapse situation at the time one would have expected a little more thought could have been shown but what a restorers dream to find that pile now
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Les,
Just to put things in a little perspective, the picture of that pile of British trucks was taken in the mid-1950s in Germany.
Would not mind having that pile in my backyard, though!
Cheers,
Hanno