Ice Cold in Alex

[malcolm erik bogaert]

Richard yes Ive heard that before..however the article in Soldier magazine states that the used K9's..you could probably access the archives at soldier magazine as it names some of the military personel//////////I have the article somewhere in storage...hope you are well...had that other REME chap on the phone the other night Doug from Scotland...cheers malcolm

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert

Richard yes Ive heard that before..however the article in Soldier magazine states that the used K9's..you could probably access the archives at soldier magazine as it names some of the military personel//////////I have the article somewhere in storage...hope you are well...had that other REME chap on the phone the other night Doug from Scotland...cheers malcolm

Hi Malcolm,

Very well thanks

What I should have added, is if you run the film on a video, there is a point where the front hub is in full screen view and if you stop it, you will see it looks unmistakably like a Ford CMP.....quite different to a K9 hub.

[Lynn Eades]

Just because its in print, doesn't make it true. Try reading the "Carrier" section under "Armour" on "WW2 Talk" What a lot of B.S!!

[Little Jo]

Hi All

Loved the movie. I have a copy in my "War" movie collection, Good ending, not what was expected. I also found the cranking uphill bit very interesting. Not bad for an old Black and White film.

Cheers

Little Jo

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

The side view of the four-wheel drive vehicle clearly shows that it was not a CMP system...it looks K9, or so we have agreed I thought before on this site. I do wonder if a CMP axle might have been used as well but my thought is that unless it was an ex-wartime 'spare' lying around, where did they get it from? CMPs must have long-gone from the Mid-East by then.

[Rich Payne]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Just because its in print, doesn't make it true. Try reading the "Carrier" section under "Armour" on "WW2 Talk" What a lot of B.S!!

Lynn, if you mean the information under the 'Trux' heading, this was added lock stock and barrel from the old Trux Models site in order to save the extensive 21st Army Group establishment details from being lost to the web - the site hosting was / is about to disappear.

The main value for me is in the other listings. Although the information thread is locked, the administrator at WW2talk has added a separate thread for comments and corrections. I'm sure it would be appreciated if you or others felt able to correct any 'howlers'.

There are many people with an interest in the period who would feel intimidated by a site such as this, populated as it is mainly by vehicle owners and restorers. They do a great job there helping casual enquirers deal with the (mainly British) wartime service of their ancestors and other similar projects. Any help from those who really know the vehicles would undoubtedly be appreciated.

[RichardT10829]

If i recall the germans were using american halftracks during that movie too....

best Carlsberg advert ever created !......"Worth waiting for"

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

What I should have added, is if you run the film on a video, there is a point where the front hub is in full screen view and if you stop it, you will see it looks unmistakably like a Ford CMP.....quite different to a K9 hub.

CMP axle gets my vote, too

http://img517.imageshack.us/i/cap017im8.jpg/

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

CMP axle gets my vote, too

http://img517.imageshack.us/i/cap017im8.jpg/

Thanks Hanno,

I found some stills from the film on a website, one shows the banjo front axle, definitely like a Chev, although hub caps appear as Ford. There is another shot where the propshafts and transfer box outline is visible, neither the axle nor the transfer box are anything like an Austin K9, so that puts the lid on that story!

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Is Dementia setting in? Or do you like telling the same stories over and over!!! I vote for the first one, Did I say that I vote for the first one.

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ght=alexandria

Rich.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Is Dementia setting in?

It is great making new friends everyday, isn't it?!?

[warren brown]

G'day everyone - as a comparative newcomer to this site I'm a bit blowed away that this hasn't been resolved before. Over the years, I've read in several articles (please don't ask me where at this point because I have a glass of 'Run 'o the Mill' Chardonnay in hand) that the Austin ambulance had CMP running gear. The other day I was at the barber who had a copy of Ralph or Zoo magazine (for those in Canada these are sort of disreputable Australian publications that in the Yukon might have the title of something like the 'Ottawa Beaver Magazine' if you know what I mean) with an article about motoring faux pas in movies - citing Ice Cold in Alex using a Land Rover ambulance throughout the film when Land Rovers turned up years after the war etc...As we know a Series One Land Rover is spotted outside the pub but wouldn't you not bother to move the thing after months filming in the Libyan desert? It is indeed a great film - there is another called 'Sea of Sand' with Michael Craig and Richard Attenborough about the LRDG. It's a cracker...