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Ah, first you make us drool . . . and then you make us cry by telling us they have all been scrapped by now?!?!
Some rare trucks there, the late "straight back" FAT and F60T plus trailer. Thanks for sharing the pictures! Hanno
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Very sad pictures... I can't stop my tears...
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1943 CHEV C8A HUW (under restoration). 1943 FORD F15 cab13 (under restoration). 1940 BSA M20 1940 NORTON 16H (project waiting) |
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Is to see so many uncut, unmodified vehicles - original bodies, and as Hanno points out some rare ones there too. Those FATs are amazing, as are the F15/F15As.
Very sad to see that 15cwt body being choked with the cable. So what's the count? Looks like at least 3 of the late pattern FGTs, one earlier one, 3 or 4 15cwts, F60T and trailer, GMCs, Mog, Dodge ambulance, Half track... so please... tell us their fate...
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern |
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Hence the Andrew Lloyd Webber song -
'Don't cry for me Argentina, The truth is I never sold you, All through those scrapyards loose rusty bitses, Don't touch that half-track, Don't crush my blitzes...'
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For a moment I thought that the Hammond boys would set a new recovery record for distance travelled.
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Clive,
Rumour has it the esteemed ring leaders of the Hammond Barn are at this minute plotting through a haze of seasonal mosquitos as to how to turn the recovery into an Official CF recovery operation. My inside source has it on good authority that an HLVW wrecker is being modified for air transport in a C130 by fitting K car wheels and tyres and removing the cab and that all flights will be signed off by the Wing Training Officer (Captain Loaddroper-Redlighton) as legitimate long distance training flights. Flights coming back from Afghanistan that would have been otherwise empty will now have a realistic load. It is furthermore understood that the name to this circus has been "Exercise Kimco" and planning was started 01/04/11 (D/M/Y) Whether my sources are kosher remains to be seen Robin |
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Reminds me of that yard in Portugal where those lovely cab 13 FATS were eventually scrapped
![]() Often with these yards, the owners can only see $$$$ and have nil interest in history or preserving anything . Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad |
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I don't see where their religion should have any bearing on it.
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE |
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