wreckers and recovery

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Les Freathy
And the two superb K6 recoverys owned by the R.E.M.E collection, these are the ones that Richard was involved with so he can add a story to the restoration that OK Richard.

The two Austin K6 Breakdown Gantrys that Les has posted, were from the SEME Historic Vehicle Collection at Borden, subsequently the green one is now on display at the REME Museum in Arborfield, and the sand one was sold of as surplus to the collection, I believe.

They were both restored at the REME workshop where I worked, and was able to play a small part in this work. They were both taken down to the chassis and a full rebuild took place. The sand one was in the Warnham War Museum, many years ago before it came to SEME. Later I was able to drive the green one to military vehicle shows on a number of occasions.

Having a particular liking for Austins, I persuaded a friend to buy another K6 Gantry, and we took that to rallies in the Kent area, recently it was sold on to another member of this forum.

Richard