My collection at the moment

[BLUETHUNDER]

Latest addition. Corvette C5




LandRover 50th Anniversary 4.0V8 Auto




4.2 Cerbera



101 FC V8 LandRover





Ferret AFV 4.2 Rolls Royce powered






Ex bomb disposal 110 Defender




1942 Ford Jeep GPW

[Forthright MC]

very interesting selection of military vehicles you have there!

Corvette and Cerb -

(particularly like the cascade-esque paintjob on the Cerb, very nice!)

[tybo]

Thats quite a collection

Which one's used the most then?

[Podie]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Ex bomb disposal 110 Defender

Those red panels...? how much "active service" did the vehicle see..?

[BLUETHUNDER]

tybo said:

Thats quite a collection

Which one's used the most then?

The V8 90 is used the most.It replaced this.My previous RR

[BLUETHUNDER]

Podie said:

BLUETHUNDER said:

Ex bomb disposal 110 Defender

Those red panels...? how much "active service" did the vehicle see..?

All bomb disposal vehicles have red panels.It donates an E.O.D vehicle.

[Podie]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Podie said:

BLUETHUNDER said:

Ex bomb disposal 110 Defender

Those red panels...? how much "active service" did the vehicle see..?

All bomb disposal vehicles have red panels.It donates an E.O.D vehicle.

Well you learn summat new everyday!

wondered if a few panels had been blown off...

[BLUETHUNDER]

Ex E.O.D series 111

[BLUETHUNDER]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Ex E.O.D series 111

And another.

[r1ot]

Shame the 50 cal on the jeep has been deactivated, could be useful against scamera vans!

[RDMcG]

That is a VERY cool collection..mindblowing in fact

[BLUETHUNDER]

RDMcG said:

That is a VERY cool collection..mindblowing in fact

Thankyou.

[ol' dirty]

alawys had a soft spot for the FC101- what are they like off road?

[BLUETHUNDER]

Very good off road.Just let down by the fact that they are light.So on some obstacles or inclines the tend to lift the rear wheel.It pays to have weight in the back.Fording rivers and traveling through thick mud does'nt present a problem.

[SpeedyGonzales]

BLUETHUNDER said:

4.2 Cerbera

Yes, yes and yes!

[flattotheboards]

that is such a great collection.

[plasticpig]

Gereat collection of vehicles. Do you have any history of the Jeep. What unit it served in etc?

[BLUETHUNDER]

plasticpig said:

Gereat collection of vehicles. Do you have any history of the Jeep. What unit it served in etc?

No history i'm afraid.Unlike current British Army vehicles where a service card is kept.There was no such thing as that during WW11.It was deemed at the time that a Jeeps survivability was weeks rather than years hence no records were kept.There was 625,000 jeeps of both Willy,s and Ford produced during the war period during the war period and with Jeeps being allocated to various front line units it was impossible to keep track of them.My jeep was purchased in 1976 by my dad for me and my brother.We were only 6 at the time,and the intention was that when we were old enough we would learn to drive with it.We took it a bit further and decided for it to under go a complete nut and bolt restoration over a period of three years by the top jeep restorer in the country.He has restored a number of examples for American collectors and one for Kevin Wheatcroft of the Wheatcroft collection at Donnington park.I have the original log book showing it registered in 1949,and we did get down to the original blue factory markings during restoration.

[Xenocide]

They are all beautiful! Amazing collection - you must be proud!

Thanks for showing us .

[custardkid]

you must have a big garage!



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