Last one for tonight. Mariusz Kościński has been away from Biglorryblog for far too long! Anyway he says: "Hello Brian, some time ago by chance I stumbled upon a webpage about the biggest show of its kind in the world - The War and Peace Show, at the Hop Farm near Maidstone in Kent." And naturally BLB says tell me what these are?
Anyroadup Mariusz says: "So I've decided to give it a go and went there yesterday. Apart of getting a sunburn and a plenty of photos of various tanks, troop carriers, Jeeps and Land Rovers I also managed to snap quite a few trucks."
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"So here's a selection of some of my photos for you," says Mariusz. "I was happy to see plenty of Reo M35s, a truck that for me was a main feature of the 'American Ninja' and 'Rambo: First Blood' movies (I bet that's not what their film-makers had in mind) when I was a kid."
"And of course there were countless numbers of British an American military trucks. Apart from more or less vintage, rugged, khaki-coloured vehicles, I did manage to snap a couple of shinier ones. I'm definitely not going to give this show a miss next year! Regards, Mariusz."
And what do you reckon this is says BLB?
Heaven knows what good those mirors are...!
Ice cold beer anyone?
How about this one?
The Elworth 'Eliminator'!
Wonder how old this Pete is...?
What a combination eh?
Rather venrable Freightliner...but from what year?
Nice ECX Olympic...
Amd that's the lot..thanks Mariusz great stuff!
The Bedford and Commer 4x4s in the first pictute both have pairs of orange flashing lights on the cab roof showing them to be ex Auxilliary Fire Service ( The nnn ELM registration on the Commer was a government series and many were used on various Forestry Commission vehicles). The crane in the next picture is French and probably a Griffet of some type. Finally it was great to see the wartime Bedford QL, I remember that the local Electricity Board had one with a large earth auger, I found it fascinating but I was about four years old at the time!
Ice Cold Beer?? You must be referring to Ice Cold in Alex which was of course the iconic film about an Austin K2 (screamer) ambulance not a Bedford QL. Come on BLB, read your Observers Book of WW2 Military Vehicles tonight from cover to cover please; further questions will be set tomorrow!!
Consider myself suitably chastised...BLB
The Dutch truck is an DAF YA-314 which was the workhorse of the Dutch army. Built in 1953 en 1958 I drove one in 1968 and they were in use far in the sevetees when tehy were replaced by 4 ton DAF's
Petrol engine. In various shapes such as toolbox and watertruck.
off road they were quite good. The lowgear and front wheels had to be put in with one lever.
Still a lot of them in private hands.
Hi, BLB,
On your side this time, Brian, as Nick is also wrong because the Austin known as the Screamer because, of its transmission noise was, in fact, the K5, which is a truck not dissimilar in looks to the Bedford QL. It was the Austin equivalent at three tons.
The K2 or Katy was the Austin ambulance used in the film, but there were all sorts of theories about four-wheel drive from Canadian Chevys, being fitted underneath as a 4x2 'Katy' wouldn't get very far in the desert sands.
They would have spent the entire budget digging it out and then the lovely Sylvia Sims wouldn't have been able to feature in the film as the K5 was generally a cargo truck.
However, Nick's idea about your quality bed-time reading of 'the MV Bible' by Bart Vanderveen, is a good one, but check with Mrs BLB first!
Best wishes to all,
Mike.
The pair of Antars were part of the "Museum of Army Transport" at Beverley, and have only just started to get round the show circuit. It is really great to see static museum exhibits, fred to be alive agin. Just a poity the museum had to fold for this to happen.