v8jim
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Apr 13, 2012 20:01:37 GMT
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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Apr 13, 2012 20:07:28 GMT
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I also would like the blue pickup (I do have a penchant for them  ) cool pics indeed - thanks for posting them! |
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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Brian Damaged
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Apr 13, 2012 20:32:59 GMT
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 I'll have either of these two please. Looks like the fat one's a GMC, the near one's definitely a Diamond T. Orsums.  |
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Apr 13, 2012 20:44:29 GMT
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id like the big gun and the merc truck please  |
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Apr 13, 2012 22:36:46 GMT
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I want the merc truck.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Granadaman72
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I likes Granada's, Cortina's, Sierra's, Viva's, Marina's....................
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Apr 13, 2012 22:37:05 GMT
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Excellent stuff |
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As long as there are some usable tracks somewhere then I'll have the tank (my brother has a Class 1 HGV to move it as well as a H licence :-) )
Paul H
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i grew up in that area but never came across this splendid collection
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marksparks999
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I aim to live forever, or die trying!
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no test required for a tank you get H licence when you pass your test, so long as you are over 21 tracked vehicles are covered!!! Now just need to let the shrubs graw a little higher in the front garden to hide it from the wife?
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Retroless at the moment... but on the hunt for something old!
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MK2VR6
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Mk2 Golf GTi 90 Spec
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Loving the Merc truck!
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scimjim
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no test required for a tank you get H licence when you pass your test, so long as you are over 21 tracked vehicles are covered!!! Now just need to let the shrubs graw a little higher in the front garden to hide it from the wife? You have a Provisional Entitlement for cat H at 21 (16 for under 3500kg). |
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Hi mate, how did you get access for pics? Did you ask permission? I'm not far from you and would love to get some pics there, my new camera and tripod needs to be getting used!
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Apr 14, 2012 11:41:19 GMT
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I saw this  and immidiatly thought this   This has me thinking that I read somewhere that the trucks used in the film were modified GMC items so wonder if this is a film vehicle scrap yard ? indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_LG3000Near to me at a place called "Les Oakes" at Cheadle, Staffs, they had a Sherman tank from a film. It was actually a LWB Land Rover with a timber and fibreglass body. PTO drove a hydraulic pump that powered a motor for the tracks but it rode on the LR wheels. Paul H |
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v8jim
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Apr 14, 2012 14:55:00 GMT
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It all belongs to the guy who organises the war and peace show I went to look at an old golf that belonged the farmer who ownes the yard and we just turned up and had a wander around the only people about were the foreign farm workers who live in caravans there. Rumour has it he has to clear the site because the farmer wants he yard back.
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Apr 14, 2012 17:52:06 GMT
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Any chance you could pm me location, really fancy shooting some of them trucks
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Apr 14, 2012 17:54:32 GMT
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According to this ( www.imcdb.org/vehicle_772-Made-for-Movie-Mercedes-Benz-LG3000.html) the Indy film truck was indeed a mockup but there are comments at the bottom suggesting that the film truck was at one point owned by the guy who runs the War and Peace show before he sold it to the US theme park it's in now. Could be that this ^ is what the film truck was supposed to be and the boy acquired a real one to make up for the loss of the film truck? Or any one of a million other scenarios... |
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PHUQ
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Apr 14, 2012 18:03:54 GMT
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I'm not convinced it is a Merc myself, 'tho I wouldn't like to say what it is. Prepared to be corrected though.
Few £££'s worth there, especially the tracked armour.
Diamond T is a 969.
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Apr 14, 2012 18:13:57 GMT
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Next time you are in the yard check out the Mercedes LG3000 front axle. Genuine are 6 x4 so the front axle is undriven whereas the GMC replicas are 6x6 with a driven front axle. Looking on Google hits for a LG3000 the holes in front wheel and number of nuts on a genuine Merc (8 nuts / 1 holes) are different to a GMC (6 nuts and 6 holes) and this looks like a GMC wheel / axle. Rad different - genuine has filler on top. I don't even think it's a film prop as they were a little more accurate replicas re. windscreen and rad areas. Genuine LG3000 -  Paul H |
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Apr 14, 2012 18:34:23 GMT
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Anyone notice the three wheeled fuel bowser in first pic ? It's a Thompson  Paul H |
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