NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 16 AUGUST 2010

As promised, we’ve been delving into the pending box and loaded more photos on this week. Lots of interest from our emails in old WW2 British vehicles and one of the most popular and most recognised is the AEC Matador gun tractor. Maybe because we probably all made the lovely plastic model kit of the Matador by Airfix, which included a 5.5″ howitzer gun. Many were used in the timber industry, while others were snapped up by transport and bus companies to use as breakdown lorries.

My best friend from school’s father served in the British Army in National service just after WW2 and one day told me a story. He’d been driving a Matador in Germany and had stopped for a typical British cup of tea. When ne came to start the engine, it had a flat battery and couldn’t even turn over the engine. A couple os US Army GI’s were passing in their Jeep and stopped to help. A quick tow rope was attached and to his great surprise, the little Jeep was able to pull the Matador fast enough to enable him to let the clutch out which kicked the engine into life !!!!! So below is a further addition to our collection of Matadors.

AEC 0853 Matador (GSO 566)

To complete the story, we have another recent addition to our Jeep gallery on Miliblog. A little different colour scheme to the normal US olive drab jeeps seen around at shows.

Willys MB - Ford GPW Jeep

Following on this week’s theme of British Lorries and in particular gun tractors, below are two examples of the Scammells added to the website this week.

Scammell Pioneer R100 Gun Tractor (HVW 77)

Scammell Pioneer R100 Gun Tractor (JXL 669)

And finally one for our US cousins, a Dodge Power Wagon Ambulance, which look in excellent condition.

Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 Ambulance (Q 239 GVM)

So have a great week and we’ll see you soon !

Cheerio !

Simon