NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 24 JANUARY 2011

Hi there and welcome to this week’s samples from what’s new on Miliblog, and we start with a photo of a superbly preserved AEC Matador in the colours of Harris’s Fun Fair. Very popular with fun fairs and circuses after WW2, if you visit our WW2 British Gun Tractors gallery, you’ll find another Harris Matador along with many other Matador photos.

AEC 0853 Matador (WVS 488)

Next from the Home Front is a preserved Ford 10 NAAFI van parked up for an event and now doubt very popular selling it’s teas and cakes. These vans run by the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute – NAAFI – were the mobile catering vans of their day, taking food and drink to remote locations to feed the troops.

Ford 10 NAAFI Van (JNO 665)

Thornycroft Nubian 4x4 Crane (00 EX 21)

Looks like a nice summer’s day for a drive down the motorway in this RAF Seddon Atkinson with another tractor unit piggybacking on the back, returning to the depot.

Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (65 KD 02)

And finally, one for the fans of Eastern Block vehicles in the form of a Soviet Zil in Czech army markings.

Zil 151 2.5ton 6x6 Shop Van (139-42-69)(Czech)

So have a great week as we get closer to the Spring and the first outings of vehicles preserved during the Winter months.

Cheerio !

Simon