Hi there

A warm welcome to you all, especially to those visiting us for the first time, where I hope you find something of interest. Last week saw new visitors from Japan, Argentina, India and Germany.

The world of the military vehicle enthusiast is so varied and can cover a multitude of different sizes, nationalities and or course age periods. In the MV scene in the 1970′s and early 1980′s, WW2 vehicles of Britain, USA and Canada were the most popular and 1950′s age vehicles, especially British were often parked away from the main crowd at any show. I’m glad to say this has changed significantly since ! Ok, enough woffle, down to telling you all the new stuff this week !

We had an email from Chris Jones who wanted us to show more 1980′s British artic tractors and as a result  a whole load of Scammell Crusaders, Ford Iveco 3828 and Leyland Mastiff Tractors now feature. To find them just follow the ‘How To’ tab and look under the British, 1980′s in service, and artics. I always find it fascinating not only to study the vehicle in our collection of photographs, but also what load it’s carrying or what’s going on in the background. Some of the fashions in the photos also cause some raised eyebrows! For example, look at the photo below of the Leyland Mastiff with artic trailer and its load.

Now we’ve just received an email from George Rowley in Walsall who wants to know if we have any old Bedford RL 3 Tonners coming up. Well specially for you George, today we’ve popped on a dozen or so for your delight. I hope this brings back happy memories of your time in Germany. 

Leyland Mastiff 4×2 Tractor (74 AN 16)

Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (19 FG 62)

There’s new stuff being added each day here and there. Along with the Bedford RL’s, a few more Austin K9 1Ton Wireless Trucks of the same period have just gone on this evening.

So back to the scanner……

Cheerio,

Simon