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A
typical parade around the arena, this one ('Britain Stands Alone') of a
selection of early British and lend-lease vehicles. Centre rear is Dave
Ballard's superb Canadian Ford F15A with 20mm Polsten antiaircraft gun
on its British-made wooden bed. Standing regally in the roof hatch is none
other than your host here at MLU...
photograph by Brian Gough |
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Mike
Ebeling's outstanding Canadian Otter Recce Car. He built this vehicle from
an almost unrecognizeable wreck some 15 years ago, and has driven it 18,000
miles since then. Stowage and attention to detail is without equal.
photograph by Brian Gough |
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Another
view of the Otter. The entire rear section was hand-constructed based upon
detailed plans drawn up by the owner. Mike Ebeling is one of the nicest
guys in the business, and his dedication is truly awe-inspiring.
photograph by Brian Gough |
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A defacto HUP
collection, with owners. Left to right - FHO 251 Michael Byrne, UK; CSK
336 Rick Curtis, UK; HUP 044 Daniel Van Nieuwenhuysse, Belgium; FCG 754
James Baxter, UK. Richard Curtis took the Best Canadian Vehicle Award at
the show; his newly restored HUW, fully equipped down to the chorehorse,
is superb!
photograph by Brian Gough |
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The same from
the left. Somehow, all four HUs just 'showed up' at the MLU camp; we made
some space and just backed them in for the photo session! GWB has never
seen Mr. Gough so excited. :-)
It was just great to see
all of these together, and we've plans to do something similar with ALL
Canadian vehicles next year...
photograph by Brian Gough |
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Nigel Watson
poses self-conciously beside his early carrier after a long trek from Scotland.
I caught him by surprise here...
The carrier is painted in
the colours of the Indian Army, with whom his father served as an officer.
Not seen is the nice Vickers-Berthier mounted in the commander's position...
Nigel took us for rides, and we stood out well from the mass of olive drab!
Good job, Nigel, hope to see you again next year... |
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None other than
that with five cylinder blocks incorporating 30 cylinders - the legendary
Chrysler A57 Multibank engine. It sounds like nothing else you've ever
heard... Carl Brown arrived Friday evening with his newly-operational Sherman
M4A4, one of three such known to exist. More pics to come shortly... |
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The business
end of Pete Ashby's outstanding 12-cab C15A, which won Best Medium, Best
Self-Restored At Show and runner-up as Best Canadian Vehicle. Pete, well-done,
and congratulations! |
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The left side
of Pete's C15A. His 2B1 box was made from scratch according to planms drawn
from an original. Even the welds are in the right place and of the right
type and consistency... |
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A 12-cab gun
tractor owned by persons unknown. I never did see anyone at this site at
any given time, although I spoke to a kid once and passed along my business
card. This came with a nice limber and 25 pounder as well... |
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David Russell's
beautiful Mk.VII Churchill Crocodile. It ran in the Arena each day, a true
pleasure to behold! |
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Alan Tooes in
his Canadian Dodge T212. This vehicle is for sale, BTW... contact GWB
if you're interested. It drives very nicely indeed... |
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Nigel Hay (right)
sucks GWB (top) into saying a few words to the crowd. Caught me by surprise,
did our Nigel! A very patient Dave Ballard waits stoically behind the wheel
of his lovely F15A as I make a fool of myself...
photograph by Chris Shillito |
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Hanno Spoelstra,
the Scammell driver! In his first time ever behind the wheel of this behemoth,
Hanno pulls two others to demonstrate the legendary prowess of these amazing
trucks. Canadians used Scammells throughout the war as well, for little
jobs like pulling the powerpacks from tanks out in the field. There were
five at Beltring this year...
photograph by Chris Shillito |
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A Parachute Regiment
veteran performs in front of a rapt audience of school children. There
were numerous WW2 vets in attendance at Beltring, most only too happy to
talk for hours on their experiences. This is one aspect of their education
these children will not forget.
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