Steam engines and old tractor run

[Giles]

Went to pub today to meet in-laws and happy coincidence charity tractor run was happening

 

[Giles]

Polish built aka Paul Marsden from old forum there with his old fowler and recovering someone’s

 

[Mick-the-fitter]

Polish built aka Paul Marsden from old forum there with his old fowler and recovering someone’s

Austin Champ? RR Engine, 4forward 4 reverse

 

[maz]

Austin Champ? RR Engine, 4forward 4 reverse

First time seeing one of those, very cool! Still affordable as well.

Good to see people still keeping these communities alive, I thought it would have died a death after the Fred Dibnah era.

 

[Giles]

Austin Champ? RR Engine, 4forward 4 reverse

Yeah a great bit of kit

 

[Mick-the-fitter]

That’s all we had then our answer to the willys jeep, Land Rover was a baby in the field.

 

[V8Druid]

I particularly like the anti-Sunday/dawdling driver device for the passenger to operate

 

[Giles]

Couple of willys there and loads of Landys even a fred dibnath Esq one, speaking to the lady driver of one of the Willis her husband has a D8 that was on d day landings, they’ve taken it to France few times for events etc need to find where in tideswell they are. Here husband ran a welding and fabrication business.

Caterpillar D8 and Sherman BARV

Clansman radios - British army communications

www.milweb.net

 

[Lancs Lad]

Couple of willys there and loads of Landys even a fred dibnath Esq one, speaking to the lady driver of one of the Willis her husband has a D8 that was on d day landings, they’ve taken it to France few times for events etc need to find where in tideswell they are. Here husband ran a welding and fabrication business.

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Caterpillar D8 and Sherman BARV

Clansman radios - British army communications

www.milweb.net

Awesome pics and info Giles

 

[Mick-the-fitter]

What were the Land Rovers?

 

[maz]

These threads are bad for me, I just got rid of my series 2 project...I don't need another old vehicle, as much as I want one

 

[V8Druid]

These threads are bad for me, I just got rid of my series 2 project...I don't need another old vehicle, as much as I want one

ditto ... have enough regrets about selling my two historic RR,s as it is ... both running LPG