Over on HMVF – Historic Military Vehicle Forum a well know Sherman tank owner has posted up some great pictures of a barn find Jeep. Here are some photos of a Willys MB my nephew Paul bought a while ago at a farm sale near us. We had it running and driving around the yard the next day for the [...]
As some of you know late last year I bought a Charioteer and a Centaur with a view to making one good Cromwell from the two. The tanks finally arrived at bob grundy’s yard in ashton in makerfield in late december but due to the weather being so bad nothing much happened until march when bob came out of hibernation [...]
During WWII and like in most wars, men became attached to their vehicles. As we have seen with the nose art of the airforces,also can be seen is the ‘cab art’ whereby men would name their vehicles. Maybe the name of their town or city or may be the name of their wife or girlfriend. Or simply, just a [...]
Root around in your garage, shed or the dusty end of your book shelves and you will find a Haynes manual for a car you once had. It will have oil stained dog eared pages. I’ve got them for a VW Golf my wife cherished, a 2CV we adored and a beloved Renault 5 we still miss even though [...]
The Gosling family are one of the worlds leading WWI lorry restorers – this project has taken 7 years to complete. The chassis is always the bit that survives. It is finding something that is attached to it which is the rarity. Most of them were turned into farm trailers or house foundations at the end of their life. If [...]
The brave ones shot bullets; the crazy ones shot film – Quote from ‘Joseph Longo, founder of the International Combat Camera Association’
Continued insurance benefits for Historic Military Vehicle Forum members through Footman James The HMVF is pleased to announce that it has renewed its arrangement with specialist insurance broker, Footman James, securing special insurance discounts for club members. Footman James’ motor policies include UK and European breakdown cover and motorcycle legal expenses as well as personal injury road rage and bike-jacking [...]
April 20, 1942: a mobile artillery unit about to start on maneuvers
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Welcome to our first newsletter, one of several that will be released from time to time concerning next year’s Exercise Tiger 70th anniversary memorial event.
P-51Pilot Who Flew Last Combat Mission of WWIIMay 25, 2013
Vietnam War-era films unearthed: man attempts to reunite families with their filmsMay 24, 2013
75 Interesting Facts About WW1May 24, 2013
WWII HD: A New World Order | History Channel DocumentaryMay 24, 2013
Pre-Order for Exclusive Band of Brothers BobbleheadMay 24, 2013
Dornier 17 – The Flying PencilMay 24, 2013
One careful owner, canon included: German Armored Car discovered in drug dealer’s back garden during police raid is auctioned off for £5,000May 24, 2013
The Pursuit of Bismarck & the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood (72 years ago today)May 24, 2013
WWII vet gets ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ from Japan’s ambassadorMay 24, 2013
Former Cold War bunker passes through redemption periodMay 24, 2013
When Pets Get Drafted: The Bizarre History of Animal SoldiersMay 24, 2013
Memorial to honour Australian WWI tunnellersMay 24, 2013
Japanese WWII veteran says comfort women brothels were wrongMay 24, 2013
Intelligence archive: Hitler helped Allied case late in war due to blunders he was makingMay 24, 2013
Local Jeweler’s WWII Dog Tags Unearthed In Normandy Nearly 70 Years LaterMay 24, 2013
How Hitler’s U-Boats Are Still Attacking UsMay 23, 2013
Colonel Leonard T. Schroeder – 30 Years Service and First Man on Normandy BeachMay 23, 2013
“Useful Enemies”: U.S. admitted not just Nazis after WWII, but their sadistic collaboratorsMay 23, 2013
1900s-1920s: Lucky SwastikasMay 23, 2013
British WWII Spying and Propaganda in U.S. Shown in Secret FilesMay 23, 2013