Last post for an army hero

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Max Wilkinson

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• Jul 19, 2004

• #21

Anyone ever bought a landie with 'battle damage' ? I mean like bullet holes
and the like , I've herd of guys buying ex army jackets with bullet holes in
the front and back !



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Ben White

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• Jul 22, 2004

• #22

"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> That must be the site of the old Dennis works. (Dennis of specialist
vehicle
> fame, buses, dustcarts, fire engines)


Its very close but nearer the railway line. The Dennis works was alongside
the slip road on to the A3, towards the cathederal.

 

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Bob Hobden

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• Jul 20, 2004

• #23

"Ben White" wrote after...
> "Lee_D" wrote
> > Well they ditched the 101 for foriegn trucks .. which incidentally I'm
> led
> > to beleive are now built in the south of England if the lads at work are
> > correct... will do some more digging.
>
> Pinzgauers are definitely built in Guildford, in the industrial estate
> opposite side of the A3 from the Wooden Bridge pub, right next to the main
> rail line to London, for those that know the place. Been there at least a
> couple of years now.
>

That must be the site of the old Dennis works. (Dennis of specialist vehicle
fame, buses, dustcarts, fire engines)
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Bob

1974 LR S111 2.25 petrol "88" H/top
1987 LR 90 2.5 petrol H/top
2004 BMW330i Sport (the wife's)

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Jul 20, 2004

• #24

Austin Shackles wrote:
>
> now a landie with bullet holes, that *would* be cool.
>

ACTUALLY, on our Ambi, there is an elliptical shaped hole on the front
of the ambi box, near the nearside door that looks exactly like a bullet
hole.

Steve

 

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SteveG

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• Jul 19, 2004

• #25

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:52:30 +0100, "Big G" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is thinking
>the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
>Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
>
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Maybe HM Forces need to look at the Perentie as used by Australian
forces.

Regards
Steve G

 

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Larry

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• Jul 19, 2004

• #26

Well they don't make proper Land rovers any more do they?

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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes

"Big G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is
thinking
> the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
> Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
>
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Ben White

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• Jul 22, 2004

• #27

"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That must be the site of the old Dennis works. (Dennis of specialist
vehicle
> fame, buses, dustcarts, fire engines)


Its very close but nearer the railway line. The Dennis works was alongside
the slip road on to the A3, towards the cathederal.

 

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QrizB

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• Jul 23, 2004

• #28

On 20 Jul 2004 12:21:30 -0700, [email protected] (Sean Ryan)
wrote:

>The new Bowman radio system is too big to fit in Land Rovers

Ah, another example of the MoD doing things their own way. For the
last 100 years radios have been getting smaller and more efficient,
yet for some reason the new radio system is bigger than the old one.

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QrizB

"On second thought, let's not go to Z'Ha'Dum. It is a silly place."