Photographed at the 17th Annual McLean County Antique Auto Club Exhibition on the grounds of the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington on August 3, 2013.

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Parked behind the fire station last August.

Photographed at the 63rd Secretary of State Antique Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 8, 2012.

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This off-road vehicle was primarily produced to meet the British Army's requirement for a Gun Tractor, and was designed to tow a Field Gun (L118 Light Gun) with a ton of Ammunition and other Equipment in the rear load space, giving it the alternative name of the Land Rover ''One Tonne'' the vehicle was designed to be easily transported by air, the positioning of the 3.5 litre Rover V8 engine beneath and to the rear of the cab eliminates the bonnet at the front, making the vehicle more or less cuboid thus reducing unused space in Transport Aircraft. Of concern was the payload and limited stability, particularly when crossing an incline.

The official name of ''101 Forward Control'' is derived from the vehicle's 101 inch wheelbase, and the position of the driver, above and slightly in front of the front wheels which used a fairly large 9.00x16in tyre. To cope with the extra height above the ground, the wheels feature an unusual feature for a Land Rover (but used for many years on the much older and similar Mercedes Unimog S404) a flange around the centre of the wheel has an embossed tread pattern forming a step for the crew when entering the cab, named a 'wheel-step'.

Development of the 101 Forward Control started in 1967, with a design team led by Norman Busby (14th October 1931 to 30th June 2005). Production took place between 1972 and 1978, in common practice of the Armed Forces, many vehicles were not used for some years and it is not unheard of for Military Vehicle enthusiasts to pick up these vehicles after only a few thousand miles service. All the vehicles produced at the Land Rover factory at Lode Lane, Solihull were soft top ('rag top') General Service Gun Tractors, although later on many were rebuilt with hard-top Ambulance bodies and as Radio Communication Trucks. A rare variant is the Electronic Warfare Vampire body, it is thought that only 21 of these were produced and less than half of these survive today.

The 101 Forward Control also served with the RAF Regiment, two 101's were allocated to each Rapier Missile set up, the British RAF Rapier System used three Land Rovers in deployment, a 24V winch fitted 101 Firing Unit Tractor (FUT) to tow the Launch Trailer, loaded with four Rapier Missiles, Guidance Equipment and radio, a 12V winch fitted 101 Tracking Radar Tractor (TRT) to tow the Blindfire Radar Trailer, also loaded with four Rapier Missiles and Guidance Equipment, and a 109 Land Rover to tow a Reload Trailer with 9 Rapier Missiles and loaded with the unit's other supplies and kit.

The 101 Forward Control also served in the Ambulance role, the Ambulance bodywork was built by Marshall of Cambridge, and was manufactured in both left and right hand drive with either 12 or 24 volt electrical systems. Some 101 Forward Control's were produced with a PTO powered Nokken capstan winch mounted on the chassis at the centre of the vehicle, allowing winching from either the front or rear. Another variation on a small number of pre-production vehicles was the addition of a trailer with an axle driven from the PTO, creating a 6x6 vehicle, this adaptation was abandoned before full production when it was discovered that the trailer had a propensity to push the vehicle onto its side when driven over rough terrain.

By the late 1990's, the 101 Forward Control's were decommissioned by the MoD and were replaced with Defenders and Pinzgauer Vehicles. Many 101's have entered into private ownership and there is a thriving 'Owners Club' supporting these sourcing spares and providing technical support the club also keeps a register of known surviving vehicles throughout the world. A prototype 101 was built based on a Recovery Vehicle, but only one of these is known to be in existence, at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

Sourced from Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_101_Forward_Control

First trail ride.

The M151 was initially manufactured by Ford and passed along to Kaiser and AM General as time lapsed.

Photographed at the 29th Annual Nostalgic Indoor Invitational Auto Show at Avanti's Dome in Pekin, Illinois on March 30, 2013. The show is presented by the Early Ford V-8 Club of America Regional Group #51.

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Motorcar 803 not longer in passenger service on a utility ride.

In 1927, the fire department in Columbia, Illinois paid $4,635 for this top-of-the-line Studebaker - General Manufacturing Co. of St. Louis firetruck. The truck was retired in 1964 and has been fully restored.

Photographed at the 64th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 7, 2013.

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Photographed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd Annual Car Cruise and Cookout in Taylorville, Illinois on June 1, 2013.

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Photographed at the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival Car Show in Lincoln, Illinois on August 25, 2013. The event is sponsored by the Railsplitter Antique Auto Club.

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Utility car 2201 (vacuum cleaner) in front of the Central Station. Cut by half a catenary maintenance vehicle and leaving the picture on the left side a Schindler motorcar.

Photographed at the 2011 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 23-25, 2011.

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Photographed at the O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd Annual Car Cruise and Cookout in Taylorville, Illinois on June 1, 2013.

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Car 1 parked on the front apron.

Photographed at the 15th Annual McLean County Antique Auto Club Exhibition on the grounds of the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington, Illinois on August 6, 2011. The event is co-sponsored by the David Davis Mansion Foundation.

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Photographed at the Third Annual New Salem Shrine Club Car Show in Petersburg, Illinois on September 20, 2014. The car show is held in conjunction with the Petersburg Harvest Fest celebration.

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Parked next to Fire Station No. 1.

International 4300 chassis with Altec boom at the Mystic Beach Central Service Shop.

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International 4300 Chassis with Altec Boom

Motorcar Dmt 3035 - Yueguang - another type of rail-bus in use as utility vehicle.

Photographed at the Paws and Power Dog Party and Car Show at Southwind Park in Springfield, Illinois on September 9, 2012. The event is hosted by the Springfield Parks Foundation and the Animal Protective League.

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In the apparatus bays at Fire Station No. 1.

Photographed at the 2013 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 27-29, 2013.

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Parked in front of Fire Station No. 1 this afternoon.

Motorcar 33 (utility car) PCC 7101 ~ 7152 at the depot Woluwe.

Land Rover Defender 90 (1983-16) Engine 2198cc S4 TD 122hp

Registration Number YR 12 OYS (Yorkshire for Sheffield)

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The model was introduced in 1983 as the Land Rover Ninety and the Land Rover One Ten, with the numbers representing the wheelbase in inches. The Ninety and One Ten replaced the earlier Land Rover Series, and at the time of launch, the only other Land Rover model in production was the Range Rover.

The One Ten was launched in 1983, and the Ninety followed in 1984. From 1984, wind-up windows were fitted (Series models and very early One Tens had sliding panels), and a 2.5-litre (153 cu in), 68 horsepower (51 kW) diesel engine was introduced. This was based on the earlier 2.3-litre (140 cu in) engine, but had a more modern fuel-injection system as well as increased capacity. A low compression version of the 3.5-litre (214 cu in) V8 Range Rover engine transformed performance. It was initially available in the One Ten with a four-speed transmission with integral transfer case, then later in conjunction with a high strength 'Santana' five-speed transmission. With a higher performance 3.5 litre engine from 1988.

Diolch am 91,519,031 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.

Thanks for 91,519,031 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.

Shot 17.04.2022 Weston Park (Classic Car Show), Weston-under-Lizard, Salop 157-190

Photographed at the 15th Annual McLean County Antique Auto Club Exhibition on the grounds of the David Davis Mansion in Bloomington, Illinois on August 6, 2011. The event is co-sponsored by the David Davis Mansion Foundation.

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Draper Girls Country Farm

Mount Hood, Oregon

03 Oct 2015

Photographed at the 8th Annual Lincoln Land Community College MotorSports Club Car Show in Springfield, Illinois on July 9, 2011.

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At the St. Denis Street training and maintenance facility this morning.

Photographed in 2014 outside the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas. The Driskill is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, and the 1886 Cafe & Bakery at The Driskill Hotel is one of the city's leading bakeries.

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Photographed at the 29th Annual Old Settlers Association Open Car Show in Hillsboro, Illinois on August 12, 2012.

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Photographed at the 2012 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 21-23, 2012.

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The Bedford M Series General Utility Truck was a further development of the previous RL Series, dated back to the early 1950's, the M series was developed in the early 1960's to meet the British Army requirement. It was a Militarized version of commercial truck. Some 50,000 Bedfords have been manufactured for Military Service. These trucks were widely used by the British Army, who was the large customer. The M series trucks proved to be robust and reliable vehicles. In the British Army it was known simply as 4-tonner. Many of these Military Trucks have been exported to Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands, Turkey United Arab Emirates and other countries. Since 1987 production of this truck was taken over by AWD, and trucks were branded as 'AWD-Bedford'. Production of this British Military Truck continued until the 1989, i the same year the Leyland DAF T224 was selected by the British Army as the M series replacement. Production of the M series continued until 1992 when the AWD Company was taken over by Marshall.

The Bedford M series has a payload capacity of 3.94 tons, even though a maximum load of over 5.9 tons is possible. It is a true ''Multi-Purpose'' Truck, used for all manner of Military duties. The cargo area has drop-sides and tailgate, which can be removed for stowage of containers. For Personnel transportation detachable seats are fitted in the center of the cargo area, and can carry 20 fully equipped Troops. The canvas cover and bows were often removed. A hydraulic crane was fitted to some models in the cargo area for loading and unloading operations. This Military Truck can also tow trailers or Artillery Pieces. A forward control cab is of all-steel construction, there is a hatch in the roof, used to mount a Machine Gun or for observation. Late production trucks can be recognized by the platform over the cab, which can be made Mineproof, though this requires detailed work, carried out by a specialist firm.

The initial production models were known as the MK, powered by a Bedford 5.4-liter multi-fuel engine, developing 98hp, in 1981 a more powerful diesel engine, developing 103hp, was introduced, which resulted in the MJ series. This military truck has selectable all wheel drive, some vehicles were also fitted with a 4.9 ton capacity winch. The Bedford M series comes in a number of variants, including Dump Truck, Refueller, Roadway Laying Vehicle, Recovery Vehicle, Light Reconnaissance Drone Carrier, Signals Vehicle, Artillery Control Center, Bridging Truck and so on. Many automotive components of the Bedford M series truck were used on the Saxon Armored Personnel Carrier, which is basically an 'Armoured Truck', capable of operating in forward areas. Production of the Bedford MJ series trucks ceased in favor to the Bedford MT series.

▪︎Type: General Utility Truck / Multi-Purpose Truck

▪︎Country of Origin: United Kingdom

▪︎In Service: 1960's

▪︎Used By: British Army and others

▪︎Designer and Manufacturer: Bedford Vehicles / AWD Company

▪︎Developed: 1960's

▪︎Produced: 1960's to 1992

▪︎Number Built: ~50,000

▪︎Crew: Driver / Co-Driver and 20 fully equipped Troops

▪︎Mass: 5.13 tons (empty) / Length: 21ft 7in / Width: 8ft ½in / Height: 8ft 2½in

▪︎Maximum Load: 4 tons

▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 5.4 litre multi-fue, 98hp

▪︎Drive: 4x4

▪︎Maximum Speed: 49mph

▪︎Range: 348 miles

▪︎Maneuverability: Gradient = 50% / Side slope = 30% / Vertical step = ~ 1ft 7.5in / Trench = ~ 1ft 11.5in / Fording = 2ft 5in.

Sources taken from:

www.military-today.com/trucks/bedford_m_series.htm

www.military-today.com/trucks/bedford_m_series.htm

Photographed at the Route 66 Cruisers Halloween Cruise-In at the Rock 'n Roll Hardee's in Springfield, Illinois on October 30, 2011.

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Photographed at the 2012 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 21-23, 2012.

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Photographed at the Sixth Annual Cantrall Car Show in Cantrall, Illinois on July 10, 2011. The show is a fund-raising event for the Cantrall United Methodist Church Men's Club and is held in cooperation with the Cool Cruisers Car Club in Springfield, Illinois.

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Photographed at the Third Annual New Salem Shrine Club Car Show in Petersburg, Illinois on September 20, 2014. The car show is held in conjunction with the Petersburg Harvest Fest celebration.

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Photographed at the 64th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 7, 2013.

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Nicknamed the ''Duck'' the DUKW is an American Six-Wheel-Drive Amphibious Vehicle modified from the 2+1⁄2-ton CCKW Truck, used by the U.S Military during World War Two and the Korean War. Designed by a partnership under Military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC) the DUKW was used for the transportation of goods and Troops over land and water. Excelling at approaching and crossing beaches in Amphibious Warfare attacks, it was intended only to last long enough to meet the demands of Combat. Surviving DUKW's have since found popularity as tourist craft in marine environments.

The name ''DUKW'' comes from General Motors Corporation model nomenclature:-

D - 1942 production series

U - Utility

K - front wheel drive

W - tandem rear axles, both driven

Decades later, the designation was explained erroneously by writers such as Donald Clarke, who wrote in 1978 that it was an initialism for "Duplex Universal Karrier, Wheeled". The U.S Navy-Marine Corps alternative designation of LVW (Landing Vehicle, Wheeled) was seldom used.

The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens Jr. of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. yacht designers, Dennis Puleston, a British deep-water sailor resident in the U.S and Frank W. Speir from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Developed by the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development to solve the problem of 'resupply' to Units which had just performed an amphibious landing, it was initially rejected by the Armed Services.

The DUKW was built around the GMC AFKWX, a cab-over-engine (COE) version of the GMC CCKW Six-Wheel-Drive Military Truck, with the addition of a watertight hull and a propeller, she was powered by a GMC Model 270 4 litre straight-six engine with a five-speed overdrive transmission driving a transfer case for the propeller, then a two-speed transfer case to drive the axles. The propeller and front axle were selectable from their transfer case, a power take-off on the transmission drove an air-compressor and winch. The vehicle weighed 13,000lb empty and operated at 50mph on road and 5.5 knots (6.3 mph) on water.

It was not an Armoured Vehicle, being plated with sheet steel between 1⁄16 and 1⁄8 inch thick to minimize weight. A high-capacity bilge pump system kept it afloat if the thin hull was breached by holes up to 2in in diameter, one in four DUKW's mounted a .50 caliber Browning Heavy Machine Gun on a ring mount. The DUKW was the first vehicle to allow the Driver to vary the tyre pressure from inside the cab, the tyres could be fully inflated for hard surfaces such as roads and less inflated for softer surfaces, especially beach sand. This added to its versatility as an Amphibious Vehicle. This is now a standard feature found on many military vehicles.

When a United States Coast Guard Patrol Craft ran aground on a sand bar near Provincetown, Massachusetts, an experimental DUKW happened to be in the area for a demonstration. With winds up to 69 mph, rain, and heavy surf prevented conventional craft from rescuing the seven stranded Coast Guardsmen, but the DUKW had no trouble, so the Military opposition to the DUKW melted, and later proved its seaworthiness by crossing the English Channel. The final production design was perfected by a few engineers at Yellow Truck & Coach in Pontiac, Michigan. The vehicle was built by Yellow Truck and Coach Co. (GMC Truck and Coach Div. after 1943) at their Pontiac West Assembly Plant and Chevrolet Div. of General Motors Corp. at their St. Louis Truck Assembly Plant, 21,147 units were manufactured before production ended in 1945.

The DUKW was supplied to the U.S Army, U.S Marine Corps and the Allied Forces, and 2,000 were supplied to Britain under the 'Lend-Lease' program, 535 were acquired by Australian Forces, and 586 were supplied to the Soviet Union, which built its own version, the BAV 485, after the war. DUKW's were initially sent to Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater, but were used by an Invasion Force for the first time in the European Theater, during the Sicilian Invasion, Operation Husky, in the Mediterranean. They were used on the D-Day Beaches of Normandy and in the Battle of the Scheldt, Operation Veritable, and Operation Plunder.

In the Pacific, USMC DUKW's were used to cross the coral reefs of islands such as Saipan and Guam and the tires were not affected by the coral. Some DUKW's used in World War Two were reported to have capsized while landing at Omaha beach during the Normandy Invasion.

DUKW's were also used in Lake Garda in Italy by the 10th Mountain Division in the final days of the war. One sank crossing from Torbole sul Garda to Riva del Garda on the evening of 30th April 1945, 25 out of the 26 onboard died. Two other DUKW's sank without casualties.

▪︎Type: Amphibious Transport

▪︎Place of Origin: United States

▪︎Manufacturer: GMC Truck and Coach Chevrolet

▪︎Produced: 1942 to 1945

▪︎Number Built: 21,147

▪︎Mass: 13,600lb empty

▪︎Length: 31ft / Width: 8ft / Height: 8ft 10in with top up / 7ft 1in minimum

▪︎Crew: 1

▪︎Main Armament: Ring mount for .50in M2 Browning Machine Gun fitted to one out of four ▪︎DUKW's

▪︎Powerplant: GMC Model 270 91hp

▪︎Payload Capacity: 5,000lb or 24 Personnel

▪︎Suspension: Live axles on leaf springs

▪︎Operational Range: 400 miles on road

▪︎Maximum Speed: 50mph on road / 6.4mph in water.

My brother, one of my sons, and I spent a couple of days putting in new fence-posts and paving around my mother's home.

In 1937 the British Army was looking for a new vehicle to replace their old trucks, mainly Morris CDSW's and Light Dragons. They made up a specification for a four wheel drive vehicle with a winch and a short wheelbase. Two companies responded, at first Guy with a small truck called the ''ANT'' and Morris Commercial with the ''C8''.

Morris Commercial delivered the first C8 Quads in October 1939 and they stayed in production untill 1945. The chassis and engine were also used as a base for the C8 4x4 GS truck which was developed in 1943 and came into production in February 1944. The Quad was used to pull the 18 and 25 pounder guns and 4.5-inch Howitzers and was manned by a driver and five personnel. It was capable of transporting thirty two cases of ammunition apart from all other equipment. Morris Commercial built five versions on the C chassis, three Quad versions, one GS (General Service) and a airlanding version.

▪︎FAT Mk.I - 200 built with a full metal cabin and sloped back.

▪︎FAT Mk.II / Mk.III - 4,000 built of which the first 3,000 with a full metal body and a less sloped back. the last 1,000 had a canvas roof. The Mk.III has the option to switch of the 4 wheel drive and has smaller wheels. Another significant difference between the Mk.II and the Mk.III was the number of doors, the Mk.II had two large doors and the Mk.III had four doors.

▪︎FAT Mk.V - 6,000 built with a more box like cabin and a full canvas roof.

▪︎C8 4x4 GS - was built on the same chassis and the nose was the same as the Quads. But the back was completely different, it had a truck body for General Service. It was driven on all wheels. This truck was built with different body options, a Radio / Office body, Water Bowser and Air Compressor. This truck became available in larger numbers after the war and was used untill the 1950's.

▪︎C8 / AT Mk.III - was used for towing the 17-pounder Anti-tank gun. These were basicly conversions of the standard C8 FAT that were made for the airborne by removing the canvas roof, supports, sides, doors, tail board and tool boxes. By doing this the weight reduced to approx. 4.5 ton so it could be transported with its 17-pounder gun, ammunition and crew in a Hamilcar Glider. These we put into action during ''Operation Market Garden'' during the D-Day Landings, but these proved to be unreliable during operation and were withdrawn from service afterwards.

General characteristics:

▪︎Type: General Service vehicle

▪︎Model: C8 15-cwt 4×4 GS (C8 / GS)

▪︎Manufacturer: Morris Commercial Cars Ltd

▪︎Produced: 1939 to 1945

▪︎PlaceofOrigin: Birmingham, United Kingdom

▪︎Crew: 1 x driver / 5 x personnel

▪︎Powerplant: 4-cylinder, L-head Morris EH, 3.5-liter petrol engine, 70bhp

▪︎Transmission: Driving rear or all wheels via 5-speed gearbox and single-speed transfer box

▪︎Suspension: Leaf-spring suspension 4x4

▪︎Brakes: Hydraulic

▪︎Tyre Size: 9.00 x 16

▪︎Length: 14ft 8¾in / Width: 7ft 3in / Height: 7ft 5in

▪︎Weight: 3.3 long tons

▪︎Max Speed: 55 mph

▪︎Operational Range: 160 miles

▪︎Armour: none.

Sourced from:

www.panzerknacker.nl/morris/history.html

www.baiv.nl/1943-truck-15-cwt-4x4-g-s-c8-gs-morris-commer...

This off-road vehicle was primarily produced to meet the British Army's requirement for a Gun Tractor, and was designed to tow a Field Gun (L118 Light Gun) with a ton of Ammunition and other equipment in the rear load space, giving it the alternative name of the Land Rover ''One Tonne'' the vehicle was designed to be easily transported by air, the positioning of the 3.5 litre Rover V8 engine beneath and to the rear of the cab eliminates the bonnet at the front, making the vehicle more or less cuboid thus reducing unused space in Transport Aircraft. Of concern was the payload and limited stability, particularly when crossing an incline.

The official name of ''101 Forward Control'' is derived from the vehicle's 101 inch wheelbase, and the position of the driver, above and slightly in front of the front wheels which used a fairly large 9.00 x 16in tyre. To cope with the extra height above the ground, the wheels feature an unusual feature for a Land Rover (but used for many years on the much older and similar Mercedes Unimog S404) a flange around the centre of the wheel has an embossed tread pattern forming a step for the crew when entering the cab, named a 'wheel-step'.

Development of the 101 Forward Control started in 1967, with a design team led by Norman Busby (14th October 1931 to 30th June 2005). Production took place between 1972 and 1978, in common practice of the Armed Forces, many vehicles were not used for some years and it is not unheard of for Military Vehicle enthusiasts to pick up these vehicles after only a few thousand miles service. All the vehicles produced at the Land Rover factory at Lode Lane, Solihull were soft top ('rag top') General Service Gun Tractors, although later on many were rebuilt with hard-top Ambulance bodies and as Radio Communication Trucks. A rare variant is the Electronic Warfare Vampire body, it is thought that only 21 of these were produced and less than half of these survive today.

The 101 Forward Control also served with the RAF Regiment, two 101's were allocated to each Rapier Missile set up, the British RAF Rapier System used three Land Rovers in deployment, a 24V winch fitted 101 Firing Unit Tractor (FUT) to tow the Launch Trailer, loaded with four Rapier Missiles, Guidance Equipment and radio, a 12V winch fitted 101 Tracking Radar Tractor (TRT) to tow the Blindfire Radar Trailer, also loaded with four Rapier Missiles and Guidance Equipment, and a 109 Land Rover to tow a Reload Trailer with 9 Rapier Missiles and loaded with the unit's other supplies and kit.

The 101 Forward Control also served in the Ambulance role, the Ambulance bodywork was built by Marshall of Cambridge, and was manufactured in both left and right hand drive with either 12 or 24 volt electrical systems. Some 101 Forward Control's were produced with a PTO powered Nokken capstan winch mounted on the chassis at the centre of the vehicle, allowing winching from either the front or rear. Another variation on a small number of pre-production vehicles was the addition of a trailer with an axle driven from the PTO, creating a 6x6 vehicle, this adaptation was abandoned before full production when it was discovered that the trailer had a propensity to push the vehicle onto its side when driven over rough terrain.

By the late 1990's, the 101 Forward Control's were decommissioned by the MoD and were replaced with Defenders and Pinzgauer Vehicles. Many 101's have entered into private ownership and there is a thriving 'Owners Club' supporting these sourcing spares and providing technical support the club also keeps a register of known surviving vehicles throughout the world. A prototype 101 was built based on a Recovery Vehicle, but only one of these is known to be in existence, at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

Sourced from Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_101_Forward_Control

Photographed at the 7th Annual Lincoln Land Community College MotorSports Club Car Show in Springfield, Illinois on July 9-10, 2010.

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The first words in an article from 3 October 2014, in The Western Producer, are as follows:

"High in southern Alberta’s Porcupine Hills, where west winds wrestle the golden leaves of water birch and tickle the limber pines, water trickles from hidden springs into troughs at the Timber Ridge Conservation Site.

That’s where the bears bathe."

Well, we found out yesterday, 3 August 2015, that the bathing bears was so very true, even if the bathing /swimming was not in the usual place, lol! We had seen no sign of large wildlife all day, so the sighting of a Black Bear at the end of the day was a real treat. This 640 acre site is located approximately 20 km southwest of Nanton. Other wildlife that can be seen include "moose, elk, white-tailed and mule deer, grizzly and black bear, cougar, grouse and a variety of small mammals and songbirds."

I had never been to the Porcupine Hills, but had read and heard about this area for a number of years. Lying south of Calgary and roughly SW of Nanton, it is an area of beautiful, rolling hills. This is where Glen and Kelly Hall "have a co-tenancy agreement with the Alberta Conservation Association (ACA), the first one ever established between that organization and private landholders. They own 68 percent of the site and the ACA owns the balance."

"“We have a ranching operation right smack in the middle of a pretty important watershed. Our cows are our tools in order to look after the grass, which looks after the land, which looks after the watershed.”

The drive from Calgary took maybe an hour and a half (?), with rain falling on the way there, and we were greeted with a warm welcome at the lowest level. They suggested we make our way straight up to the highest point and then to take our time coming back down. The first part of that journey was travelling in something new and fun to all of us - in a horse trailer! How DO horses make such a mess over every inch, lol?! After that, we climbed higher and higher, sometimes with the aid of an amazing little vehicle - a Kubota. I was in awe at how this tough little machine was able to travel over the roughest of land - rocks, ruts, uphill, downhill. We had some of the curious cattle follow us in places -several different breeds, and all looking beautiful and so healthy.

The rain stopped by the time we first arrived, but the mountains were hidden in haze (from the weather and possibly from forest fires). Far from ideal conditions for taking scenic shots of the surrounding hills and valleys, unfortunately. Wonderful views in every direction.

Glen and Kelly, a delightful, enthusiastic couple, plan to conserve the site, but they don’t plan to keep it to themselves.

“Ultimately, one day, we want yellow school buses at the gates and we want kids here in numbers and we want them to learn where their water is, where the food is created,” said Kelly.

“We want them to learn about the trees and the grass because we have a lot of native species on this land that haven’t been interfered with.”

Thank you so much, both of you, for making this day so enjoyable and a great learning experience. We have a great deal of respect for what you are doing and how you are doing it. With all the exciting plans that you have for this amazing area, we know you will do well. Thank you for letting us do a bio-inventory of the living things on the 640 acre Timber Ridge Conservation Site!

There is just so much I could write about this special place, but will add several links below for further information in case anyone is interested to learn more.

www.producer.com/2014/10/landowners-eager-to-share-piece-...

www.albertaefp.com/news/96-ranchers-passion-drives-a-thou...

www.albertadiscoverguide.com/site.cfm?grid=F3&number=36

www.westernranchlands.ca/company-overview/advisory-board/...

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