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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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/...

guddling.tumblr.com/post/61370115303/we-were-given-a-tour...

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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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.

Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.

Please visit my collection of Motor Vehicles on Flickr where you will find over 10,000 car and truck photos organized in albums by model year, manufacturer, vehicle type, and more. This project, which began in 2008, continues to expand with new material added daily.

Photographed at the 30th Annual Old Settlers Association Open Car Show in Hillsboro, Illinois on August 18, 2013.

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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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HÄGGLUNDS BV 206 -

This particular vehicle is an ex- Swedish Army variant, complete with all its CES (complete equipment schedule) e.g. pick axe, shovels and tow ropes. The BV 206 was designed to work in some of the most hazardous conditions, particularly in the mountainous regions of Sweden where any normal vehicle would have failed. It is fully amphibious and yet this vehicle is just as agile in the desert terrains found in the Middle East.

It has the capability to carry up to 17 men, 6 in the front cabin and 11 in the rear cabin, or 2.5 tons of equipment or supplies at speeds of up to 40mph. The BV 206 saw service with the British Army from the mid 1980’s and is still used today. The only major modification is the replacement of the Ford V6 petrol engine, with a Mercedes diesel engine.

The museum uses the BV 206 predominately to give their visitors the experience of being in a military specification vehicle whilst being driven over their off-road assault course and test track.

PERFORMANCE - Hägglunds BV 206 is a special military vehicle designed for use as an all-terrain transport vehicle, capable of travel both on and off roads, under almost all conditions and in all extremes of climate. Its large track area allows the vehicle to travel over deep snow and soft ground which would be impassable to almost all other tracked and wheeled vehicles. It is also amphibious, being propelled in the water by its four tracks. The BV 206 consists of two track-driven cars that are coupled together by a central, articulated steering assembly. Steering is accomplished using hydraulic cylinders that turn the cars relative to each other, giving the vehicle a turning radius of about 35ft.

ENGINE - Hägglunds BV 206 is fitted with a ford V6 petrol engine producing 136bhp at 4,600rpm giving the vehicle a maximum speed of 40mph on the road and 30mph in water.

Information sourced from - norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/hagglunds-bv-206/

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A very cool looking Corvair Rampside Pickup with a tow truck mod.

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

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Utility car 2301 (rail grinder) near the Central Station.

According to the owner, this is one of three known open cab power wagons manufactured by the P.E. Van Pelt Fire Engine Company of Oakdale, California (19235-1987). It is believed to have served Walnut Creek, California.

Photographed at the 1st Annual Scheels & Shields Fundraiser Emergency Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on May 5, 2012. The event is sponsored by Scheels, Quaker Steak & Lube, and the Police Car Owners of America, and benefits the Wounded Warrior Project.

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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 9.00 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.

VEHICLE DETAILS -

GENERAL -

▪︎Nationality - British

▪︎Manufacture - Land Rover

▪︎Year of manufacture - 1976

▪︎Model- Forward Control

▪︎Use- Ambulance.

TECHNICAL -

▪︎Engine make - Rover 3.5 litre V8

▪︎Number of cylinders - 8

▪︎Fuel - Petrol / LPG

▪︎Cooling - Water cooled

▪︎Gearbox - 4 manual with selectable high / low

▪︎Wheel drive - Permanent 4WD

▪︎Tyre size - 900 x 16 in.

HISTORY -

Served with the British Army in the first Gulf War. (information from RPI Engineering)

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

Photographed in 2013 at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, Illinois.

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Photographed at the 1st Annual Scheels & Shields Fundraiser Emergency Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on May 5, 2012. The event is sponsored by Scheels, Quaker Steak & Lube, and the Police Car Owners of America, and benefits the Wounded Warrior Project.

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

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Land Rover (Defender) 110 (1983-90) Engine 2500cc 11J/12J diesel I4

Ex Military Signals

Registration Number E 261 FRA (Nottingham)

LAND ROVER SET

www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623671619947...

This (Defender) model was introduced in 1983 as the Land Rover Ninety and the Land Rover One Ten, with the numbers representing the wheelbase in inches, later a long wheel base 127 was introduced.. The Ninety and One Ten replaced the earlier Land Rover Series III, 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.

The biggest change to the Land Rover came in late 1990, when it became the Land Rover Defender, instead of the Land Rover 90 or 110. This was because in 1989 the company had introduced the Discovery model, requiring the original Land Rover to acquire a name. With the new model being significantly updated

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

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Shot 17.04.2022 Weston Park (Classic Car Show), Weston-under-Lizard, Salop 157-189

Smash Palace - 2015

Motor Holdings Trekka, New Zealands only homegrown production vehicle. It was designed and mass produced in Auckland 1966 to '73, with a total of about 2500 built. It is build with Skoda parts (because that's what the owner imported) and the outcome of the countries very strict vehicle import laws. They're not the most loved ute on the planet, they weren't very good, but are appreciated for the display of the Kiwi Can Do attitude. It's a rare find, and something I'd not have know about if I hadn't just read an article about it 2 days before.

www.trekka.co.nz/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekka

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 30th Annual Old Settlers Association Open Car Show in Hillsboro, Illinois on August 18, 2013.

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Photographed at the 65th Secretary of State Vehicle Show in Springfield, Illinois on September 6, 2014.

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The Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4 was a water tender built by Moutain Range of Crew and was introduced in 1985. Its primary use was for a water tender on Bloodhound Missile Sites and was fitted with a roof monitor. After the withdrawl of the Bloodhound Missile and their sites, some tenders were put into use as a standard domestic Fire appliances.

General characteristics:-

▪︎Chassis: Bedford MJ, All steel fabrication, constructed in ladder form with straight through channel side members.

▪︎Bodywork By: Moutain Range,

▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 8.2 Litre 6 cylinder direct injection.

▪︎Water Tank Capacity: 850 imperial gallons.

▪︎Monitor Output: 502 imperial gallons per minute.

▪︎Pump: Godiva UFPX Water Pump with an output of 502 imperial gallons per minute.

▪︎Height: 10ft 11in.

▪︎Length: 23ft 0.5in.

▪︎Width: 7ft 11in.

▪︎Wheelbase: 12ft 11in.

▪︎Ground Clearance: 11.4in.

▪︎Unladen Weight: 6.09 tons.

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The American M39 (G744) series was designed as a 5 ton, Three-Axle All-Wheel-Drive Off-Road Truck to replace the World War Two-era trucks such as 4 ton and 6 ton 6x6's built by Brockway, Diamond T, Mack, and White. Rushed into production by International Harvester in 1951, soon Kaiser (renamed Kaiser-Jeep in 1963) also became a major manufacturer, with Diamond T and Mack building smaller numbers. The M39 series evolved into the M809 (G908) series in 1969, which followed, but did not replace, it. The M809 Series was then improved into the M939 series.

The standard M54 Cargo Truck version of the series, had a 7ft x 14ft low-sided box with a bottom-hinged tailgate, side racks, troop seats, and overhead bows with a canvas cover were standard, the front-mounted winch was optional. The standard body sides could secure a load but could not be loaded from the side by forklifts, so a body with drop sides was standardized as the M54A1C.

M54 Cargo: Wheelbase: 14ftin 11in / Length: 26ft 2in / Width: 8ft 1in / Height: 9ft 8in / Unladen: 8.9 tons / Laden: 13.3 tons.

ENGINE:

The M39 series were originally powered by a Continental R6602 engine, a 9.9 litre overhead valve inline 6 cylinder petrol engine developing 224hp at 2,800 rpm. The -A1 upgrade had a Mack ENDT-673, a 11.0 litre turbocharged inline 6 cylinder diesel engine developing 210hp at 2,100 rpm. The -A2 upgrade had a Continental LDS-465-1A, a 7.8 litre turbocharged inline 6 cylinder developing 175hp at 2,100 rpm. Petrol engine models have a down-swept exhaust exiting from under the body just ahead of the righthand front set of rear wheels, the diesel (-A1) and multifuel (-A2) models have a vertical exhaust stack and air cleaner on the right fender, however a very small number of the earliest -A1 models and some -A2 gas/multifuel conversions are seen with the same style of downswept exhaust as on petrol models. A2's with a factory build date prior 1964 originally were petrol engine models. Most of these conversions received the overdrive 5th transmission found in ''pure'' -A1 and ''pure'' -A2 models. However, some converts retained their original petrol model direct 5th transmission which gave closer gear ratios but a top speed of only 45 mph with a multifuel due to the lower top rpm allowed on that engine compared to a petrol engine.

DRIVELINE:

All M39's had a Spicer 5 speed manual transmission, petrol trucks had a ''low'' 1st gear and direct 5th. Diesel and multifuels trucks had a different model with a ”low” 1st, direct 4th, and overdrive 5th. A 2 speed transfer case engaged the front axle automatically if the rear axles slipped and moved faster than the front axle. Timken axles were used, Gas models had a 6.44:1 final drive gear ratio except for the M129 C/D, which had a 10.26:1.

CHASSIS:

The M39 series had a ladder frame with three live beam axles, the front was on leaf springs, the rear tandem on leaf springs with locating arms. There were three wheelbases (measurements are from the centerline of the front axle to the centerline of rear tandem) the short, used for tractors and dumps, is 13ft 11in, the long, used for cargo and wreckers, is 14ft 11in, and the extra long, used for long cargo and expansible vans, is 17ft 11in. There was also an extra heavy duty extra long chassis for extreme service. Many M39 series were equipped with a front-mounted 8.9 ton Gar Wood winch, intended for self-recovery. A winch weighed 0.3 ton and added 15 1⁄2in to the length of the truck.

The M39 series had both single and dual rear tyre models, very few single rear tyre trucks were built. Most models had 11.00x20's with dual rear tyres, tractor wreckers had larger 12.00x20's. Bridge trucks and all M139 chassis based trucks had 14.00x20's. A standard military cab, designed by REO, was used. It had hinged doors with roll-up windows, a folding windshield, and a removable canvas roof. Cargo trucks and tractors could be fitted with a ring mount for a M2 Browning Machine Gun. A hard roof could also be fitted if required.

General characteristics:

▪︎Type: 5-ton 6x6 Truck

▪︎Place of Origin: United States

▪︎Designer: International Harvester

▪︎Manufacturer: Diamond T / International Harvester / Kaiser / Kaiser-Jeep / Mack

▪︎Produced: 1951 to 1965

▪︎Weight: 8.9 tons (empty) / Length: 24ft 11in / Width: 8ft 1in / Height: 9ft 8in

▪︎Powerplant: Continental R6602 224hp. The -A1 upgrade had a Mack ENDT-673, 11.0 litre turbocharged inline 6 cylinder diesel engine developing 210hp at 2,100 rpm / The -A2 upgrade had a Continental LDS-465-1A, 7.8 litre turbocharged inline 6 cylinder developing 175hp at 2,100 rpm

▪︎Transmission: 5 speed X 2 range transfer case

▪︎Suspension: Live beam axles on leaf springs

▪︎Operational Range: 280 miles

▪︎Maximum Speed: 52 mph.

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The British manufacturerd FV1119 Leyland Martian 10 ton Six Wheel Drive Recovery Truck was one of a series of highly specialised trucks developed by Leyland Motors during the late 1940's for Military use and incorporated a number of standardised components. The Recovery Vehicle was intended to be used for frontline recovery work and to complement the hard-pressed Scammell Recovery Vehicles already in service in the late 1950's. The Leylands appeared in service in the early 1960's and only a handful would seem to have survived to the mid 1990's, one of the last reportedly in Hong Kong. The truck was the first British Army Breakdown Vehicle to incorporate a pedestal mounted rotating crane as its main lifting device. The Martian also fulfilled the role of an Artillery Tractor fitted with a crewcab for 12 Gunner's, and also came as a General Service Vehicle, carrying supplies and ammunition.

General characteristics:-

▪︎Manufacturer: Leyland Motors

▪︎Developed: 1940's

▪︎In Service: 1940's to 1970's

▪︎Powerplant: Rolls-Royce B80 (later B81) 6.5 litre straight-8 petrol 175hp to 220hp

▪︎Transmission: 4 speed manual

▪︎Suspension: Walking beam

▪︎Maximum Speed: 40 mph

▪︎Consumption: 3.5 mpg

▪︎Lifting Capacity: 15 ton Rotating crane

▪︎Winching Capacity: 40 ton Rear winch

▪︎Stabiliser: Ground Anchor

▪︎Variants: Artillery Tractor / General Purpose Vehicle.

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The British manufacturerd FV1119 Leyland Martian 10 ton Six Wheel Drive Recovery Truck was one of a series of highly specialised trucks developed by Leyland Motors during the late 1940's for Military use and incorporated a number of standardised components. The Recovery Vehicle was intended to be used for frontline recovery work and to complement the hard-pressed Scammell Recovery Vehicles already in service in the late 1950's. The Leylands appeared in service in the early 1960's and only a handful would seem to have survived to the mid 1990's, one of the last reportedly in Hong Kong. The truck was the first British Army Breakdown Vehicle to incorporate a pedestal mounted rotating crane as its main lifting device. The Martian also fulfilled the role of an Artillery Tractor fitted with a crewcab for 12 Gunner's, and also came as a General Service Vehicle, carrying supplies and ammunition.

General characteristics:-

▪︎Manufacturer: Leyland Motors

▪︎Developed: 1940's

▪︎In Service: 1940's to 1970's

▪︎Powerplant: Rolls-Royce B80 (later B81) 6.5 litre straight-8 petrol 175hp to 220hp

▪︎Transmission: 4 speed manual

▪︎Suspension: Walking beam

▪︎Maximum Speed: 40 mph

▪︎Consumption: 3.5 mpg

▪︎Lifting Capacity: 15 ton Rotating crane

▪︎Winching Capacity: 40 ton Rear winch

▪︎Stabiliser: Ground Anchor

▪︎Variants: Artillery Tractor / General Purpose Vehicle.

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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 9.00 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.

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The GMC CCKW, also known as ''Jimmy'', or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, was a highly successful series of Off-Road capable, 2 1⁄2-ton, 6×6 Trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design between 1941 to 1945 for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as Cargo Trucks, in both World War Two and the Korean War. The original ''Deuce and a Half'' it formed the backbone of the famed ''Red Ball Express'' that kept Allied Armies supplied as they pushed eastward after the Normandy invasion.

The CCKW came in many variants, including open or closed cab, long wheelbase (LWB) CCKW-353 and short (SWB) CCKW-352, and over a score of specialized models, but the bulk were standard, General Purpose Cargo models. A large minority were built with a front mounted winch, and one in four of the cabs had a Machine-Gun mounting ring above the Co-Driver's position.

Of the almost 2.4 million trucks that the U.S. Army bought between 1939 and December 1945, across all payload weight classes, some 812,000, or just over one third, were 2 1⁄2-ton trucks. GMC's total production of the CCKW and its variants, including the 2 1⁄2-ton, 6x6, Amphibious DUKW, and the 6x4, 5-ton (on-road) CCW-353, amounted to some 572,500 units, almost a quarter of the total World War Two U.S. truck production, and 70% of the total 2 1⁄2-ton trucks. GMC's total of ~550,000 purely 6x6 models, including the DUKW, formed the overwhelming majority of the ~675,000 six by six 2 1⁄2-ton trucks, and came in less than 100,000 shy of the almost 650,000 World War Two Jeeps. Additionally, GM built over 150,000 units of the CCKW's smaller brother, the 1 1⁄2-ton, 4x4 Chevrolet G506, at the same factory. The GMC CCKW began to be phased out, once the M35 series trucks were first deployed in the 1950's, but remained in active U.S. service until the mid-1960's. Eventually, the M35 series, originally developed by REO Motors, succeeded the CCKW as the U.S. Army's standard 2 1⁄2-ton, 6x6 Cargo Truck.

The name CCKW comes from GMC model nomenclature:-

** ''C'' - designed in 1941

** ''C'' - conventional cab

** ''K'' - all-wheel drive

** ''W'' - dual rear axles

** ''X'' experimental chassis / non-standard wheelbase (first 13,188 units)

In 1939-1940 the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps was developing 2 1⁄2 short tons load-rated 6x6 Tactical Trucks that could operate off-road in all weather. General Motors, already supplying modified commercial trucks to the Army, modified the 1939 ACKWX (built for the French Army) into the CCKW. The General Motors design was chosen by the Army and went into production at GM'S Yellow Truck and Coach Division's Pontiac, Michigan plant alongside 6x4 CCW's. Later they were also manufactured at GM's St. Louis, Missouri Chevrolet plant.

Sources do not precisely agree on the total numbers of CCKW's built by the end of production in 1945. Ware (2010) lists one single number of 562,750 of CCKW trucks, built across all variants (presumably including the amphibian DUKW) more clearly specified numbers are provided by Sunderlin in Army Motors magazine, and by Jackson, using the numbers found in the 1946 revision of the U.S. Military's Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Materiel. Sunderlin reports a total of 528,829 of 2 1⁄2-ton 6x6 units (excluding the DUKW) produced by GMC, versus a total of 527,168 accepted by the U.S. Army. Jackson's tabulation of the 1946 U.S. acceptances numbers adds up to 524,873 units, excluding the DUKW's and the ACKWX predecessor models. Both of these numbers still include the cab-over engine AFKWX-353 models, leaving a total of some 518,000–519,000 actual CCKW-352 and CCKW-353 units. In addition, GMC serial numbers indicate a production of 23,500 of the same bodied 6x4 CCW models, versus 23,649 units accepted by U.S. Ordnance. In any case, GM / GMC built a total of 2 1⁄2-ton, 6-wheeled trucks that was second only to the World War Two ''Jeep'' and neither Ford nor Willys individually built as many Jeeps during the war.

▪︎Type: 2 1⁄2-ton 6×6 Cargo Truck

▪︎Place of Origin: United States

▪︎Designer: Yellow Truck and Coach Company

▪︎Designed: 1941

▪︎Manufacturer: Yellow Truck and Coach Company / GMC Truck and Coach Division / Chevrolet ▪︎Produced: 1941 to 1945

▪︎Number Built: Grand Total = ~572,500, including all variants, CCKW specific = ~518,000 / LWB CCKW-353 = ~464,000 / SWB CCKW-352 = ~54,000 / plus ~54,500 non CCKW

▪︎Variants: 1939 ACKWX = 2,466 units / C.O.E. AFKWX = 7,235 units / 6x4 CCW-353 = 23,649 units / DUKW Amphibious =21,147 units

▪︎Mass: (353 Cargo w/winch) 8,800lb empty / 16,400lb loaded

▪︎Length: 22ft 6in / Width: 7ft 4in / Height: 7ft 9in to cab / 9ft 1in overall

▪︎Powerplant: GMC 270 straight-6 engine, 91.5hp at 2,750rpm / 104hp at 2,750rpm

▪︎Transmission: 5 speed x 2 range transfer case

▪︎Suspension: Beam axles on leaf springs

▪︎Fuel Capacity: 40 U.S gallons

▪︎Operational Range: 300 miles

▪︎Maximum Speed: 45mph.

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Location: Mossman, Queensland.

Description: Mr. W. A. Frost's Cadillac? Service Car on the run between Mossman and Mt. Molloy, ca. 1925. (Description supplied with photograph). The car is fully loaded with people and luggage.

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In 1959 the British Army needed a vehicle capable of working with armoured formations in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany. The Alvis company developed the Stalwart basing it on the Salamander fire truck using the same chassis as the Sarecen and Saladin.

It is fitted with power assisted steering on the two front axles and has a load capacity of 5 tons. The vehicles six wheels are independently sprung to giving it the capacity to cross trenches up to 5 feet wide and to climb gradients of 1:3.

It was also designed to be amphibious thereby enabling it to ''swim'' across water obstacles powered by a water propulsion system mounted behind each of the rear wheels giving it a speed of 6 mph.

It was the principle support vehicle for armoured tanks and artillery regiments in combat area and a variant was also produced equipped with an Atlas crane enabling the lifting of pallets of ammunition.

Specifications -

▪︎ Engine: Rolls-Royce B81 8-cylinder petrol, 220 hp

▪︎ Range: 250 miles

▪︎ Speed (land): 35 mph

▪︎ Speed (water): 4.5 knots (6 mph)

▪︎ Weight: 14 tons

▪︎ Crew: Two.

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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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