1943 Vintage German engineering - Mercedes / Porsche / Auto Union.....NO -
It goes well off-road and good in the snow
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"...police searching the property discovered the tank, a torpedo, an anti-aircraft gun and other weapons in the cellar on Wednesday"
How big is his cellar??
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I wonder if the basement was built around it all in some way. All the stuff looked to be in good condition, he probably had it all removed at some point for a refurb.
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I often find the comments more entertaining than the article:
"Another grave threat to society (a 72 year old trackless tank) removed, thank you, German authorities. Meanwhile, the Muslim stealth jihad (as well as the not-so stealth jihad) continues, protected by them, and they say Germans don't have a sense of humour"!
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I thought someone on here would pick on that comment, perhaps a convert from the Daily Wail.
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I read look at the pictures in the Daily Express too more often than not. I'd glance through the Sun as well if it wasn't sub only. The only paper I actually hand over sponduliks for though is the Carnish Guardian.
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I love military vehicles, or some anyway. I'd have one if I could afford it.
One of those nice Land Rovers, or even something more sort of heavy - like the forward control truck I used to long for at that place on the A29 that used to have things like that, but I couldn't justify the quite low price, 300 quid I think, and more to the point lived in London in those days. I could do it now but the impulse and the money have passed.
The place is still there I think but very different now.
By the way: you could crash a tank down a storey into a basement without doing it much harm, or any. Those things are very strong.
I wonder why?
:o}
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Fri 3 Jul 15 at 21:37
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>> One of those nice Land Rovers, or even something more sort of heavy
Quite a few thing a LR V8 knocking about. All sold at a place at Grantham these days, very nice they were too, lovely pick and sounded brillant under full throttle. Replaced with diesel engines in the end, bet theres still a few knocking about. They'll do about 90 flat about.
Last edited by: sooty123 on Fri 3 Jul 15 at 21:52
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>> lovely pick and sounded brillant under full throttle. Replaced with diesel engines in the end, bet theres still a few knocking about. They'll do about 90 flat about.
Can't help loving the idea sooty, but a nice coil-sprung (makes a big difference to comfort and perhaps handling) diesel would make me very happy. I'm pretty light-footed these days, the road is dangerous.
Those V8s are seductive though.
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>> Those V8s are seductive though.
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I once had a V8 Landrover, when I lived in London. Very fast, lovely noise, but a bit over-powered for its hard cart springs.
A surprising large number of people seemed to want to drive into it or get bumpers ripped off when they cut me up. I suppose they couldn't believe its performance.
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The desert men I knew used lwb open four-cylinder petrol Land Rovers, normally carrying five men and their half-ton of weapons, tents and clobber. They tended to be pootled along at about 20mph in top gear and appeared to be specially tuned for doing that. I can't remember 4wd or a transmission lock ever being used. They'd go anywhere like that. I was in one once that drove straight up a 50ft sand cliff with sort of overhanging crest at the top. At the top its front axle was sort of kicked into the air and the vehicle seemed to teeter on its back axle for a frightening length of time, with the passengers staring straight into the sky, before thumping down on the flat desert above the cliff. A very alarming moment.
In a winding rocky road in the Hoggar mountains, a 50 mile journey in another LWB LR, this time with a hard roof, going like the clappers and sliding plenty of corners and with the underside being noisily machine-gunned with pebbles. That one was driven by a couple of taciturn, dead-hard Algerian soldiers, special forces I think. It's a bit knackering, holding on for dear life for an hour and a half to prevent yourself from being battered by the vehicle interior... Believe it or not, they were taking us to see an old French Jesuit living in a place established by a Jesuit (and French intelligence agent) called Père Foucauld in the early 20th century.
I don't think there was a V8 Land Rover in those days. If you were grand enough you got a Range Rover.
Last edited by: Armel Coussine on Mon 6 Jul 15 at 16:38
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>> a Jesuit (and French intelligence agent) called Père Foucauld in the early 20th century.
Père Foucauld's refuge... all the French and international press and TV were keen to go there, Russians, Americans, British, everyone.
There was an old French Jesuit up there at Asekrem, and a couple of black Tuareg youths squatting on the roof. Can't remember any food but if there was some it was probably thin gruel stuff, maybe a bit of hard black bread.
I think the French media bunged the old Jay out of their big expense accounts. It must have been a frequent occurrence so he was probably quite rich... (still saintly though, he added hastily, crossing himself).
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What's in this German's Basement? - Focusless
