To me they are like someone once said 'they are like elephants, i like looking at them but wouldn't want to own one'
Well it seems lots of people do want to!
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4327599.s...m
Would you?
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No but I fancy the FH70 howitzer they have for sale.
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Nostalgia is expensive. People have made a fortune from selling the old red telephone boxes, even though many had more use as a urinal than for their intended purpose.
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Apart from driving it to shows in the summer, what on earth would you do with one?
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Use it to put out your house fire when the firemen are on strike?
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Use it to put out your house fire when the firemen are on strike?
well actually Mr Growler that's the reason why they're selling them, they don't need them anymore. When our Firepersons next say 'everybody out!' The Army will be able to use their equipment for the first time.
Could use them for watering the garden?
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Ah nostalgia (bit of Growleritis) on this one.
Pre HGV Licence days, I drove one of its cousins, the troop carrier, from Washington, Co Durham, across to Blackpool after a weeks CD Cold War Exercise on which I had been a Sheepdog (DR). Half an hours test before hand and certified OK. Great to drive but by god were they slow. Nought to 45 in a fortnight.
Muse over.
DVD
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Apart from driving it to shows in the summer, what on earth would you do with one?
put some seat in the back and you've got the ultimate 4x4 for the school run......
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A Green Goddess was also a handsome Bogie Streamliner tramcar used in Liverpool over many years before the city shut down the service (which several cities and towns are now resurrecting in the form of light railways)in 1957.
A few of these Green Goddess trams eventually finished their days on the Glasgow system.
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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hi, The green godesses were built on the Bedford RL chassis. In the army I passed my driving test in the canvas covered lorry version, in Darlington cerca 1969! Proper test too! we got 10 weeks full time training all over the north-east. The gear lever is behind you; reverse can put your shoulder out! Starter button (solenoid) at the back of the engine cover. Indicator switch on the dashboard. The cable handbrake was along the side of the engine cover and if you didn't twist your hand round when you let it off your hand would get trapped between the engine cover and the handbrake. And the air brakes... The first application in the morning locked all the wheels!
I liked them. looking back I'm not sure why. Probably 'cos I passed the test in it.
Clive.
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I liked them. looking back I'm not sure why. Probably 'cos I passed the test in it.
I passed my test in a Mk4 Ford Escort 1.3 Bonus - doesn't mean i've got a soft spot for them though!
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Ahhhh Clive.... The Bedford RL. Driven them for many a mile myself and I have a soft spot for them too. Maybe we just look back on them fondly 'cos the likes of us are obviously old git's by now though. It was also particularly useful to know how to start them without the keys by using a bit of silver paper from a fag packet between a couple of convenient fuses. I was walking past a barracks in London a couple of years ago when a Firemans strike was looming and a young squadie was having a hell of a job to start a Green Goddess. I was almost ready to shin the fence and show him the ropes. I doubt if many young uns know how to use a choke properly or how easy it is to flood an engine if you don't have the knack with them. I did once drive an RL whith a totally knackered choke though and the trick to a cold start with that was to open the engine cover and pour a compo tin of petrol directly into the top of the carburettor! ECU's? who needs them!
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