Of course this would be the perfect occasion for a collector to demonstrate his Churchill AVRE carpet layer!

:D

07
 

Try again with photo

weather
 

just checked the met office weather... 18th - 20th mixed sunny spells in the afternoons, overcast in the morning....some small patches of rain on 19th 1500hrs - 1700hrs.... 20th overall is sunny


so clearly i will be bringing the sunshine with me ! :yappy:

Richard, ron, barry, andrew,

I am duck oiling the carrier tomorrow morning and taking the wading screens will be there pm tomorrow.

looking forward to it, need to get some new wellies after the hedge hog hibernation incident!!.

barry, you cannot not bring your carrier.

hope it doesnt turn out to be like this picture! :)

kevin.

some canny wheels there for you kevin... I got my dive tickets...when do we go ;)

Hi, A couple of carrier action shots, Thursday beltring 2012, Not sure who took the pics but here go's.

First Pic, Rick wedlock driver, richard harrison gunner, singe auger rear left, andy ferret rear right.

second pic, kevin powles driver, ben hawkins gunner, manfred mullner rear right.

That first pic of your carrier looks great kevin (not your usual carrier style pic) it was a hoot i must admit, i honestly thought we would have ended up with two bogged in carriers but you guys gave the modern lot a run for their money.....cant wait until next year, i just need to work out logistics and the small fortune that it will take to get my carrier there next year.

Looks like a fun way of making the best of the muddy situation you guys had at the show this year. I've washed my carrier suspension twice now and it is still grubby from our last event driving through muddy slop.

w&p
 

Great show the mud was half the fun :thup2: to all those who attended and enjoyed themselves.

great pics kev thanks for posting them up :thup2:

rick

mud
 

Hi, the best thing I have found is spray on cooking oil (Pam et al) spray the undercarriage before going into the field then the mud just falls off. Make sure you liberally coat the exhaust too, so that when it burns off it smells like someone is cooking lunch.
Cheers,
Dave

That sounds like an interesting solution. The rubber on the road wheels would look glossy and new like they had been prepped with armour all for a car show :cool:

As it sits, there is clay residue on the wheels and lower suspension. Looks fairly clear after a wash while still wet, but then it dries whitish in color. Comes from driving through soupy muck following the two Shermans and a Stuart that we were running with. They tended to churn up the mud puddles a bit more than our own carrier would have done on its own.

The mud at W&P looks cleaner if that makes sense. The type that will dry in chucks and drop off once you drive it again.

Hi David,

Beltring mud is terrible stuff. Once dry it hardens and becomes cement. It also penetrates your semi-gloss or matt paint and will never come off again.
Repainting is the only solution. That is why I left my Carrier and Dingo at home this year. :giveup

Cheers,

mud
 

Hi Guys,
you should try the Virginia clay, it is orange, almost red and it does turn to cement when dry. However, the cooking oil works very well as it prevents the mud from getting into the pores of the paint. When you get off the field and park most of the mud or clay will just fall off by itself. Just was your car with soapy water (I use Simple Green) and it is clean again.
Cheers,
Dave

PAM is aerosol canola oil. It has been mentioned as a cheap mold release agent for fibreglass rifle bedding compounds (although I wouldn't trust it that far). If sprayed biodegradeable cooking oil protects paint work, maybe there is a market for it with the other offroad communities .... $$$$

The rain & mud didn't seem to keep people away on the Wednesday when I was there.

Some of the outlying camps were a bit tricky getting to, even for landrovers. These two needed the dozer to pull them free.

Not much mud on the carriers yet.

How many ?
 

How many carriers went to W & P ?
Rick did you take the Comet ?
Andrew did you drive home ?

Barry
London

Hi Barry,

Just 4 Universals and 1 T-16 made it. Mine was left in Holland because of the mud. Friends had been there a week before I arrived and they warned me not to bring the lowloader and vehicles.
I think next year should be a better record attempt. Richie, Ben, Hans and Manfred should have theirs ready by then hopefully. Shaun is also going to talk to Rex to get support in transport for the UK based vehicles and fuel compensation for the ones from abroad.

I did not see Rick's Comet and believe Andrew (who I unfortunately did not meet!) trailered his T-16 home.

Cheers,

hi fella's
sorry to say the cromwell was not ready in time for the show so it was just the carrier with me this year.

maybe next time :)

rick

with plenty of fuel too........ ;)

Two links for Kevin and Ricks Carriers at War and Peace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR8gyQYn63A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCn1KjSDeg

great stuff Andy.... they both looked great !

happy days :D