CMP book series

Originally posted by Pete Ashby
Richard

The Oxford CMP crew can field the following:

F8 no vents 11 cab FFW
F15A mid range 11 cab 2B1 pick up body
C15A early 12 cab 2B1 van body
C30 no vents 11 cab derrick body
C30 early 13 cab LAA

The crew are a like minded group of collectors who all own their own trucks but tend to travel and show together.

David
it has long been in our mind to make a pilgrimage with the trucks to Southampton and see if we could take some pictures near or on the area that was assembly plant 1.

What do you think?

Richard, got your e-mail, it was good to put a face to the name, strange we had to do it 380 miles from home!!

Pete

Well, I just have to keep reminding myself how fortunate we are with so many rare and lovingly restored vehicles almost on the doorstep as it were.

The Oxford CMP crew are a privilege to have at any show, this display of excellent vehicles is quite stunning and its a pity the public generally have no conception of the dedicated effort that goes into it.

Along the Southampton thought, Ballard is looking at a visit to Dennis at Guildford as they made the body for the Polsten fit and still have an amount of archive data/records.

Plug - It would be nice to gather a selection of CMPs at Overlord next year, of course Ballard(s) & Al Tooes will be there as they are my main show crew, perhaps I can persuade Bob Coult to bring his HUW too from Eastleigh. Of course you can always ply the esteemed Tinningbon-Wall with alcoholic beverages for a real re-enactment of MLD, which is often quite entertaining.

Depending on the show pressures and availability of Mr. Alvis' hydraulic arm, (I have just found out bearings that start X----- are specials with price/availability to suit), it would be an occasion to lift the Ballard Polsten off to show the ground mounting and trail arrangements. We have observed the original manual where 4 soldier lads do it handraulically and fight shy of these gut-ripping machinations.

You will never see it winched on up the special tubular ramps though, Ballard has the vapours about scratching the No.2 brown (DTB) paint and the scarcity of self-formulated stuff he carries with him for emergencies.

It is true, Pete an I met by chance at The Durham Light Infantry Museum, some 400+ miles away for us, an added pleasure to a throughly excellent weekend.

R.