The War and Peace Revival 2013 - formerly known as "Beltring"

[Ganmain Tony]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Tony.

Any idea of the significance of the autograph on the side of the MkIV?

David

I don't know David and would have liked to have found out. Unfortunately the owner was nowhere to be found.

[Ganmain Tony]

This Cheiftain made enough noise to wake the dead when the driver was "up it". I didnt realise it is a two stroke (until i heard it)

The next four photo's might inspire a few fellows thinking of doing something for next years Corowa theme..

[Ganmain Tony]

Or if you prefer...CMP's. I found myself getting some very confused looks when I called a CMP a Blitz.

Some knew what I meant but others thought I was referring to the German Opel

Proceeded to throw further confusion into the mix by explaining the differences between a monkey face and a 13 Cab.

Anyway these superb examples belong to Maurice Donckers. Sorry I didnt get to meet you Maurice.

I made several attempts, I must have come to your camp at least 4 times but there was no sign of you and I didnt want to hop the fence as I didnt know if there was a very large Alsatian waiting to turn me into chutney.

Not sure who owned the AEC - but very nice vehicle...

[Ganmain Tony]

Got to have a look at Rick Wedlock's Cromwell and had the pleasure of meeting Rick as well.

Got to say mate your energy is infectious and this is a bloody magnificent effort on your part.

Thanks for the warm welcome, even when you were very pre-occupied with getting the tank set up and right to go.

Glad we went and had a beer at the tent, we had a great yarn.

Most importantly the meteor/merlin sounded really sweet when she fired up.

A classic piece of British armour...

[RichardT10829]

Shaun, are you going with a living history theme next year, or business as usual ?

Anyone any ideas of a good haulage firm and approximate cost to freight a carrier from Newcastle upon Tyne to W&P ?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Got home from "Beltring at Sea" last night, missed some of the people I wanted to meet, but unexpectedly ran into others. It was great fun! More later...

Right then, finally time to sit down and post more on here. This year was the first time I took my boys, aged 12 and 10 to W&P. We had a great time, they were amazed more by the weaponry (both real and air-soft) available for sale at the stalls than the vehicles. The vehicles we have in Holland too, the weaponry very, very much less so.

For me the combination of spending most of the day with them, plus the new layout of the site, meant I really had a hard time to find all the people I wanted to meet. Sadly I missed Richard, Tony, Eddy, Shaun, Stefano, etc., but I did meet Maurice, Nigel and his desert bunch including Andrew, James, Peter, Marc, Dirk & Stefan and then some. And by pure coincidence I ran into the son of the former owner of my F15A - that's typical for W&P.


Some photos:

1. Pair of CMP 15-cwts, from the Donckers Stable
2. Ford F30
3. Chev C8A HUP
4. Chev C15A Cab 12
5. Ford FGT, en route back home to Belgium

[Hanno Spoelstra]

More:

1. Canadian Ford staff Car
2. CMP dashes for sale
3. Morris-Commercial C8/AT Gun Tractor w/17pdr AT Gun
4. Bedford MW project scooped up nearby, made running at the show and brought back to Holland

[Alex van de Wetering]

Tony, Kevin, Hanno, thanks for posting some pics of the event and good to hear you had a great time.

Anyone know more about the Ford Staff car? It's right hand drive, so wonder if anyone knows more about it. Lovely car!

Alex