New Member and Carrier owner

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Ron Pier

Mike I think I recognize it. I'm one of the vehicle organizers of the Weymouth Veterans parade. Some years ago, a carrier was booked in by a Mr White (from memory) in Cornwall. He drove it on our run out to Portland on the Saturday (parade day is Sunday) But it kept breaking down with and electrical fault. The same AA guy visited him at least three times and thought it was a bit of a laugh. I was on one of my bikes as usual and kept an eye him to make sure he didn't get lost. I do remember that it only had 200 odd miles on the clock.

Anyway, the owner told me that he bought it "mint in the box" and had filmed the opening on 8mm film and agreed to get it downloaded onto DVD and send me a copy. I did phone him a couple of times to remind him, but then I heard that he'd died and his family had sold the carrier for quite some considerable amount? Ron

I'd be surprised if this is Bob White's - it was very original, in original paint... and if someone bought it, stripped it and repainted it, they'd have destroyed a lot of the value (heard it sold for over 70k gbp). You are correct though - Bob got it "new - in the crate". Best drop a note to the Devon MVT club secretary - I am sure some of the other members who were there at the time will recall better than me (I wasn't).

Tim

[Tony Smith]

"Stitching" the canvas back together to see the stamp more clearly, does anyone recognise any of the details?

[Mike Gurr]

Hi Tom,
The canvas is green though in the picture of it on the carrier it looks brown due to the lighting in the barn where it is kept. I will be at War & Peace with the carrier for the full week if you are there and want to take a closer look.

[RichardT10829]

Cracking canvas there Mike ! Not difficult to reproduce I'd expect ?