Austin Champ and friends
More pics of the lovable 50's workhorse
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Adapt and Survive
'Hello big boy!! Click on the pic for a bigger version where available...'
More 40's and 50's classic heavy metal.More itinerant hardware for the military vehicle watcher. Some cold war stuff to remind us all of lying in bed and reading the 'Eagle', 'Victor' or even 'Parade' by torchlight whilst listening to the distant rumble of passing jets and wondering if the balloon had finally gone up and if hiding under the bed could really protect us from all those soviet megatons. Thankfully, the government was on the ball as ever and we had 'Protect and Survive' to tell us what to do in the event of the final countdown...
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Desert Champ |
The Green Goddess - Not only a diet expert in a shiny leotard but one of the icons of the cold war.
The legendary Bedford 4x4 auxilliary fire engine was a mainstay of the UK's civil defence program throughout the 50's and 60's. Although unsophisticated compared to modern appliances, they were simple to maintain, did a reasonable job of pumping water where it was needed and like the strategic steam reserve provided a useful asset for use in a national emergency. They were regularly wheeled out during the seventies when local government employees took strike action and the firemen were replaced by squaddies.
Green Goddess Fire Engine |
The awesome green godess - yours for two grand with a mere 800 miles on the clock. They just aren't sexy though! Ahh...the three day week, the firemen's strike. Who'd do their job? - most people in the UK it seems, judging by the number of applicants every time a job comes up. Still putting out fires in Africa. See the Green Goddess still working.
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Tovarich...
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Back a few years to when the russkies were on our side and the international conspiracy to pollute our precious bodily fluids was just a paranoid delusion.. Ivan here is having a fun time reliving the great patriotic war. Urrah Stalino!! - long live the glorious communist party of the USSR. And let's hear it for the comrades of GAZ production unit 43 at Omsk who have selflessly slept at their machines enabling exceeded production targets for 28 consecutive weeks.
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The Russians - Don't forget the Russians...
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No problem crossing the Volga in this little beauty. As with the TU4, the russki version of the B29, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. |
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