Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not really an AFV Adam, it's metal, but still classed as a soft-skin.Which means it's very prone to getting leaky if you shoot at it. :-) http://www.4wdonline.com/Mil/Alvis/Stalwart.html here are the specs and a picture. The machine he mentions seeing in the woods is very probably the one we used to rumble around in (At the time my parents house was in Pudsey, just over the valley from Tong, close to where Sir Leary Constantine cricketer and politician, Paul and Barry Ryan singers of Eloise,and Mrs Peel aka Diana Rigg went to school) What a mine of ridiculous information ;-) Douglas Adam Bridge wrote: >I read the LUG via gmail so when I read Frank's post about the >amphibious Alvis what was displayed alongside? "Armored Vehicles" The >spot to find it! It is all here! > >Oh my. F1 to armored vehicles. > >AB > >On 1/31/06, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > > >>A friend of mine had a 6 wheel amphibious ex-military Alvis. He lived >>in Blackpool and we went fishing in it - loaded up at his house then >>drove to the beach straight across and into the sea. It did about 2 >>mpg, dear even then. >>Frank >> >>On 31 Jan, 2006, at 14:56, Douglas Sharp wrote: >> >> >> >>>But they had decent "pulling" power ;-) >>>Funny, in my youth the local lads went in for army surplus vehicles >>>more than sportscars, Austin Champs (Rolls Royce engined and about >>>as unreliable as you can get), Austin Gipsy, de-commissioned >>>armoured cars, early Unimogs and Haflingers, one even had a Volvo >>>"Sugga" (which means pig in Swedish - and looks like it too). One >>>lad even had a fully amphibious Alvis Stalwart 6-wheeler, makes a >>>Hummer look like a low consumption car, and you have to be a >>>mountaineer to get into it. My mate Malcolm was the only one wirh >>>anything even distantly related to a sportscar - a Triumph Vitesse. >>>Douglas >>> >>>Seth Rosner wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Doug: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Tractors and sportscars seem to go together - Lamborghini and >>>>>Aston-Martin were both made as an expensive "hobby" of tractor >>>>>manufacturers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>.........but they didn't use their tractors' engines, thank heaven >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >