mikie Posted February 1, 2023 Share #22951 Posted February 1, 2023 58 minutes ago, MCDUFF said: Ha! Small world; my best regards back to Nigel when you see him again. A true Gentleman, and one of the 'old school'. He is loving being in France as much as you! Even now, there probably isn't that much interest in the 'Holden' Jeeps? Thank you for your kind words. They are quite ugly and impractical compared to a standard Jeep! However, I am hooked! I love the detail on this tub; especially as it is a Ford script one too. Lots to use as template guides for the restoration of my other one. The remaining stencils are cool too. Just need a big enough wall to hang this on!!! Cheers Graham PS, will be on the lookout for razors from now on! "Just need a big enough wall to hang this on!!!"... Ha! Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 1, 2023 Share #22952 Posted February 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, mikie said: "Just need a big enough wall to hang this on!!!"... Ha! Mikie . Hi Mikie, What did I say just a few days ago, ' NEVER enough wall space to hang things on ' , a local friend has a spare wartime Willys body standing on it's rear panel and secured to the garage wall standing upright with wings, hood and windscreen. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 01 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22953 Posted February 2, 2023 5 hours ago, MCDUFF said: Hi Ken, I attended the annual 'Stoneleigh Militaria fair' here in the UK at the weekend. It is a magnet for all militaria enthusiasts in the UK as you know. I met so many friends there, it was fantastic. The amount of quality stalls and attendees was impressive. I came away with a 1943 USMC Jerrycan.... and a Ford script HOLDEN modified body tub.........!!!!!! How crazy is that?! I don't "need" it, but just had to have it. I will update further when I have it delivered. What a crazy hobby this is!!! Now this is great!! Congrats! ..Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22954 Posted February 2, 2023 Great find with the Holden body! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22955 Posted February 2, 2023 . Photo evidence . . . . . . . . . . Many years ago I saw a photograph of an American Jeep in Ireland in 1942, on the engine hood there was no star but a large emblem of an oak acorn , at the time I thought I had made a copy of the photograph but cannot find it. Since then I have seen this photograph of a GMC on an LST and on the engine hood it has a large emblem of a heart, with the star moved to the cab top. Sadly the heart can't be seen on any of the other vehicles on the LST. Has anyone else seen images of US vehicles with anything other than the regulation star, I would be pleased to see any images. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22956 Posted February 2, 2023 . Bouncing back to the ' Hanover Street ' posts several pages back . . . . . . I have pulled this photograph taken on the set of Hanover Street it features Peter Gray who started the British club ' Military Vehicle Conservation Group ', ( now the Military Vehicle Trust ) . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22957 Posted February 2, 2023 43 minutes ago, General Apathy said: . Photo evidence . . . . . . . . . . Many years ago I saw a photograph of an American Jeep in Ireland in 1942, on the engine hood there was no star but a large emblem of an oak acorn , at the time I thought I had made a copy of the photograph but cannot find it. Since then I have seen this photograph of a GMC on an LST and on the engine hood it has a large emblem of a heart, with the star moved to the cab top. Sadly the heart can't be seen on any of the other vehicles on the LST. Has anyone else seen images of US vehicles with anything other than the regulation star, I would be pleased to see any images. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... Here's another example, never found out excatly what they meant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22958 Posted February 2, 2023 These possibly too... Note the tire chains... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22959 Posted February 2, 2023 4 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Bouncing back to the ' Hanover Street ' posts several pages back . . . . . . I have pulled this photograph taken on the set of Hanover Street it features Peter Gray who started the British club ' Military Vehicle Conservation Group ', ( now the Military Vehicle Trust ) . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... HOLY SMOKES!! That guy is STRONG!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escht Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22960 Posted February 2, 2023 8 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Photo evidence . . . . . . . . . . Many years ago I saw a photograph of an American Jeep in Ireland in 1942, on the engine hood there was no star but a large emblem of an oak acorn , at the time I thought I had made a copy of the photograph but cannot find it. Since then I have seen this photograph of a GMC on an LST and on the engine hood it has a large emblem of a heart, with the star moved to the cab top. Sadly the heart can't be seen on any of the other vehicles on the LST. Has anyone else seen images of US vehicles with anything other than the regulation star, I would be pleased to see any images. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... I knew I had seen a picture somewhere,... arriving Utah Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22961 Posted February 2, 2023 . Todays Finds . . . . . . . . WWII German flour sacks are not unusual in France as once again the French farmers and inhabitants rescued and saved anything that may be of possible future use. As did American citizens during the great depression in the 1930's, poor dirt farmers wives made clothing for themselves, their husbands and the children. But I was surprised today to find at a country town flea market British made flour sacks with dates ranging from 1938 to 1942 I can't recall seeing any of these previously during the years I have lived in France. One of the CWS marked ones shows a mill in Silvertown, this was in the Royal Victoria Docks, London. The mill began operating in 1900, a new mill was built between 1938 and 1944, the mill ceased trading in 1981 when the docks were closed and demolished in 2008. most of the sacks show a fee charged for the return of the sack ( 1/- ) this symbol means a shilling which was twelve pence, it can be seen that this charge increased to ( 2/6d ) which would be two-shillings and six pence, thirty pence in old wartime money before the UK decimalised in the 70's. One of the sacks had the remains of a piece of wire which was used to close the sacks when filled. And the last photo for Johan, American Aid to Belgium, possibly end of WWI period. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 2, 2023 Share #22962 Posted February 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Johan Willaert said: Here's another example, never found out excatly what they meant... . Hi Johan, Something I have never seen done before, either the driver or the co-drivers name stencilled on the windshield, I suppose it made it easier to find your own vehicle in a line of parked trucks all very similar in paint finish and markings. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 02 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 3, 2023 Share #22963 Posted February 3, 2023 . Spotted this in an antiques store this week . . . . . Maybe something of interest to the Viet-Nam collector a copy of a 1950 dated French advert for Air-Vietnam . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 03 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Willaert Posted February 4, 2023 Share #22964 Posted February 4, 2023 Following up on Ken's posts about Flour Bags, here are two from my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 4, 2023 Share #22965 Posted February 4, 2023 . really enjoy looking at photos, this image was taken in Northern Ireland in 1942 when the first American forces arrived in the UK. Top left just visible a pre-war musette bag with leather lower half. I had one of these in my collection but it went to auction in 2019, from another topic back in 2007 Craig Pickrall posted a photograph of private purchase items that servicemen could purchase featuring a leather bottomed musette. Also of interest in the main photo there is a tin to the right of the soldiers head, I noticed it has a lid evident so this led me to think that it is probably not a ration can but a tin of British military cigarettes, I have a similar tin of military cigarettes so I just photographed it at the same angle to see if it looks alike. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 04 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 5, 2023 Share #22966 Posted February 5, 2023 Not military, but on our walkies this morning, Gunji spotted this late 1940s Chevy pickup truck. Just thought you vintage iron fans around here would like to see it. I don’t remember seeing it before. mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22967 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 1:33 PM, General Apathy said: . really enjoy looking at photos, this image was taken in Northern Ireland in 1942 when the first American forces arrived in the UK. Top left just visible a pre-war musette bag with leather lower half. I had one of these in my collection but it went to auction in 2019, from another topic back in 2007 Craig Pickrall posted a photograph of private purchase items that servicemen could purchase featuring a leather bottomed musette. Also of interest in the main photo there is a tin to the right of the soldiers head, I noticed it has a lid evident so this led me to think that it is probably not a ration can but a tin of British military cigarettes, I have a similar tin of military cigarettes so I just photographed it at the same angle to see if it looks alike. . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 04 2023. ... Ken, I believe you are correct about the tin. Boy you have an eye for details! ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22968 Posted February 6, 2023 13 hours ago, cutiger83 said: Ken, I believe you are correct about the tin. Boy you have an eye for details! ...Kat . Thank you Kat, I have to say that my eyesight isn't what it was, I wear glasses now, back in my 20's it was superb many friends used to be complimentary on it. Sadly although I made a comparison on the tin, I am no longer able to make belt comparisons, here's a shot of them outside before they all went off to auction, the early evening G & T must have put me off my line . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22969 Posted February 6, 2023 . Hi Graham, If I recall correctly we first met at the Beltring show in 1994, I had six of my dressed mannequins on display, sadly only have photos of these two in my files, but as one's USMC para-marine I'm sure you will be happy . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDUFF Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22970 Posted February 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, General Apathy said: . Hi Graham, If I recall correctly we first met at the Beltring show in 1994, I had six of my dressed mannequins on display, sadly only have photos of these two in my files, but as one's USMC para-marine I'm sure you will be happy . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Very happy! Thank you! Crikey, that was a long time ago! Yes, it must have been. My 'Doughboy to GI' book is dated June 1994! (cool date!) If only I knew more then about the subject, and had the money of course!! (I needed your book to understand this stuff!!) lol. That drop cannister is incredible too..... rarer than Normandy and Arnhem drops combined for sure!! I wonder where that is now?! Cheers! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22971 Posted February 6, 2023 29 minutes ago, MCDUFF said: Very happy! Thank you! Crikey, that was a long time ago! Yes, it must have been. My 'Doughboy to GI' book is dated June 1994! (cool date!) If only I knew more then about the subject, and had the money of course!! (I needed your book to understand this stuff!!) lol. That drop cannister is incredible too..... rarer than Normandy and Arnhem drops combined for sure!! I wonder where that is now?! Cheers! Graham . Hi Graham. That drop container was sold around 2005 before I closed the store down and moved to France, along with the knife in the photograph, also a Marine Corp 1937 landing knife with original scabbard are not so far from where you live in a private museum, also a USMC hand painted camo'ed M1. I had to laugh at an American antiques show the two guys travel around in a van and they dropped in at a farm with barns that stored travelling circus equipment over the winter periods. There on a top shelf in one of the barns was one of these USMC drop containers and all they were interested in were some old mouldering circus clothes inside the container, obviously they couldn't hear me screaming ' buy the container ' !! Yes Graham June 1994 was the launch of that book, it was easier to display dressed mannequins than lots of scattered items Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22972 Posted February 6, 2023 6 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Thank you Kat, I have to say that my eyesight isn't what it was, I wear glasses now, back in my 20's it was superb many friends used to be complimentary on it. Sadly although I made a comparison on the tin, I am no longer able to make belt comparisons, here's a shot of them outside before they all went off to auction, the early evening G & T must have put me off my line . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Let me know if you ever need help cleaning up your yard! mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted February 6, 2023 Share #22973 Posted February 6, 2023 Speaking of flour sacks, I have this one hanging in my war room. It came from a house clean-out some years ago along with others. All from Fisher's Flour Mills, Seattle . They had silos and a mill down on Harbor Island where Eastern Wa. grain was milled. This example (with a changed lot No.) is from another war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 7, 2023 Share #22974 Posted February 7, 2023 10 hours ago, mikie said: Let me know if you ever need help cleaning up your yard! mikie . Hi Mikie, Thanks for the offer, if you could come over and lift all the web belts cut the grass and replace all the belts that would be fine . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 06 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 7, 2023 Share #22975 Posted February 7, 2023 9 hours ago, 12thengr said: Speaking of flour sacks, I have this one hanging in my war room. It came from a house clean-out some years ago along with others. All from Fisher's Flour Mills, Seattle . They had silos and a mill down on Harbor Island where Eastern Wa. grain was milled. This example (with a changed lot No.) is from another war. . Hi 12th, thanks for adding the sack in your post, something I and maybe others would have been unknowledgeable about otherwise, your sack and the British ones I discovered here all being relevant to the wars they participated in as much as military equipment. In the past I have mentioned all the corrugated steel sheets that were supplied to war damaged house's and became known colloquially as ' American Thatch ' Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, February 07 2023. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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