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Will's Chevy in Goodwood parade
Will Needham was invited to participate in the prestigious “Heroes” parade of vehicles at the Goodwood Revival in September with his 1941 Canadian Military Pattern Chevrolet 15cwt truck. He bought a new uniform for the occasion.
Following a speech from the Duke of Richmond, 150-odd military and civilian vehicles took to the circuit in a glorious display, with modern day heroes – the doctors, nurses and other key workers who were indispensable in the fight against Covid-19 – riding on-board, waving to the massed crowds.
Vehicles of all shapes and sizes made up the parade, from the compact 125cc Royal Enfield Flying Flea to the 33-ton Sherman tank. A Daimler Dingo Scout car led the parade, while a 1929 Dennis fire engine contributed to the civilian contingent. The heavy artillery including a 5.5in Howitzer Field Gun towed behind a Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Vehicle, while the HMS Devonshire 4" Naval Guns fired poignantly from their position beside the circuit.
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The Victory Show
Pictures from Kevin Lamberth
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Tanks, Trucks and Firepower
Many SEM members enjoyed a mainly dry but chilly Tanks, Trucks and Firepower show at Dunchurch on August Bank Holiday.
Pictures from Kevin Lamberth
Pictures from Vaughn Glynn
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H@W comes back with a bang!
Some rare, very rare and absolutely unique MVs were a feature of Harborough at War, which came back with a bang on August 7-8.
As well as the usual, but nonetheless welcome, Jeeps, Jimmies and Land Rovers, the show was graced with the presence of the only M3 Lee tank in the UK, a monster of a Centurion BARV and a tiny Ford Pop pick-up, the last of its kind.
Hundreds of MVs and re-enactors were spread out over the huge former airfield site near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, making it Covid-secure, although the weather wasn’t very kind on the Sunday morning.
The 1942 M3 Lee tank from the nearby Armageddon outfit stole the show for many but sadly destroyed a piston ring or two on Saturday and was parked up on Sunday. Owner Stuart Garner said the engine was the same one the Lee had went it was dragged out of the Australian bush, so it hadn’t done too bad to last so long.
Joe Hewes’s towering Centurion Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle was another crowd pleaser, administering the coup-de-gras to an old Mini (see main picture from Kevin Lamberth). At the other end of the scale was the 1938 Ford-Allan-Taylor pick-up truck. Just three were made for the Royal Engineers for use as sportsground tractors and this was the last survivor.
Pictures below from Peter Clarke include Chris Baxter’s newly acquired 1939 Austin 12; Jim Dixon's 1969 Land Rover Series IIA green Pink Panther, a genuine example found derelict and stripped bare on a farm; Neil Parker from C Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron Reenactment Group; SEM member Heather Bailey celebrating her 30th birthday at the show; and John Wright's Jeep.
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