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Discovered an old Ben Hur trailer on a farm in my neighborhood , it's tired but fully original , and what is weird about it , it has both front and rear folding tailgates
I knew for some time it was out there , but the owner wouldn't sell it until last week !
Hi , try searching on the web for Freuhauff military trailer . I have pretty much the same trailer , manufactured by the Brill company , so with a different A frame . Mine is equipped with the Maxson gun mount , other versions are searchlight , smoke generator , power generator and director trailer
Yesterday we achieved another toy for our collection , we bought an Autocar U-8144T , also known as the ponton tractor
the truck is restored to its former glory , even more beautiful than it ever has been !
we only have one small issue , the registration date on the truck's papers has been...
started working on the 2nd trailer , have the double floor steel plates removed, now cleaning, grinding , the inner steel frame , lots of work if you wanna do it the right way !
They're getting scarce over here , most of them were used by farmers after the war , until they "died" :-(
I intend to restore mine as a director trailer with canvas cover , goes with our 9th USAAF theme
I've got 2 of them myself , one is equipped with the Maxson .50 cal guns , the second one is being restored right now , both are made by "Brill" ;
I noticed , some have lockers at the front and rear , others only have the lockers at the rear. Both of mine have 4 lockers each , is there a...
Hi All , next week-end , from 08 to 10 may , we'll be present on the "Groese Papvretersrit" in the Netherlands .We'll represent the 1st Belgian Field Brigade , with a 25 Pounder gun and ammo limber. Blanks will be fired on a historical location near "Groede Podium" , near the former German...
Flanders is the Western part of Belgium , flemish language-the Southern part is French speaking.
So Flanders is located in Europe , between France and The Netherlands. We have a short coastline at the North Sea , and the distance with Great Britain is at the narrowest poiunt about 50 Km
I may not complain , altough I'm collecting for about 40 years. The idea was to establish some kind of museum , I live on a former battlefield of WW 1 and 2.some heavy fighting took place here (3 German graves on my yard from 1940 to 1942 , when they were reburried on a central graveyard)Aboutb...
Some photos of our 25 pounder gun , made in 1940 , on the shipyard Harland & Wolff (builders of Titanic). We went to Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge) to honour the victims of that famous battle. We fired blanks at the Mardasson , and at a hilltop in the neighborhood.
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