Beltring is on 19-23rd July... but I guess you mean the TV prog. A MV
collecting chum of mine is a camera man on the series and says its one of
most enjoyable to make, nothing is set up or rehearsed and the teams all
good people to work with. Quite a few military vehicles are used in other
episodes.
Enjoy this from the nation that normaly turns out dire and embarrasing
stuff such as Telly tubbies, Coronation Street, Beadles About and Channel 4
Big breakfast.
However, the Beltring 2000 video will be on sale very soon....
NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanne Lacourse <cckw@mediaone.net>
To: Military Vehicles List <>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV IN NEW SHOW ON TLC
> When is it on?
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim <jwinne@nettally.com>
> To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@skylee.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:56 PM
> Subject: [MV] MV IN NEW SHOW ON TLC
>
>
> Greetings fellow list members;
>
> The Learning Channel here in the USA has just picked up an old series from
> the UK called "Junkyard
> Wars". This show is really a blast! The episode last night was filmed at
> Bovington on the amphibious
> vehicle test range and involved a competition between a team of Royal Navy
> fleet officers (5 in all) and a team made up of 5 bikers (the over the
hill
> variety). The challenge was to scrounge the scrapyard and construct a
> working anphibian that would carry all five team members down the bank,
into
> a lake 3 meters deep, and up the opposite bank. The bikers found an old
> Land Rover that was missing most of the body and added oil drums welded
end
> to end and attached on both sides. The rear drive shaft was removed and
a
> propeller from a junked out cabin cruiser married to the shaft. This
thing
> looked funny as hell but worked great. The navy approached the problem
from
> the opposite end. They fabricated a hull and added an airboat propulsion
> system (after they found a cortina engine and gear box on the second try).
> Where they fell short was not doing enough on the wheeled part of the
> problem. Anyway, to make a longwinded tale shorter, the Landy worked like
a
> champ. They even had to go rescue the navy who had cracked their hull on
> entering the water and were bailing furiously in the middle of the lake.
It
> was lots of fun.
>
> They also showed some vintage footage of DUKW's in action at Normandy on
> D-day. There was some footage of a current MOD tracked anphib tank
> retriever going through the test range. I'll bet Richard and Nige know
what
> this vehicle is and have probably seen this series for years. You fellows
> have a great time at Beltring and raise a pint for all of us who couldn't
> make it. We'll be thinking of you.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> Jim Winne MVPA #17216
>
> 1967 M-715 Kaiser Jeep Cargo Truck
> 1983 M-101A1 USMC cargo trailer
>
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>
>
>
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