Re: [MV] Other pink miltary vehicles you should know of.......

From: Nigel Hay (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 01:03:14 PDT


I am humbled and corrected - sorry Carl!
----- Original Message -----
From: "C&C Military Services Ltd" <ccmilitaryservices@btinternet.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Nigel
Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Other pink miltary vehicles you should know of.......

> The Boots 17 Lipstick promotional vehicle was in fact constructed on a
> stalwart Mk 1 by C&C Military Services Ltd in the UK. It was painted pink
> and purple cammo, used for a few years on a rolling roadshow promotion and
> has now passed into private ownership in the midlands somewhere where I
> believe it is being rebuilt back to Military spec.
>
> Carl Brown
> Director
> C&C Military Services Ltd
> UK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:12 AM
> Subject: [MV] Other pink miltary vehicles you should know of.......
>
>
> > I am reminded that a couple of years ago RR Services in the UK did a
> > Saracen in I think pink or lilac with a giant lipstick mounted on it
like
> a
> > missile for a cosmetics advertising campaign for Boots No7
> > They also did an orange jeep for the rental for the relaunch of Action
> Man,
> > whose entire motorpool these days is in his corporate orange.
> >
> > And then of course the SAS are famous for the Pink Panther Landrovers-
> pink
> > being a hard to spot colour in desert conditions.
> > Then there was the guys who rented an M35 painted pink to the Gay Pride
> > march in London ( I am told, I wasn't there of course) - so maybe this
> isn't
> > a rare colour.....
> > Glad I never painted any of mine pink, it might have attracted the wrong
> > sort of people......
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 6:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] A pink tank for peace? Oh right
> >
> >
> > > I like the bikini-clad muzzle inspector. I may have a job for her at
> Inter
> > > Agency Motor Pool. Wait a sec...
> > >
> > > Nope, my wife says the position is no longer available. Never mind.
> > >
> > > apb
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Doc Bryant" <rbhonk1@cox.net>
> > > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:12 PM
> > > Subject: [MV] A pink tank for peace? Oh right
> > >
> > >
> > > > Since there have been some harsh words between posters, in the
spirit
> of
> > > > peace and civility, I post this
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.cubittartists.org.uk/mirpink.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > and then get out of the way as I can just tell it's going to start
up
> > > > something completely different.....
> > > >
> > > > laughing all the way,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doc Bryant
> > > >
> > > >
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