Hi Jeff,
They were WW2 1/4 ton jeeps. Nick Bullock who subscribes to this list=20
lives I believe somewhere in the area of The Rocket Site, Misson (not=20
far from Bawdsy in Yorkshire) where one of them was kept. He may be=20
able to verify the collection of jeeps that Lou Jackson (the father and=20
originator of the business not the son who was running the site on my=20
last visit about 1994), used to store on the top of racks around one of=20
the old hangers. One of them was unissued in a crate. A friend tried=20
to buy a Bantam from him, but he wouldn't even let us look at it close=20
up. Yet I heard about 4 years ago he gave a helicopter and some rocket=20
launching equipment to the Beverly museum. He once charged me =A3500 for=20
a 'military Humber Super Snipe' engine, but on another visit gave me an=20
almost complete rare prototype 'Commer Q2 FFW'.......a true eccentric.
Brian Hawkins is now an exceptionaly wealthy 'earthmoving & plant=20
dealer', and the old scrap section of his yard was closed off completely=20
with dogs patrolling it when last I tried to visit ( I was attempting to=20
talk him into selling one of the Carden Lloyd Carriers, but he would not=20
even agree to meet me).
regards
Colin
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