Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I read the LUG via gmail so when I read Frank's post about the amphibious Alvis what was displayed alongside? "Armored Vehicles" The spot to find it! It is all here! Oh my. F1 to armored vehicles. AB On 1/31/06, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> wrote: > A friend of mine had a 6 wheel amphibious ex-military Alvis. He lived > in Blackpool and we went fishing in it - loaded up at his house then > drove to the beach straight across and into the sea. It did about 2 > mpg, dear even then. > Frank > > On 31 Jan, 2006, at 14:56, Douglas Sharp wrote: > > > But they had decent "pulling" power ;-) > > Funny, in my youth the local lads went in for army surplus vehicles > > more than sportscars, Austin Champs (Rolls Royce engined and about > > as unreliable as you can get), Austin Gipsy, de-commissioned > > armoured cars, early Unimogs and Haflingers, one even had a Volvo > > "Sugga" (which means pig in Swedish - and looks like it too). One > > lad even had a fully amphibious Alvis Stalwart 6-wheeler, makes a > > Hummer look like a low consumption car, and you have to be a > > mountaineer to get into it. My mate Malcolm was the only one wirh > > anything even distantly related to a sportscar - a Triumph Vitesse. > > Douglas > > > > Seth Rosner wrote: > > > >> Doug: > >> > >> > >>> Tractors and sportscars seem to go together - Lamborghini and > >>> Aston-Martin were both made as an expensive "hobby" of tractor > >>> manufacturers. > >> > >> > >> .........but they didn't use their tractors' engines, thank heaven > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >