Bob

"erikaspencer@ricmuseum.com" I think you will find that should be :- erikaspencer@rlcmuseum.com Romeo Lima, not Romeo India. Bob

" Welcome back! " Thanks. I knew the BBB campaign would win in the end. There were a couple of interesting little Land Rover snippets picked up at the show, but as some are 'commercial in confidence' and as highlighting the others at this stage might draw the attention of those writers who know very little about military Land Rovers to their existence, I'll be keeping things close to my chest for a bit. The primary reason that I can still walk onto the Land Rover stand, and the stands of the primary convertors, after having covered the topic in monthly print for almost 18 years, and still get a handshake and hospitality (thanks for the Malt, Penman Engineering) is because they know they can rely on me to only let out information gleaned when the time is right. As for the Pinzgauers, I don't suppose their MD would be too happy if I went into too much detail about the problems that the Kiwis are allegedly having with gearboxes married to the new Euro III compliant engine in their brand new fleet. When a Pinz goes wrong, which it has to be said isn't very often, it usually can't be fixed with an Irish screwdriver, a plumber's wrench, a Leatherman and a length of wire. Bob

Stand by your beds you 'orrible shower! I'd have been in here earlier today, but I had problems accessing the threads. Afraid it's going to be a flying visit, as I'm off the DSEi military expo for a couple of days first thing in the morning. Bob

A couple of dozen accident-damaged Wolves have been released, and a few of these have been refurbished and road registered. However, due to over-stretch the MoD is now refurbishing Wolves (and some much earlier conventional One-Ten & Ninety military models) to keep fleet numbers up until the introduction of OUVS (the 86/7 Land Rover, 1994 Pinzgauer and early nineties RB44 fleet replacement) in 2011. Wolf had an expected fleet life of fifteen years (taking it through to 2012), but is anticipated that some of the fleet will have to serve until 2017. Best print source of Wolf features is unquestionably LRM, where both Shaun Connors and myself have penned many features over the last seven or so years. I would echo the comments above about not wasting your money on Wolf. Chassis (Range Rover derived) upgrade and body stiffening were introduced to ensure that six or eight troops travelling in the rear would have greater protection in the event of a high speed motorway accident or an overturn while severe off-roading. Many mechanical components are exclusive to that model (less than 10,000 produced, including the ambulance and Dutch Marines versions) so finding spares in a hurry could be problematic. Bob

Now that the old Museum of Army Transport records have moved down to Hampshire, care of the MoD, it is probably best to contact the Ex-Military Land Rover Association in the first instance :- www.emlra.org Bob

Yep. I'm here, but ssshhhhhhh!