amphicar versus Alvis Stalwart

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[cageordie]

@michaelfergusonuk The Challenger was designed for Iran as the Shir but when the Shah was overthrown the Shir was canceled so it was dumped on the army as it was. Vickers bought ROF Leeds and the production line. C2 was developed by Vickers to fix the embarrassing C1. Rover obtained Alvis in 1965, United Scientific bought Alvis from them in 1981. United Scientific then bought Vickers in 1998 and were bought by BAe in 2004. So the Alvis line was only involved in the Challenger line for 6 years.

[n1cks0an]

@michaelfergusonuk That soldier, was in my Dads regiment. He later got a job with Alvis as a Stalwart tester as they were impressed he got it so far.

[koitorob]

@733td590 Well, i see your point. Yes, It is legal as long as the tracks have been fitted with rubber blocks. Without them they woud rip up the tarmac. But not the sort of thing i expect to see driving past my house. Cars, yes. Vans, yes. Even a bus or two every hour and sometimes a lorry delivering to the shop up the road. But any form of tank? No! I think they are definately in the category of 'made me look twice in disbelief !

[michaelfergusonuk]

I was unaware that the "Stalwart" (A.K.A. The Stolly) was a Alvis,

The fact that it is explains a lot though since we've got Alvis to thank for the Challenger 1 & 2 Main Battle Tanks /Simitar/Scorpion & many other Military Vehicles of Merit,

It's sad though that Alvis (once a Car Manufacturer & a rival to Rover [Pre Leyland])

Has Never recived the Prase it Truly Deserves.

One of the Stalwart's Exploits was when a Solder Stole one from a Army Base & Crossed the Channel with it!

[733td590]

@koitorob: is it? i thought it was allowed in England to drive a tank on the road, maybe he restored it and went for a test drive! or he was going to work ha ha ha

[koitorob]

@733td590 I've never driven on the beach as most in this country are out of bounds for vehicles. Suppose your love of sand must go well with your slippers ha ha. I guess i'm more of a 'wellington boot' kind of guy!

I saw a strange thing yesterday, twice i heard something 'odd' driving down the road outside my house. Ran to the window and it was an ex millitary tracked vehicle similar to an Abbot Self Propelled Gun. i live in the middle of a housing estate, not next to a firing range. STRANGE!

[733td590]

@koitorob: ha ha ha , i'd wish i've seen that to, you are surely atracted to water, i prefer sand, easyer to dig ha ha ha, i'm what more carefull! i don't like scratches and dents, at least not de big ones.

it have to bring me to work the next day so..

but sand isn't always nice , a few years ago we almost lost one on the beach, flat on his chssis in the wet sand, with the flood coming, we need 2 landrovers with winches set in the dunes to get it out, we barely made it..

[koitorob]

@733td590 Jarek is jumping up and down grinning from ear to ear shouting "how did you like that?" Lewis gets out of the rangerover and walks over. I open my door and water pours out... "OH BOLLOX!" Lewis says he has removed his carpets. I don't mind about the wet carpets. It's my coat which upset me. It had been sitting on the passenger seat turned inside out to stop getting the leather seat wet. It had slipped off the seat onto the floor. I saw this and didn't mind. The floor was dry then!

[koitorob]

@733td590 Both sides of the car are being scratched! Jarek disappears around a tight bend, Lewis suddenly drives into water. His rear bumper goes under! I pause to avoid a branch of about five inch thickness as it bobbs by, then i drive into the water. Lewis then slows down. I realise that if he stalls again i'm going to be in trouble. The water is about as high as my bonnet but i'm still creating a bow wave. Lewis carries on and about another fifteen yards drives out of the water.

[koitorob]

@733td590 So, rangie started, off we go with me at the rear. We get about 100 yards and he stalls it at the junction... Jarek pulls round and gets the jump leads out again. Next time he stalls we have gone about four miles and have just turned off the main road. This time the rain is heavier, Jarek decides he isn't getting out again and just shoves him with his toyota. About five minutes later we are going down country lanes that i don't know. Next we turn down a very narrow lane.