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As the autumn months arrive we see fewer events in the area, we do have a few special events which find favour for our members in September and October including the area’s “Crank down” run.
September is of course a special month for the RAF stations where their Battle of Britain anniversary mess functions often involve a number of our members. RAF Leeming’s 100 Squadron event saw Mark Lofthouse with “Denise” his Hotchkiss Jeep
( British AB badged ) and “Bessie” my 1941 RAF GMC 353 which was used by the DAF in the Western Desert and Italy, together with a 1945 Royal Enfield WDCO 350 as their mess reception display.
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Pickering’s event in Mid-October is perhaps the UK’s best known and longest consecutively running public 1940s event. Again, the weekends stormy weather didn't put off the large crowds who came to enjoy the Yorkshire moors railway, albeit this years without the German Occupied “French” station which was missed by many. The Sunday vehicle parade was reinstated this year and enjoyed by all. Pleased to say that the appalling weather on the return trip was mostly uneventful for our members.
As the event season slows down, many of our members turn their attention to those big restoration jobs we’ve perhaps been putting off and maybe even start something new. So, it’s a pleasure to see a number of new projects in the area. Simon & Debbie Balding, part of The Trouble-shooters group, both own and drive their 1940s vehicles, have now extended their passion to Simon’s dad – with a new Dodge project, so we look forward to seeing this addition to the area’s vehicle lists. It’s worth noting that “The Trouble-shooters” who enjoyable recreate an American Army engineering unit, have almost as many female vehicle owner drivers as male so busting the popular myth that being an MVT member is all about boys’ toys.
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