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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: Weaver on March 06, 2015, 09:37:15 AM

Title: AEC Matador-based bus recovery vehicle
Post by: Weaver on March 06, 2015, 09:37:15 AM

Here's an article about an AEC Matador-based bus recovery vehicle that was converted from a military vehicle after the war. it strikes me that this could be an inspiration for swords-into-ploughshares whiffs:

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-battle-vehicle-8777994 (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-battle-vehicle-8777994)

(http://i2.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/article8779991.ece/alternates/s615/JS58245744.jpg)

Title: Re: AEC Matador-based bus recovery vehicle
Post by: raafif on March 07, 2015, 05:08:15 AM

what they bought was a (possibly) a Matador rolling chassis - maybe with an original engine (can't see much of the original vehicle) plus a chopped bus body ...... lots of work to make a real AEC Matador out of it again.

Title: Re: AEC Matador-based bus recovery vehicle
Post by: Weaver on March 07, 2015, 10:51:18 AM

I don't think they intend to make a military Matador out of it: the idea is to restore it as a bus recovery vehicle.