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    Relic from the troubles?

    First time posting on this board; and here's a real rarity (in this part of the world). A Humber Pig in southern california.

    This is owned by a manager of a local shooting range I frequent. He collects military vehicles, and has a few M37's, a Ferret armored car, a HUMVEE, and a few others. I don't know where he got this from (range was busy and he didn't have time to talk). I've always loved the look of these vehicles, and even though they are nearing 60 years of age, they still possess a timeless, aggressive look.
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    Just don't drive it to an Irish pub or Celtic festival. A Britishicon Para reenacting group in Austin, TX made the mistake of dropping into an Irish pub for a pint after a WWII reenactment and had to do some very quick explaining to stop the patrons from beating them to a pulp.

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    Curious. Why would they want to do that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapper740 View Post
    Just don't drive it to an Irish pub or Celtic festival. A Britishicon Para reenacting group in Austin, TX made the mistake of dropping into an Irish pub for a pint after a WWII reenactment and had to do some very quick explaining to stop the patrons from beating them to a pulp.
    Oh dear........classic example of re-enactors who actually know very little about what they are representing, despite many being ultimate nerds about widgets and grommets.
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daan Kemp View Post
    Curious. Why would they want to do that?
    Go to a pub for a pint? They were thirsty.

    Go to an Irish pub dressed as Britishicon paratroopers? They were ignorant. You have to understand that for most Americans the Troubles were something ill understood in a country far, far away.

    Look at it this way: You visit California because you want to see the world renowned 'Planes of Fame" museum in Chino California. You stop off for a burger at a burger joint on Riverside Drive and some vatos walk up to you and beat you within an inch of your life and steal your car and your wallet. Why? You were ignorantly wearing red in a Crips neighborhood. It's the same thing.
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    Well put! This is a pretty stupid state, but the food is great!

    I opened up the drivers door to peek inside, and I was amazed at how small the crew and driver areas are. There was no way my 200 pound (91 kilo) fat-*** was fitting into this thing!

    Then I had to remember these things were designed for 150 pound, skinny infantrymen....

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    I'll never forget the time that I visited a classic car show and amongst the gleaming, highly polished, cars a Humber Pig armoured personnel carrier had arrived which I was quite pleased about because I have always thought them an interesting vehicle. The Humber Pig had parked in front of a nicely restored sports car with a reasonable distance between the 2 vehicles.

    At any classic car event you often get someone who decides that they want to go home before the show has really finished and on this occasion it was the owner of the Humber Pig. He started the Humber's engine which caught everyone's attention and then to everyone's surprise, instead of driving forward, ever so slowly, he began to reverse. Everyone was expecting the driver to then stop reversing and start driving forward, not least the sports car owner having a "nice relaxing siesta" in his car at the time. One could tell that he was getting nervous as he cautiously reversed his car back as much as he could within the confines of the other vehicles parked around him, yet the Humber kept coming.

    People on the show field began shouting "STOP" yet the Humber kept reversing at crawler pace, directly for the sports car, with the Humber driver appearing to be oblivious to what was about to happen. With millimetres to spare someone had managed to climb onto the driver's door step and shout "STOP" directly" into the driver's ear.

    As there was no harm done it did have a slightly amusing side to it, watching it unfold, but I wouldn't like to speculate as to the condition of the sports car driver's underwear.

    An aside: I believe that in Northern Ireland service they had a relatively low speed limit imposed on them for safety reasons except in emergencies. I did know what the speed limit was but I forget off the top of my head. I expect that someone will confirm what it was?
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    I need one of those for my forays into Memphis TN. Protection from aggressive drivers. The Fast and Furious rarely have insurance or tags. No insurance required on my end get hit keep on rolling.
    Problem solved.

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    In the seventies an L.A. lawyer owned an armored car with a turret and canon, I don't remember the make, and used it as his daily driver. The L.A. Police tried to stop him but... once he put on mirrors and turn signals, he won in the courts. It ended up on a Joe Walsh album cover:



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