----- Original Message -----
From: "chance wolf" <timberwolf@wheeldog.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Ferret, 432, bedford PIG
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Notton" <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Ferret, 432, bedford PIG
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Milveh@aol.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 2:42 AM
> > Subject: [MV] Ferret, 432, bedford PIG
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> >
> > > bedford PIG, APC $15000
> > >
> > You have me intrigued, what is this ?
>
> At a guess, I'd imagine he's referring to the Humber PIG. I don't have a
> pic handy, but isn't it an example of the same sort of engineering ethos
> responsible for things like the Shorland APV and other vehicles destined
for
> interminable civil conflicts like 'The Troubles'?
>
I did wonder if it was perhaps a US coined name for one of the many Bedford
trucks. $15K is astounding even allowing for transportation, I know people
here who can't get 500 UKP for them and have had to remove the
axles/transmission then gas-axe/scrap the residue.
The Humber Pig was intended as a stop-gap only but was so successful that
the replacements were so late/unsuitable that many were bought back from
dealers and private owners after disposal and put back into another 30 yrs
of service.
Richard
Southampton - England
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