Making a big splash on the Mercedes-Benz World 4x4 course (Tim Morris). In the Motoring Village re-enactor groups
Heroes of the Pacific USMC, East Meets West and Sierra Alpha Group set up base whilst behind the Race Bays an invasion of Land Rovers filled both sides of the Campbell Lawn. In the outer Paddock a superb World War One AEC lorry from Seb Marshall in Byfleet stood in front of a trio of Daimler Scouts and a swish 1940s Dodge staff car in US military livery.
At 11.00am a bugler from Gordon’s School played from the Clubhouse balcony, heralding the beginning of a two-minute silence to remember all those who have been involved in warfare. Along the wall directly underneath the balcony was a line of two solo and eight motorcycles with side-cars, including Harley Davidson, Sunbeam and Zündapp, but of particular note was an original BMW R75WH owned, restored and regularly ridden across Europe by Bill and Mary Northcote, who had come from Toton in Nottinghamshire. Bill has traced the original
paperwork for the bike, which reveals it was issued to the Waffen-SS on 23rd March 1943.
Rain is not generally considered a good thing for shows held at Brooklands, however there is one yearly exception and that is Military Vehicles Day. We don’t really like it to rain on the day itself mind you but the night before is great. Why? Because it fills up the huge puddles on the Mercedes-Benz World 4x4 course, to such a level that the drivers of the vehicles can slip and slide through the quagmire spraying great plumes of liquid mud ahead, behind and to the side! Luckily the spectators, bussed over from the Museum, are just far enough away to avoid getting covered. That could not be said for the drivers in the largely open vehicles!
After trundling back to the Museum site, visitors lined the Test Hill for the afternoon ascents, which saw star performances from the Jeeps and Land Rovers and a gallant effort from a small, but perfectly formed, Steyr-Puch-Haflinger.
Some vehicles almost disappeared in the
quagmire (Tim Morris).
The Red Caps carefully negotiate the mud (Tim Morris).
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