Easter Weekend Attractions.

Steam fairs to Vintage displays.

Many people around the globe this weekend are going to perhaps attend some kind of event, which has been laid on for the Easter holidays. From vintage trains, specials, fairs, displays, regattas and so the lists can go on and on.

I wonder what we are going out to see may be the best of that has survived time or the rare, the one offs. What ever it is, I hope you have a good time and enjoy riding, filming, photographing or just watching.

Tomorrows classics today are already being marked out for the collectors clubs and collections and their are still many types of machines that await restoration or to be purchased. But what was not able to be saved and what has been lost, perhaps due to lack of part?

The reason for these biog posts are to encourage anyone out their to do something, even if it is just maintaining your lawnmower, and any other machine. But it is also to come up with new ideas or adaptions of older one. 

Many Thanks and a Happy Easter.

Half-Tracks.

The development and deployment of the half-track vehicle came to ahead during World-War-II (1939-45). This vehicle was rear end tracked and forward wheeled. 

We will look at three models, the German/Czech Skoda Sdfkz, which was developed into different roles from APC (armoured personnel carrier) to anti-aircraft gunnery. The U.S. M-42 and the Russian BTR-152. all of these vehicles were well suited to their uses on the battle-field, particularly off-road. Since 1945 it has been the Soviet BTR-152 which has seen the most extensive production and export world-wide.

All of these vehicles had a similar design and shape. The Czechs had the most protective body, similar in shape to the soviet T-34 tanks. This prevented the type from being destroyed by projectiles, but if a grenade was lobbed into the open top. Boom.

But is this form of vehicle still viable today? And what other ingenious forms of joint traction vehicles will be developed this century or not?