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I wonder if Jim still has the XR Harley

My father, at the time a very young field gunner subaltern, landed in Normandy in late June '44 with 53rd (Welsh) Division. In the chaos of Falaise, following the capture of Caen, he found and took for his own use a Wehrmacht motorcycle and sidecar. He didn't say whether it was a BMW or a Zundapp, but he was very impressed by its technical specification: 2wd, a reverse gear and branches from the exhaust across the handlebar to keep the hands warm. He had it painted khaki and kept it (and a German side arm, which he preferred to his issued weapon) right up to the Rhine crossing, when a new CO ordered that no further enemy equipment be used. He spent a lot of that campaign going ahead of the battery to find locations for the guns and the CP. He said the motorcycle was ideal for that, particularly in the extremely cold winter of 1944/45 through Belgium and the Netherlands. He is now long dead, but I still recall his boyish enthusiasm when he described the machine. He was quite cross to be ordered to abandon it. He was still cross fifty years later.

Awesome!

Fed up with my comments being deleted on your channel. Any particular reason for this? I said nothing offensive.

Amazing work - as to be expected from the Weald Foundation. Where do these vehicles go, or what happens to them?

Congratulations!

👏👏👏👏

Bravo, frens! High quality work as usual

That came out great

I enjoyed the trivial little details, such as the lubricated wheels, the paint sampling, the fact that the panels weren't cut in metric dimensions. While it certainly lacks modern amenities, the FT was THE genesis of the modern tank. And, modern vehicles notwithstanding, it had a very long service life.

Great job 👏

I seen a 222 on sale on Facebook marketplace for $60k... I didn't get it, sadly. 😭 ☕🐝🇺🇸

Didn’t show much when you just focused on the person talking.

Ummm, not trying to rain on your parade but there is a second one of these vehicles in the Tank Museum at Hudson, Massachusetts.

JAGD!!!🤤🤤🤤🤤

What exactly was wrong with the Jagd Panther steering, when the Tiger steering has a small steering wheel and was easily driven. It doesn’t make sense.

Your channel is a bit of a disappointment to be honest. You show very little, if anything of the restoration work, making it rather a redundant effort on your behalf. I'm sure the people restoring these vehicles are true craftsman, it's just a pity you don't actually put any effort in to showcasing what processes they go through (unless of course you wish to membership to your web page for a ridiculous sum of money) to restore these vehicles. Maybe take a page from the Australian Armour and Artillery youtube channel.

Im Krieg baut man Fahrzeuge für einen bestimmten zweck und doch keine Designikonen... Welchen Zweck hat also diese besondere Form?

Diesel Punk Batman would love that thing

Bravo Michael.

Very cool!

Jagdpanther in the background

So nice hearing that original petrol sound. Most restorations use a modern v8 or diesel engine (Understandably why of course), but nothing beats the sound of an original engine.

Wonderful video, thanks for sharing. Great job bringing the vehicle back to life to show living history.

He's right...we don't have long on this Earth...and I get the bit about leaving a legacy. I started rebuilding WW2 vehicles when I was well into my 40s...a bit late on the scene...but I'm determined to get my 4 back on the roads before I kick the bucket..

The only model of its type in the World....that's rare...

Nice, to see 1 saved, I spent a while playing Wargames sending those off to "Find" the Enemy, not many were used twice, maybe that's why they are Rare ...

Similar to the one's used in South Africa with V shaped anti mine hull🤔

Is this a Cybertruck?

looking forward to seeing more🙂

Ein Wunderschönes Stück! Danke für die Restaurierung und das Video. Allzeit gute Fahrt damit.

They very cleverly drove them backwards into Poland, so that the border guards would think they were leaving.

It great to see a vehicle this rare driving about, as another person wrote, I want one, thanks for showing this vehicle, best regards from Australia, Les

Extremely cool vehicle...wow...

Bringing history back to life!

I want one

Hearty rumble

The ballistic shape of this vehicle was far ahead of its time a lot of our modern armored cars kind of have the shape it’s always been one of my favorite series of German scout cars

What does the Reuleaux triangular hub shields do? Are they for armor or some thing like using as a cable capstan?

Fantastic! Great job!

Always liked these!

Privileged to have been there to witness this 😊

I want one. Know of a dealer, anywhere?

Yahoo!

🎖️🏆🙏💪 Thank you for sharing this

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military Odysey .Detling?

Nice video gentlemen BUT … Wyllys, Willys and Willis are variant spellings of the same name. The historic Willys Overland commercials-and Jeep promotional documentaries-available to view on CZcams, remove any possible confusion.

I believe that Willys is actually pronounced Willis, with the Y making an I sound. Important that you get these things correct, I think. Otherwise, a very interesting story.