Wrist duly slapped You better come up here for a sausage fest & a few red wines with you navigator

They must have been insane or very brave to try a D Day landing in one of those.It amazes me any one felt it was a good idea

Sadly the boys tasked with the job on the day will have had no choice and this idea no doubt came from a Civil Servant locked safely away in his office well screened from the realities of war.

Doesn’t Jeep stand for Just Enough Essential Parts?

In WW2 it did for sure, but not now.

Thanks for the video. I must have been 16 or 17 when I read the book Carlin wrote. He was in England at the time looking for sponsorship.

Sadly, a number were lost on the ride in to the beaches.

New ones are really fast...

Must be the splendid buoyancy aids, I had to study the first ten seconds of the video several times to make sure .....

Making use of the usual TM thread drift allowances, I have not driven a new vehicle today however I have driven our replacement "family barge" EV over the last seven days on and off, it has been interesting to quickly get used to one pedal driving, the brake pedal only really required should an unexpected situation arise.

I suspect if anyone learns to drive and passes their driving test in one of these vehicles, they could be quite incapable of driving any machine that requires a tad more driver involvement to pilot it...? Perhaps a bit like the limited driving licenses of the past re auto boxes..Hmm..?

Circa 20 years ago I bought a Morgan in search of a more involving driving experience than was available in other sports cars which were evolving to become somewhat less involving to drive at road legal speeds, perhaps as evidenced by the Top Gear presenters antics of the time and since, where burning rubber while drifting seemed to be the measure of any vehicles desirability for some..?

While on the subject of TG, I was indeed sorry to read of the courageous Mr Flintof`s unfortunate escapade and worse still that it happened in a Morgan, I do hope he recovers well.