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    IN THE SERVICE OF UNCLE SAM

    Apr 29, 2022 4 minutes

    n 2000 my brother Steve and I purchased the remains of five Great War Dennis subsidy lorries from Mick Giles in Bedfordshire. These lorries had been built to a Government approved design and purchasers would have received a cash subsidy for buying and maintaining the lorry on the understanding that in time of national emergency they could be taken into military service. Dennis lorry enthusiast Mick had been collecting Dennis subsidy lorry parts for some years with the intention of restoring one, but with other projects on the go he reluctantly agreed to part with them. My brother Steve, father Tony and I had recently completed the restoration of an ex US Army FWD Model B truck from 1918 and were looking

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