Sitting in an armchair in a freezing cold shed telling a story and you are still 110% more interesting than most of the other channels on here. Keep up the good work.
but what were the gold bars in the photo im thinking..lol ok lead wheel weights and aunties old water pipes melted in london bricks and painted christmas gold spray perhaps lol
@@TUMBLINJEST You'll not be the first to get fooled by dodgy gold. There's a story of an African nation that bought a job lot of gold to try and stabilise their currency a bit; didn't work so they ended up trying to sell it again. Got spun immediately because the daft sods had gone and bought a load of gilded steel bars and hasn't had the wit to try drilling them for verification at point of sale.
I don't believe a word of it. The Gold was absolutely real and real (not lead painted gold) and enabled you to give up work and retire to a farm and work 12 hours a day with few holidays repairing military vehicles for next to nothing.
@@arthurmiller-vl6swbit hard to spot one nowadays when everything sounds so absurdly viable despite the absurdity. But they did say reality can be stranger than fiction.
Joe I really feel like you are the real deal. Complete honesty, no edge, great crew around you and just great entertainment whatever you are up to. Thank you for sharing
I worked on the MOD site that he kept the vehicles on and even did a few repairs for him, I was also there the day that the MOD police turned up to seize them. With my boss I helped get a Hotchkis apc and a saladin under cover and into a secure shed on the site.
I recommend the channel to pretty much everyone I meet, somehow managing to randomly steer conversations about completely unrelated subjects onto tank repairs or, more often, Ted. Hopefully everyone else will do likewise and keep your subs rising to half a million in 2025. Happy New Year!
I had the displeasure of meeting the said individual who was doing the dodgy tank deals, this was just before the investigation was made public. He had imported a couple of vehicles through Marchwood allegedly on behalf of The Household Cavalry Museum, I was serving at Marchwood at the time. Michael Whatley received a two year suspended sentence when caught.
@@macabru999 pretty much. Suspended sentence normally means immediate discharge from the Forces and loss of any pension rights so hopefully he's not getting that.
Uk is such an incredibly corrupt society. All about what fancy school some upper class dipshit went to and if he was molested by the right headmaster and its a free ticket to steal for life
I was in the household cavalry with the said major and remember the story of him setting up the museum. I can’t imagine he will still be serving as he must be in his 80’s by now.
This Major Whatley is quite well known and I was myself involved in getting two vehicles back to Sweden from this "getleman". The Swedish Army had to pay for the transport to UK and now back again. The two vehicles, one Ikv 91 and one APC 302 was in perfect condition when they were delivered in 2005 and 2008 but in terrible state when they got back. The MOD Police had stored them outside with open hatches for 10 years. I told these MOD Police officers what a bunch of idiots they were, not able to keep the vehicles under a roof all these years and not being able to get this "gentleman" to pay for everything.
A true shame they let them sit like that, at least they could had closed the hatches and putting a tarp on top of them, i don´t think they realise how much work it realy takes to fix that type of damage.
Really enjoyed this one, sitting in an armchair telling a story I felt like I could grab a beer and sit back and really chill. Can we have more please.
Bloody good yarn. All the best to you and your team for 2025, love your content and channel, always a bit of a chuckle and bit of old war history restoration.
I absolutely love how down to earth you and your friends are. It’s refreshing to see young people like you! Here in the States it’s rare!! Btw, please put a garage heater in the shop. For Ted of course! 😊
1. I so admire, what you do for a living. I also own a tank but very limited space of land. 10 m forward - thats it. Military shows in switzerland - mostly gone! I hope soooo much for a greater landfill near my home and yeah for more public shows with miltary machineries and their fans. 2. I dont get the fact, that this tank(s) were stolen. Of corse, if he has no museum but get the tanks for free - how is there a lawsuit? 3. untill this day......the hidden gold in the tank was in the not english tankers scene a fact - now i know it was a scam...lol thanks
Great story, and delivery. You should do more story telling with Ted. Just add a full pint and a pipe 😊. My dream is to own a main battle tank, you and the crew keep that dream going. Thanks for sharing the details and history of each project underway. Makes me smile 😊
Hello,I was in the RAF 79-89,I was an aircraft tech,Vulcan's,Wessex and Lightning's. Military stuff does not interest me at all,however,I saw an episode of yours on You Tube,and now I can't stop watching it,the laughs,jokes and banter reminds me of my time in the RAF.I saw the one yesterday when you were at the U-boat museum in Birkenhead,that is not to far from where I live.Anyway I digress,keep up the great work,keeping an old fart happy...
Hey guys we really enjoy watching your videos and enjoying all the humor and information about the tanks and your ability to get anything going, Jack is such a treat. We truly love his crazy antics. Keep up with the great videos, and we'll be waiting and watching.
I felt it was the end of the world at the time. The human mind has a way of making you feel there’s now way out. But in reality things are never as bad as you thought
Loving the videos pal, very interesting to watch as I’m slowly watching all of them lol 😂, Can we see more of the under ground room progress & updates aswell please 🙏 😊
Same here., I strongly agree that the Bitcoin ETFs approval will be greatly life opportunity for us, with my current portfolio of $102,500 from my investments with my personal financial advisor Steve Miley I totally agree with you😊
YES!!! That's exactly his name (Steve Miley) so many people have recommended highly about him and am just starting with him from Brisbane Australia...🇦🇺
He's my family's personal Broker and also a personal Broker to many family's in the United states, he is licensed and a FINRA AGENT in the United States.
Brilliant! Really enjoying your videos Joe. Love the no nonsense approach (really starting to hate the fake enthusiasm in alot of videos nowadays), love the minimal editing, love Ted joining you in the unit for this story time and overall love the channel! Thank you!
Great tale, very well presented. You are a natural in front of the camera. I bet it was a real brown trousers moment when the plod arrived. Good job you can look back on it with a smile.
Good Story about the Russian Tank, Sorry to hear it was cold where you were sitting but to Ted it seems that he wasn't cold? You and Jack are a riot on the show. So glad that you and he are good friends. I enjoy this channel. Rather watch you two than two watch TV. It like Jack waits for the moment to get you, always gets you good, and your lost for words. I am SURPRIZED YOU NEVER GOT YOUR HANDS on a M1Abram Tank! Or ever a M4A2E8 SHERMAN Tank. Whatever got you into Working on Tanks? Well always enjoy watching all your episodes on YOU TUBE! Love how all the people and family get along so well. Excellent Show!!
You will reach 500k easily guys. You guys are a great example of getting off your butts and diving into your passion. It's a lovely 27 degrees Celsius here today by the way.
This is the most interesting episode I’ve ever seen. I loved the way you made it and I stopped doing what I was doing and listened to you tell the amazing story. Well Done You. Cheers From California 😎
Wow thanks for sharing that’s how I originally found you was the gold bar story, I had always thought it was true and I felt really bad for you😂 I always wondered how you had dealt with that and slept at night cause I would have had so many thoughts going on in my head lol thanks for sharing excellent video!
I was going to say the same thing but had to check to see if anyone beat me to it. 🤦 it's a great place. Nick has killed a few of my old motors in the past. Bloke is absolutely bonkers.
Brilliant stuff Joe, nice of you to take the time and tell us the real story, also it might have been filmed on a potato but she sounded great and shot a bit of flame like a Stalwart 🔥👍🏻👍🏻
Joe, keep plugging on, you always tell a good story that is worth watching, and your heavy weight mechanics on a budget of Zero is worth watching, Happy New Year, and tell Ted he is a STAR, here's to 500,000.
Yep I saw the whole "collection" at the old army camp at Ludgershall around 2010 and the other issue was most of the vehicles weapon systems were still live....keep up the great work and videos
I remember something that happened during my army days that this video reminded me of. I was part of a unit which had counter artillery radars. COBRA, we called them (as well as MAMBA). The Cobras, from what I remember, didn't fit in most aircraft so had to be shipped or driven around. I heard of one deployment who were caught smuggling millions of duty free ciggies in their Cobra! It was, allegedly, a conspiracy where the REME guys gutted one of the Cobras and worked with the RLC guys to ship those parts back. The empty space was then filled up with smokes, closed up and sealed. From what I heard, they were caught at the very last hurdle when they got back to the unit and the QM found out!!! I don't know when this happened, but I was there in the late 2000s until about 2010. Not sure if I believed it or not, but the regiment magically found money to refurb a few condemned buildings that were still in use. *shrug*
Storytime With Joe.....Great Stuff and I see Ted was the acting director....well done Ted....If only tanks could talk....wait, in the White Tiger they could !
I really enjoyed this video and there was some real nostalgia… made me think of Ronnie Corbett for some reason…..😅 another career in the offing possibly…. ? Just discovered your channel and really enjoying the current and past content. thank you.😊 edit… blimey, I wonder how many people will even know who Ronnie Corbett is let alone why!
Could spread a rumour that he is related to Jack - both about the same size. I used to see Ronnie Corbet and his Wife quite regularly in Addiscombe, South London where I worked for a period of time. His wife used to shop in the local Co Op. He would sit outside in the Roller waiting for her while she did the shopping. Don't think she was Jack's Mum though.
There was a train guy selling off British rail coaches and locomotives as well. My favourite gold story is the Germans secretly bringing gold to dump in a lake to recover after the war. Which isn’t particularly interesting. What is interesting is people still looking for it in the lake as though it was still in there the next morning :D I tell you, they would have been a lot faster than in the “whisky galore” film.
That's a ride and a half. What a story. The fact that he's still a Major in the army is ridiculous, should have been kicked out and legal actions taken against him.
I love the work videos but this was nice to maybe you could talk before or after about some of the projects that you have going on big thumbs up to you sir !
thank you Joe for sharing your intrest in Tanks i only started watching because i was bored but now i look forwards to your videos even if some are silly but make me laugh keep up the good work and i would like to wish you and the gang all the best for 2025
Sitting in an armchair in a freezing cold shed telling a story and you are still 110% more interesting than most of the other channels on here. Keep up the good work.
Very intresting story now invest in a chinese usb powerbank heated jacket 😂
totally agreeee
Or have a large malt whiskey and a packet of Doritos.......
🤝 no sh!t sir.
Oh absolutely !
Best TED talk I've watched in ages!
Ted is the real gold
@swing-di4tt Best reply :)
If Ted wasn't there he could have been Ronnie Corbett!
"Don't believe everything on the internet, including this"
Can i have one of those gold bars?
but what were the gold bars in the photo im thinking..lol ok lead wheel weights and aunties old water pipes melted in london bricks and painted christmas gold spray perhaps lol
@@TUMBLINJEST You'll not be the first to get fooled by dodgy gold. There's a story of an African nation that bought a job lot of gold to try and stabilise their currency a bit; didn't work so they ended up trying to sell it again. Got spun immediately because the daft sods had gone and bought a load of gilded steel bars and hasn't had the wit to try drilling them for verification at point of sale.
Exactly my thought. xD
@@TUMBLINJEST Yes of course and good made as well I would say.
All the gold was seized by king Charlie and sent to China to keep him in Kung pow chicken.
I don't believe a word of it. The Gold was absolutely real and real (not lead painted gold) and enabled you to give up work and retire to a farm and work 12 hours a day with few holidays repairing military vehicles for next to nothing.
I mean, how else are we going to believe he paid for those luxury vehicles they ride around with? Like that Bentley for example!
@@macbeth2354 not like he renovated a chieftain and sold it for multiple millions to a guy from the USA or anything.
I love how no-one picks up on sarcasm on the internet.
🤣
@@arthurmiller-vl6swbit hard to spot one nowadays when everything sounds so absurdly viable despite the absurdity. But they did say reality can be stranger than fiction.
That is a remarkable story about the Gold bars hidden in that tank, always good to have a decent story once in a while!
In the tank's tanks.... The Keystone Coppers were confused for a while....
I love a good story and this was indeed a good one!
Joe I really feel like you are the real deal. Complete honesty, no edge, great crew around you and just great entertainment whatever you are up to. Thank you for sharing
I worked on the MOD site that he kept the vehicles on and even did a few repairs for him, I was also there the day that the MOD police turned up to seize them. With my boss I helped get a Hotchkis apc and a saladin under cover and into a secure shed on the site.
I recommend the channel to pretty much everyone I meet, somehow managing to randomly steer conversations about completely unrelated subjects onto tank repairs or, more often, Ted. Hopefully everyone else will do likewise and keep your subs rising to half a million in 2025. Happy New Year!
I had the displeasure of meeting the said individual who was doing the dodgy tank deals, this was just before the investigation was made public. He had imported a couple of vehicles through Marchwood allegedly on behalf of The Household Cavalry Museum, I was serving at Marchwood at the time. Michael Whatley received a two year suspended sentence when caught.
made a couple hundred thousand got 2 years suspended (basically 0 days in jail) and is off to enjoe his easy made money
@@macabru999 pretty much. Suspended sentence normally means immediate discharge from the Forces and loss of any pension rights so hopefully he's not getting that.
He went to the right school, joined the right regiment and has a funny handshake.
SAS sergeant found with a handgun under his bed goes inside.
Uk is such an incredibly corrupt society. All about what fancy school some upper class dipshit went to and if he was molested by the right headmaster and its a free ticket to steal for life
He was a disgrace to the military, he tried sell me a Leopard A1.. Good job I got cold feet.
This channel has become a cornerstone of my weekly routine :) Thanks fellas, so many awesome videos, looking forward to the future!!!!
I was in the household cavalry with the said major and remember the story of him setting up the museum. I can’t imagine he will still be serving as he must be in his 80’s by now.
Probably for the best then 🤣
Donkey walloper. Let away. Wow.
Household Calvary.
Blinding scam.
Majors, dodgy bods.
www.gov.uk/government/news/police-probe-sees-disgraced-ex-major-face-jail-threat#:~:text=The%20MDP%20investigation%20into%20Michael,Crown%20Copyright.
Same here 🔵🔴🔵. I also remember a few other stories from when I was in 😂
This Major Whatley is quite well known and I was myself involved in getting two vehicles back to Sweden from this "getleman". The Swedish Army had to pay for the transport to UK and now back again. The two vehicles, one Ikv 91 and one APC 302 was in perfect condition when they were delivered in 2005 and 2008 but in terrible state when they got back. The MOD Police had stored them outside with open hatches for 10 years. I told these MOD Police officers what a bunch of idiots they were, not able to keep the vehicles under a roof all these years and not being able to get this "gentleman" to pay for everything.
A true shame they let them sit like that, at least they could had closed the hatches and putting a tarp on top of them, i don´t think they realise how much work it realy takes to fix that type of damage.
They were in training to join the Met when they left the army.
I do like the dripping water in front of the camera whilst you talk to give the scene depth and atmosphere 😂😂
Can’t be having people thing we can afford a fancy roof 🤣
Good to see Ted made you come clean and reveal the truth about the gold bars. The look he gave you at the end of the video said it all...
Happy new Year from a Yank across the pond Mr. Hewes. You are living my dream! Appreciate you and your mates
First fix of the new year Nice to know the truth behind the gold bar story Thanks Joe and the geneus that is Ted Happy new year to you all
Really enjoyed this one, sitting in an armchair telling a story I felt like I could grab a beer and sit back and really chill. Can we have more please.
Bloody good yarn. All the best to you and your team for 2025, love your content and channel, always a bit of a chuckle and bit of old war history restoration.
I absolutely love how down to earth you and your friends are. It’s refreshing to see young people like you! Here in the States it’s rare!! Btw, please put a garage heater in the shop. For Ted of course! 😊
"Don't believe everything you see on the internet, including this video"
So that means there is a chance there indeed WAS gold in the fuel tanks?
liquid gold these days
BALD
Bald?
Love the chair🤠
“Fireside chat “ style
Probably wished a fire was present.
PotatoCam should become a regular feature with it strapped round Teds collar 👔🐕 😁😁 Great story, thanks for sharing 👍
That would be Boss Cam. 😂
Happy new year - ace channel - I'm sure you will easily get to 500!
lol .. i'd heard the story of the gold hidden in a tank & guessed somebody had watched Kelly's Hero's too often ... now i know where it started
I’m not sure you actually can watch Kelly’s Hero too many times ?
@@nilo70 Woof woof
1. I so admire, what you do for a living. I also own a tank but very limited space of land. 10 m forward - thats it. Military shows in switzerland - mostly gone! I hope soooo much for a greater landfill near my home and yeah for more public shows with miltary machineries and their fans.
2. I dont get the fact, that this tank(s) were stolen. Of corse, if he has no museum but get the tanks for free - how is there a lawsuit?
3. untill this day......the hidden gold in the tank was in the not english tankers scene a fact - now i know it was a scam...lol thanks
Great story, and delivery. You should do more story telling with Ted. Just add a full pint and a pipe 😊. My dream is to own a main battle tank, you and the crew keep that dream going. Thanks for sharing the details and history of each project underway. Makes me smile 😊
Hello,I was in the RAF 79-89,I was an aircraft tech,Vulcan's,Wessex and Lightning's.
Military stuff does not interest me at all,however,I saw an episode of yours on You Tube,and now I can't stop watching it,the laughs,jokes and banter reminds me of my time in the RAF.I saw the one yesterday when you were at the U-boat museum in Birkenhead,that is not to far from where I live.Anyway I digress,keep up the great work,keeping an old fart happy...
Hey guys we really enjoy watching your videos and enjoying all the humor and information about the tanks and your ability to get anything going, Jack is such a treat. We truly love his crazy antics. Keep up with the great videos, and we'll be waiting and watching.
Great story well told, Ted's direction was spot on too. Great stuff 👍.
I've got a T55A from Baghdad... Doesn't hold much fuel in the fuel tank.... Fancy buying it...? 🤔
Wouldnt fit in my driveway sorry 😂😂
Had it on a scale...? 😉
You need just wash the tank. I can do it for you. CHEAP!
I am from Baghdad
I was expecting a story full of negative waves... instead everything turned out fine in the end, cool story Joe 👍🏼😁
I felt it was the end of the world at the time. The human mind has a way of making you feel there’s now way out. But in reality things are never as bad as you thought
@@MrHewes
Absolutely, never give up, time marches on and you can always look back on those “insurmountable” times…
Happy new Year Ted and crew!
More Ronnie Corbett style arm chair vids. Lovely. Just need to be by a roaring log fire for the next one and Jack’s Mum serving you a cider.
🤣🤣
How is Jack’s mum? Not heard of her for a while. Bless her. 😀
Sooooo the producer turned to me and said......
I came to the comments hoping someone would point this out 🙂🙂🤣
dude, you should do more of these stories more often tbh. Im sure a tank restorer would have great stories and finds in them
youll get well over 500k this year. love this stuff so much
Loving the videos pal, very interesting to watch as I’m slowly watching all of them lol 😂,
Can we see more of the under ground room progress & updates aswell please 🙏 😊
Great story ... Ted watching wondering why he never got his cut of the 2 mil
Question ... Where is Chisel-face ?
I'm favoured financially with Bitcoin ETFs approval, Thank you buddy.$28,600 weekly profit regardless of how bad it gets on the economy.
Same here., I strongly agree that the Bitcoin ETFs approval will be greatly life opportunity for us, with my current portfolio of $102,500 from my investments with my personal financial advisor Steve Miley I totally agree with you😊
YES!!! That's exactly his name (Steve Miley) so many people have recommended highly about him and am just starting with him from Brisbane Australia...🇦🇺
He's my family's personal Broker and also a personal Broker to many family's in the United states, he is licensed and a FINRA AGENT in the United States.
The very first time we tried, we invested $1000 and after a week, we received 4500. That really helped us a lot to pay up our bills.
Steve Miley has really set the standard for others to follow, we love him in Canada🇨🇦as he has been really helpful and changed lots of life's
Really enjoyed that story was like being a child again listening to jackanory 👍😁
Brilliant! Really enjoying your videos Joe. Love the no nonsense approach (really starting to hate the fake enthusiasm in alot of videos nowadays), love the minimal editing, love Ted joining you in the unit for this story time and overall love the channel! Thank you!
Great tale, very well presented. You are a natural in front of the camera. I bet it was a real brown trousers moment when the plod arrived. Good job you can look back on it with a smile.
I was genuinely very depressed and stressed at the time
Good Story about the Russian Tank, Sorry to hear it was cold where you were sitting but to Ted it seems that he wasn't cold? You and Jack are a riot on the show. So glad that you and he are good friends. I enjoy this channel. Rather watch you two than two watch TV. It like Jack waits for the moment to get you, always gets you good, and your lost for words. I am SURPRIZED YOU NEVER GOT YOUR HANDS on a M1Abram Tank! Or ever a M4A2E8 SHERMAN Tank. Whatever got you into Working on Tanks? Well always enjoy watching all your episodes on YOU TUBE! Love how all the people and family get along so well. Excellent Show!!
You will reach 500k easily guys. You guys are a great example of getting off your butts and diving into your passion. It's a lovely 27 degrees Celsius here today by the way.
I’m fairly new to the channel, but am hooked and currently working my way through the back catalogue. Great stuff.
Always a really good watch, interesting, informative and bloody entertaining. Keep up the good work and glad you replaced the potato with a camera
Happy new year gang
Great story
Love that chair does it swim as good as the stolly 🤠
This is the most interesting episode I’ve ever seen. I loved the way you made it and I stopped doing what I was doing and listened to you tell the amazing story. Well Done You.
Cheers From California 😎
Great story Joe ! Happy New year !
It’s nice to know I’ve been with you since you filmed things with a potato. You’re my favorite RUclips channel kid, keep it up.
Great story keep on doing these you will get to the 500,000 very soon
You are a natural story teller, you should try narrating on Watch with Mother or even Thomas the TANK engine.
You are Awesome and love watching you build the Tank
Excellent vid, very interesting. Hope Ted was warm enough !! Ted talks will always be welcome.
Wow thanks for sharing that’s how I originally found you was the gold bar story, I had always thought it was true and I felt really bad for you😂 I always wondered how you had dealt with that and slept at night cause I would have had so many thoughts going on in my head lol thanks for sharing excellent video!
Happy New Year Ted
I knew about the finding gold in a tank story and thought it was real. Thanks for clearing that up and the back story of what really happened.
A 'Ripping Yarns' for the 21st century. Love it! 😁
Over the Andie's by Frog 🐸... In Berlin Camouflage.😂
"Tanks 'A' Lot!" For this clarification.
I see what you've done there. . . . . . . . 🙂
I was going to say the same thing but had to check to see if anyone beat me to it. 🤦 it's a great place. Nick has killed a few of my old motors in the past. Bloke is absolutely bonkers.
Very good. Well done. Pity I missed the obvious.
Brilliant stuff Joe, nice of you to take the time and tell us the real story, also it might have been filmed on a potato but she sounded great and shot a bit of flame like a Stalwart 🔥👍🏻👍🏻
you've outflanked Dr Mark 'Markee Boy' 'Marquis of Mark' 'Dr F' 'Felty' Felton❤
Defo should have used Mark's signature tune on this one.
Really enjoyed the video nice to hear some of the back stories. Thanks for all your hard work
so - now maybe you should sell fake gold bars in the merch section, stamped with your logo. And maybe Ted's paw print of approval
Now that, is a very good idea. What a talking point down the pub.
My Chinese contact is making them now, thanks for the input.
@@TanksalotGBLove it! Real free enterprise.
Have you seen the price of lead?
What camera do you use? Your video quality is great and I’m looking for something different. Thanks
Another brilliantly entertaining video. Love 'filmed on a potato' caption. Very many thanks, Joe.
What a great armchair chat - thank you for sharing it with us !
Joe,
keep plugging on, you always tell a good story that is worth watching, and your heavy weight mechanics on a budget of Zero is worth watching, Happy New Year, and tell Ted he is a STAR, here's to 500,000.
Im subbed for ted ted makes the channel imo hes a good boy
You and the boys cocking about are the heirs to Clarkson and friends. Keep up the great work!!!
Great story on what happened...hope you were not too cold though. Another good video Mr Hewes, for which I thank you for....
Great story Mr Hewes
Love your videos and enjoy your humour with your team.
I love these kinds of stories! Keep ‘m coming!
Yep I saw the whole "collection" at the old army camp at Ludgershall around 2010 and the other issue was most of the vehicles weapon systems were still live....keep up the great work and videos
You have thousands of subs because you all are good dudes who have a passion for what you do
I wish you had made the fortune off that tank. You're a good man. We really have respect for you
I quite like this Major chap. A bit of a character in this dull world we are meandering in.
I remember something that happened during my army days that this video reminded me of.
I was part of a unit which had counter artillery radars. COBRA, we called them (as well as MAMBA). The Cobras, from what I remember, didn't fit in most aircraft so had to be shipped or driven around.
I heard of one deployment who were caught smuggling millions of duty free ciggies in their Cobra! It was, allegedly, a conspiracy where the REME guys gutted one of the Cobras and worked with the RLC guys to ship those parts back. The empty space was then filled up with smokes, closed up and sealed. From what I heard, they were caught at the very last hurdle when they got back to the unit and the QM found out!!!
I don't know when this happened, but I was there in the late 2000s until about 2010.
Not sure if I believed it or not, but the regiment magically found money to refurb a few condemned buildings that were still in use. *shrug*
Storytime With Joe.....Great Stuff and I see Ted was the acting director....well done Ted....If only tanks could talk....wait, in the White Tiger they could !
I observed a new Mr Hewes video and clicked on it straight away, that’s my style sir !
Loving the content Joe ,, keep going !!.
Keep em coming !.
Great storey and vid. enjoy watching your channel and the laid back approach. Cheers & thanks for sharing.
I met the Major at a dinner a couple of years ago, interesting chap!
I really enjoyed this video and there was some real nostalgia… made me think of Ronnie Corbett for some reason…..😅 another career in the offing possibly…. ? Just discovered your channel and really enjoying the current and past content. thank you.😊 edit… blimey, I wonder how many people will even know who Ronnie Corbett is let alone why!
Ronnie was a great guy
Could spread a rumour that he is related to Jack - both about the same size. I used to see Ronnie Corbet and his Wife quite regularly in Addiscombe, South London where I worked for a period of time. His wife used to shop in the local
Co Op. He would sit outside in the Roller waiting for her while she did the shopping. Don't think she was Jack's Mum though.
I appreciate this interesting story.
Tanks a lot 😊
Fantastic. The gold bar story being an April Fools joke is brilliant.
Love you enthusiasm that you have for these fantastic well made machines . But one question why do most tanks smoke a lot ??
There was a train guy selling off British rail coaches and locomotives as well. My favourite gold story is the Germans secretly bringing gold to dump in a lake to recover after the war. Which isn’t particularly interesting. What is interesting is people still looking for it in the lake as though it was still in there the next morning :D I tell you, they would have been a lot faster than in the “whisky galore” film.
That's actually the most crazy and interesting story ive heard in a long time
Fabulous Story Joe love the channel looking forward to more stories Simon
Joe you should be call the, Claude Greengrass of the Tank world. Buying and selling 😅. Oh happy new year Ted.
That's a ride and a half. What a story. The fact that he's still a Major in the army is ridiculous, should have been kicked out and legal actions taken against him.
He was 65 at the time and got a sentence of 2 yrs, (suspended) fined £1500 costs, and had to do 150 hours community service.
Never heard that story before.It's a good one
OMG!!! I Remember this in the news. Thanks for the insight.
Only cause of Ted we subscribe….😂
I just realized that I’ve been watching you ever since that video
Great video. What a story ! (sends Ted a virtual pat ) 😁👍
The Dutch channel did a load of episodes about their Type 59. That was also an ex gate guard, ex Gulf War prize tank.
Great story - fantastic channel 👏 👍
I love the work videos but this was nice to maybe you could talk before or after about some of the projects that you have going on big thumbs up to you sir !
Great stuff Joe.
Great job Mr. Hewes!!!!!!!
thank you Joe for sharing your intrest in Tanks i only started watching because i was bored but now i look forwards to your videos even if some are silly but make me laugh keep up the good work and i would like to wish you and the gang all the best for 2025
Loving the videos, but question what leatherman do you use? I know it has scissors but what version is it🤔