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• BN De Stem • NRC.boeken • uitgeverij Prospector • Classic Military Vehicles • Historical Military Vehicles Forum • Kitmaker Network
| Classic Military Vehicles I would never have expected to be reviewing a book named after a chip shop in the magazine. Frituur Zorro (Zorro’s ‘chippy’, as we might say) is, or was, an Austin K2 that ended its long and probably distinguished life as a mobile chip shop in Belgium. And therein is the concept behind this delightful book, which is, in the words of the authors: ‘A photographic documentation of ‘recycled‘ military vehicles of WW2. During the ‘seventies the Dutch authors went looking for such vehicles still being to good use in scrapyards, fairgrounds, on construction sites end even as ‘chippys’, and photographed them. Most, apparently, were to be found in Belgium. The photographs are exellent and the text informative in terms of identifying the vehicle and its origins (some being modified almost beyond recognition), explaining its civilian purpose and where the photo was taken. The majority of the vehicles are of US origin, but a sizable number of Britsh and Canadian vehicles are also featured. The text is both English and Dutch throughout and, frankly if we had a ‘book of the month’ Frituur Zorro would be it. It is an absolute delight. | ||