Alvis Stalwart (Stolly)
High Mobility Load Carrier (HMLC)

At the bottom of my signature block on some of my e-mails, there is a line which reads:

"Hopeful future Stolly owner."

I constantly get e-mails asking "What's a Stolly?"

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a picture of a Stolly I once tried to buy, plus links to webpages about Stollies.

            Alvis Stalwart FV623

What does this have to do with rockets?  Well, I think one of these would be an ideal range vehicle, recovery vehicle, and crash/fire truck.  Take a look and see if you agree.  But the real reason I want one is because . . .

. . . well because I want one!

Some Stolly links:

The first site I ever came across that discussed the Alvis Stalwart: http://4wd.sofcom.com/Mil/Alvis/Stalwart.html

The home of the Alvis Stalwart Organization.  Useful information about Stollies.
http://www.stalwart.org/

Another good article on Stollies.
http://www.4x4mag.co.uk/junefeatures/magstalwart.htm

A webpage written by a guy that used to cut these magnificent vehicles up and turn them into amusement rides.  (Aaaaaugh!!!)
http://www.phantomroses.com/heavywt/stolly.html

The Stolly news group.  The definative place for information on Stollies.  If you ever own one of these things, you must subscribe to this news group or risk screwing it up completely.  These things simply are completely unlike any other vehicle ever made.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stolly/