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Robin,
I love stories like that.........So when do we get to see the pictures?
Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Craig <therobincraig@home.com>
To: <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 11:41 AM
Subject: [MV] GM show and tell FUBAR
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> Last night our erstwhile Minister Of National Defence held a dog and
> pony show here in town to announce that Canada is taking up its options
> on another batch of APC's from General Motors Defence Corp. ( renamed
> Diesel Division in London Ont). At the show was a CUCV in pick up form,
> LAV III and Coyote and a NYALA, which is the Reumech South Africa mine
> protected vehicle. Which I have too say really gets up and motors on the
> road, as I was witness too.
>
> Anyway I was up early this morning to get some pictures of these
> vehicles as they came out of the show hall. I got some nice shots before
> the snow started too fall. Anyway, as usual I was driving my ex mil Land
> Rover 110 with the green latex paint job. The call went around the hall
> for any of the guys in the mil stuff if they had a slave cable, 'cos the
> CUCV wouldn't start, someone left some lights on last night. There was
> not a slave cable too be found, so I chirped up and said I had my cables
> with me, " bring your truck in and lets have a boost then " came the
> response from the guy from GM. So in I backed by 110 in beside the new
> pin CUCV, opened up my side locker panel and got out my milk crate with
> my bad ass cables, they are not twined as they are NO 1 welding cable
> and about 25 feet long, come from being a welder and having too start
> other peoples trucks nose into parking spots. On with one cable, out
> with the other and that clamped on they lit the glow plugs and fired up
> the CUCV, I insisted on taking some pictures for future proof!!!!!!
>
> Just made my morning, I was happy as a pig in the proverbial!!!!
>
>
> Robin Craig
>
> Ottawa Ontario Canada
>
> Land Rover 110 FFR and Mk 2/3 Ferret
>
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