From: Joe Shannon (fordpart@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat Jun 01 2002 - 19:57:55 PDT
I believe that one point that was trying to be made was if this vehicle had been
a bantam they would have not considered doing anything that might have damaged
it.
Renactr2@aol.com wrote:
> OK,
> I just gotta jump in on this thread. I think a reality check is in order.
>
> First off, I have had many years experience in the custom Van and Truck world
> both as an owner and as a custom painter. I have seen old vans so customized,
> chromed, and polished that the wheels never touched ground as they were
> rolled off the trailer onto it's display site. And I have seen all manner of
> cute but effective barriers made of ropes, crushed velvet, chrome tie rods,
> etc., etc. TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM GETTING IN TOUCH RANGE of the "show car."
>
> Second off, What we are dealing with is MILITARY VEHICLES! unlike 10 layers
> of hand rubbed lacquer or 1/4 inch thick MetalFlake and clear paint on a show
> car, we are dealing with flat Milspec paint. The fenders on a M-35 are
> designed for crew to STAND ON THEM! if they needed to to perform maintenance.
> We are not talking about hand-hammered flared "wings" form a vintage MG that
> would bend if you looked at them hard.
>
> Most of these vehicles are 4 X 4 , and a typical event at one of these shows
> is a MUDDY TRAIL RIDE! not a plastic covered ramp into the climate
> controlled trailer and skimpily dressed Babes flogging mag wheel polish.
>
> With all that in mind, I don't think resting a clipboard on a MV fender is a
> hangin' offense that this fella is making it out to be. Most every MV event
> will see kids ignoring the "don't touch" signs, and usually they are up their
> for the kids (and parent's) safety, not the safety of the vehicle.
>
> DO a reality check old boy. This is the kind of world you vehicle belongs
> too, not the chrome and hand-rubbed lacquer crowd. If you object to such
> handling, get some barbed wire and pigtails (appropriate Army barrier stuff)
> and rope off the truck when you park it. And when the judges come up to the
> checkpoint, have them read your "rules of engagement" before you let them in
> to judge your vehicle.
>
> Mr. Wilson, as a professional body man and Nationally recognized Master MV
> restorer would never have "land hands on" any ones vehicle with the intent to
> "test to destruction." But if your craftsmanship couldn't stand up to a good
> shake, like a bloody Army truck should have been able to stand up to in it's
> original life, then I would say it's your problem, not Mr. Wilson's or
> Mele's.
>
> Keee-rhist! It like somebody who buys an M-37 and then paints it Imron White,
> with white spoke wheels with "Desert Dog" tires and says it's an 'Authentic
> restored" M-37.
> Get Real!!!!
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Burrill
> 1942 CMP C-15A
> 1942 CMP HU(P)
> 1942 Ford Universal Carrier Mk1 (Armour Baby!!!)
> 1945 Humber Mk IV Armoured Car
>
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