From: Larry Tighe (larryradio@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 06:46:59 PST
Geeeze, what great attitudes on this Mil Veh listserver.
Very nice to see people come first.
Lar
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "william f cox" <grntrks@juno.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Military Only Zone-Response
>
>
> > Dave,
> > I tend to agree with you. It's wonderful to see a " museum quality
> > restoration " but would a person be willing to expose that vehicle to
> > inclement weather for a parade or rally? Or risk possible damage while
> > driving from "road hazards" or an accident? Personally, I would not.
>
> The thing I remember most from being a kid was being fascinated with the
> military stuff when it used to show up public events, and naturally, being
a
> kid, I wanted to sit in it and get my picture taken and check it out - and
I
> think I'm in the hobby today because a few of those owners obliged and
> recognized that the curious 9 yr olds of today might be the hobby's future
> tomorrow.
>
> Unfortunately, I also came across the type who figured their canvas seat
> which had seen several hundred National Guard asses in its lifetime
couldn't
> stomach a single kid sitting in it for a second, or fussed over the NOS
horn
> button they just installed on their MB and wouldn't let a kid honk it just
> once to hear the Road Runner noise it made. When I got my first vehicle
> (M37), I cleaned it up, fixed it up, painted it, put all the radio gear in
> it it once had - and took it to my first event. The cab doors stayed open
> ever since that day, and any kid who asked to climb up inside and get mom
to
> take his picture was more than welcome to do just that - and upholstery
and
> horn button rubber be damned.
>
> I can fully understand someone with an eat-off-the-engine-hatch
restoration
> worrying about grubby candy-flossed fingerprints on his hi-gloss #319
Olive
> Drab (*cough*) - but I equally understand why I will never be one of those
> people. Maybe that's because, for me, the only thing better than a GPW
> expert nodding appreciatively as he sees how many little "F"s I've
soldered
> on my bolts is seeing some kid grinning from ear to ear completely
absorbed
> in a Rat Patrol moment.
>
> Anyway - again - not dissing the $400,000.00 restorations suitable for
> turntables in dusty museums...just pointing out why my mileage varies.
Have
> to admit I drooled puddles over Littlefields' stuff just like everyone
else
> in the MVPA. though -- but as a big kid. :)
>
>
>
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