But most general shows we are made most welcome and actively approached to
attend. Most on this list will have had the knock on the dor with a "could
you bring your......to our school fete next week" request- it is
unfortunately hard to attend all these.
Personally I don't now do many shows other than the War and Peace show, but
I do take the Stuart M3A3 into Canterbury city centre on the day before
Rememberance Sunday to help the British Legion sell Poppies (many other MV
owners do similar all over the country)
Last year, this glamourous Ivana Trump lookalike (darlink, what a marvelous
tank...) was having her picture taken ,minutes after the press had gone off
for a liquid lunch- turned out her father commanded the first Russian tank
to break into Berlin in 1945.....never a camera when you want one.
Many years ago a slightly niave chap near here bought a Diamond T cargo,
assumed it doint have brakes so arranged for it to be towed on a bar by a
swb GMC 6x6. The engine on the T was running to help power the jimmy up
hills, but Winthorpe got bored and gently depressed the brake pedal -
meeting no resistance as you would with air brakes, assumed there definately
were no brakes and suddenly put the pedal right down.The tow truck almost
flipped over as the T stopped on its nose. Fortunately he now sticks to
modelling (tanks not male)
Enjoy the hobby, NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: <MVTrucker@aol.com>
To: <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MVs as classic cars
> List,
> We mil-veh enthusiasts are very fortunate here in southern New Jersey
> where I live. We get invited to almost all of the car shows, with
exceptions
> like shows devoted to Mustangs, Corvettes and, etc. Darn near every one
> of them waives the registration fee and they have a class just for
military
> vehicles. Since these clubs are not geared to military vehicles and the
> judges are usually not familiar with them, the viewing public often casts
> votes for the entries. When we do get judged, all of our vehicles are put
> in the same class, so details on the restoration (paint, etc)are the
factors
> considered. This Sunday we are invited to a show to be held at the New
> Jersey (veterans) Memorial Home in Vineland, NJ. The Nostalgia Knights
> Car Club is sponsoring the show "Memories in the Grove" and proceeds
> go to the home. They're giving trophies in 23 classes for 1st, 2nd and
3rd.
> Dash plaques to the first 100 entries. Military vehicle entries do not
have
> to pay the $12.00 registration fee. We also get invited to several shows
> held at the Millville (NJ) Army Air Museum and the Air Victory Museum
> in Medford, NJ. There are many other shows that have the same policies,
> including the semi-annual car show/swap meet held at the Cumberland
> County Fair Grounds.
> I don't travel very far to shows, so I don't know anything about other
areas
> in NJ.
> Joe Young MVtrucker@aol.com
> Past President
> South Jersey Chapter of MVPA
>
> ===
> To unsubscribe from the mil-veh mailing list, send the single word
> UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of a message to <mil-veh-request@skylee.com>.
>
===
To unsubscribe from the mil-veh mailing list, send the single word
UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of a message to <mil-veh-request@skylee.com>.