Educating people on what little I know of these vehicles has been much of the fun for me. I have gone over the quick wikipedia story probably 200 times, people are amazed at what Canada achieved for the war effort, in such a short period of time. Makes them proud to be Canadian!
As long as it goes to somebody that appreciates it for what it is, and doesn't use it for hauling firewood from the bush, I am okay with it I think.
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Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery
boy i hate to see these uniquely Canadian vehicles go to the States where they have no historical reference.
As Stan Rogers sang in one of his historical reference songs, 'not one in 10,000 knows....' and that applies to Canadian military history. Every time we lose one of these south, it's the loss of another chance to educate fellow Cdns.
I regretfully sold my restored C60 out west with the provisos of
right of first refusal,
guarantee it would not be sold outside of Canada.
Don't know whatever happened to it though.
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