HUP-date

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Mark,

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I think you are making great progress!

One survivor of this breed resides in the Netherlands, see the pics below. It has s/n 4844521269 and like most of these Staff Cars, it had seen little use before being struck off charge shortly after WW2. The current owner bought it from an owner in Belgium where it was used by a civil construction contractor, who at one point in time painted it yellow.

HTH,
Hanno

[cmperry4]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I think you are making great progress!

One survivor of this breed resides in the Netherlands, see the pics below. It has s/n 4844521269 and like most of these Staff Cars, it had seen little use before being struck off charge shortly after WW2. The current owner bought it from an owner in Belgium where it was used by a civil construction contractor, who at one point in time painted it yellow.

Thanks for the vote of confidence and for the info on the PERS-3 in Netherlands. That actually would make the seventh-known HUP Staff Car. I had forgotten there were two, not just one, in Czech - Nachtlinger's dad's and another, I think his uncle's, and if I recall, they even had consecutive serial numbers (Possible relics of post-war UN relief operations.) See pic below. Haven't seen any posts from him on MLU for some time.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cmperry4

Thanks for the vote of confidence and for the info on the PERS-3 in Netherlands. That actually would make the seventh-known HUP Staff Car. I had forgotten there were two, not just one, in Czech - Nachtlinger's dad's and another, I think his uncle's, and if I recall, they even had consecutive serial numbers (Possible relics of post-war UN relief operations.) See pic below. Haven't seen any posts from him on MLU for some time.

Mark,

As a teenage boy I started registering surviving Sherman tanks. By the time I reached 1,000 records I stopped. And this was in The Pre-Internet Days. All I want to say with that is: once you start counting, you are bound to find out more of a certain type of vehicle still exist. If you read Wheels & Tracks you will see there are more than two HUP Staff Cars in the Czech republic.

Hanno

[cmperry4]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Mark,

If you read Wheels & Tracks you will see there are more than two HUP Staff Cars in the Czech republic.

Hanno

I pulled out my old Wheels& Tracks with the C8A the other day, and I will look again. I think the ones you refer to are in Part 2 of the C8A story. Are they the same ones, or different I wonder, and do they still survive? I should probably try to post to Frantisek and find out.

I also found I need to get a new W&T No.1 as it appears something was spilled on two pages of the C8A article - maybe I put a cup of coffee on it or something, I really can't tell, but something sticky mucked up two facing pages.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by cmperry4

I also found I need to get a new W&T No.1 as it appears something was spilled on two pages of the C8A article - maybe I put a cup of coffee on it or something, I really can't tell, but something sticky mucked up two facing pages.

Mark, I will resist the urge to comment further on the "sticky page" issue. Are copies of W&T1 available? I am looking for a copy as well.

[Grant Bowker]

If I read the site atthis link http://www.afterthebattle.com/wtlist.html correctly, most issues are still available (including #1).

[cmperry4]

I haven't figured out what the dried crud is, but it looks like it could have been coffee or a sticky bun or hot chocolate. I have no idea how it got there, and I suspect galpal Mary would plead innocence if I insinuated it might have been due to her carelessness. Meanwhile, thanks to Grant B for the After the Battle link - I may try to contact the new source to see if W&T1 is still available. The damage to the pages would just happen to be on the paragraphs where the PERS-3 details are listed.