105mm C1 howitzer

[rob love]

Originally Posted by derk derin

It's always interesting to hang around with Rob.You never know what adventures await.I can usually spot CMP or Jeep parts but this time,most of the parts were a mystery to me but had fun helping pull them out of the grass.Looking forward to seeing it done!
Derk.

Mark my words Derk, you will regret not having bought one of these. Soon they will all be gone.

Over the years Derk and I have propelled each other on to buy stranger and stranger things. I must say I am amazed at some of his willpower these days.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

I must say I am amazed at some of his willpower these days.

Sounds like a Chick is clouding his judgement

[Doug Lavoie]

Rob,
It was great to be able to play a small part in this great project of yours. I know that you will find the missing pieces of the puzzle. You do know when not to say wow in a mud hole! Good luck on the completion of it. Show us a few pictures of the rebuild from time to time.
Good luck with it, and stay healthy and safe over there.
Doug

[rob love]

Doug
Yours was no small part. I had known about some of the pieces of the 105s sitting in the scrapyard for about a decade or more. It wasn't until you found those recoil mechs that I got motivated enough to go digging deeper. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I did find.

As an example of my obsessive collecting, after I had unloaded the trailer and truck of the new found goodies, I went to clean out the back seat of the truck. In there I found a brand new u-joint for the elevation shaft which had been hiding under the back seat for about a year now.