HUPs IN STRANGE PLACES

[Brian Gough]

Stew,

that was Mel Norwick's HUP, from Whitby. The picture was taken at an OMVA meet, I think it was in the late 1980s, maybe even 1990.

The HUP was sold last year and I don't know where it went - possibly out of the country.

Brian

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Brian Gough

Stew, that was Mel Norwick's HUP, from Whitby. The picture was taken at an OMVA meet, I think it was in the late 1980s, maybe even 1990. The HUP was sold last year and I don't know where it went - possibly out of the country. Brian

Mel's HUP got a quick once over and was sent to Oman as part of the Sultanate of Oman's 40th Anniversary celebration. Apparently, 40 years ago the present Sultan rode into his capital city in a HUP to take power from his father.

To celebrate this anniversary he spared little expense to get a HUP to lead the parade. The last I heard was that the truck is now in a museum. Nice videos on Youtube of the celebrations, but no shots of the HUP.

[Brian Gough]

Rob,

Thanks for the update on the whereabouts of Mel's HUP. Definitely this is properly in your thread of "HUPs in Strange Places"

Brian

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Rob

You have been a busy web digger to have dug out:
Another Interesting HUP Related Story
Strange Online HUP Reference
HUP with Lily Marlene Connection

I had not looked at Beckwith's BBC site in a while and didn't realize he had put a link in, I'll have to revamp my BBC pages with a better back link to his site.

Having read Stursberg's book I was surprised that I had never seen the story about Lili Marlene again I'll have to update my pages about the CBC to link that story into the loop. There are several good recordings of Lili Marlene on the web both in German and English, in either language it is haunting.

Interesting how a picture of a HUP at a event leads to the story of a HUP travels back to the Middle East.

I do like MLU


Cheers and thanks Phil

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Rob, You have been a busy web digger ... I do like MLU. Cheers and thanks Phil

Hi Phil,

Yes, this is the by product of being unemployed. I am working on a small personal project and during down times, I have been using different search engines and index words for online searches. I also have the time to reflect on some of the goings on in the past few years here at home, the barn and while on the road. This trip down memory lane has cued me for more search variables.

Hello Haridimos,

I can tell you are a Heavy Utility man - your name even starts with an "H"... I will be searching for a photo of Mel's HUP in Oman. You never can tell what will show up online.

More later.

[Stew Robertson]

After a while the brain just gets a little foggy, thanks for the info
Just keep the pot a boilin
Stew

[Haridimos]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Mel's HUP got a quick once over and was sent to Oman as part of the Sultanate of Oman's 40th Anniversary celebration. ................ The last I heard was that the truck is now in a museum..

Could it be at the Sultan`s Armed Forces Museum at Muscat? A travel corespondence and a fine photo coverage of the excibits of that Museum, was at the HMVForum HERE but whithout photo of Mel's HUP..