2012 at the Hammond Barn

[KrisHamilton]

haha.. i should have known. i wonder how much heat the 216 would give off on long road trips.... maybe just enough.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Kris

Meant to respond to you first comment on heaters for HUPs but forgot, I have often kidded that HUP in fact all CMPs have Air Conditioners that work great In Winter and Heaters that work best In summer.

But kidding aside take a look at the Special Cold Weather Equipment supplement that came with the manuals in my HUP some 30+ years ago, unfortunately none of this equipment was fitted to my HUP. It does give a very good amount of detail about the equipment.


Follow this link to the entire manual http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/S...0Equipment.htm . You will note that much of the heater equipment is basic Chevrolet of the period.

Cheers Phil

[RHClarke]

The biggest draw in Hammond on Sunday was at the barn. We had a steady stream of visitors on Sunday afternoon. We had the usual trio, Bob, Grant and I, then we had Guy stop in. John T stopped by to finally take the chef's tour of the barn after years of my relating stories to him over the bar. Later, Bob's neighbour Bruce strolled to the barn with a friend (a local trapper) and his young daughter. They too took a tour of the barn and the wagon lines. Shortly thereafter, Brian F and his friend Dago dropped by with some HUP parts that they had been working on.

It was interesting to note the expertise on hand that day:

Public Servant X 2
Contractor (retired Army)
Retired cop
Retired Army vehicle tech
Trapper
Kid
Retired postal worker (kept looking for the high ground for some reason)
International entrepreneur
Electrical Engineer

It would be interesting to harness all of that expertise to see what we could come up with...

After the round of visits, Bob and Grant got back to the business of fixing some of the sheet metal from the front of Bob's truck. While that was going on, I played with the MIG welder and succeeded in making bigger holes out of small holes in my rear kick panel. All good practice for the more obvious pieces.

Time flew by all too fast, and I headed back to Ottawa with the sounds of metal being punished coming from the barn. Ah! The memories!

Photos:
1- The barn parking lot
2- Bob pontificating
3 - The parting scene
4 - HUP Porn

[Bob Carriere]

Can hardly wait for Saturday to go back to the barn and resume welding....

Had a thunder storm last night..... may be a weird coincidence but lost all my automatic password on my computer..... had to sign up on MLU and Stovebolt all over again.

Now today at the office the same situation arose....using the government computers all my automatic passwords had been lost and had to sign up again.

Anybody else had that problem????

Bob

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Had a thunder storm last night..... may be a weird coincidence but lost all my automatic password on my computer..... had to sign up on MLU and Stovebolt all over again.

Now today at the office the same situation arose....using the government computers all my automatic passwords had been lost and had to sign up again.

Anybody else had that problem????

Bob

I saw that same thing on the X-files......... Something about the gourberrment and the Revenue Canada folks have you in their sights. Or maybe it has something to do with the second comming...... The Hammond Barn is a sacred place........ at least to the folks on MLU...........

If the weather is nice on Sunday, I may make an Iltis crusie out to your place..... is that OK?

Cheers!
Stuart

[KrisHamilton]

Phil thanks for the post... i will print that off for a rainy day

Clarke, just curious as to what size portable shelter you use to store your Hup in now.... im thinking i might be able to store my truck sooner in my back yard if i get a decent portable shelter as u do ... any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

[Bob Carriere]

Come on over in the afternoon...... after 1 pm is best.....

Kris .....check Canadian tire and TSC for shelters that go on sale..... minimum size 10 X20 ..... better if you can get the 13 x 26 intended for vans or large
4x4.

Bob

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by KrisHamilton

Phil thanks for the post... i will print that off for a rainy day

Clarke, just curious as to what size portable shelter you use to store your Hup in now.... im thinking i might be able to store my truck sooner in my back yard if i get a decent portable shelter as u do ... any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Avoid the tarps on those commercial driveway shelters. I have one in the driveway, and it started to fail. The UV rays eat those tarps in a hurry. The wind will flap and fatigue the fabric quickly too.

My solution, after the big snow of 07/08 when mine collapsed, was to generously collect all the bent pipes from my neighbourhood's collapsed shelters. I disassembled mine completely, and rebuilt it with salvaged and $100 of replacements from the factory. I built three new frames from lumber to extend it back 8'. I skinned it all with a new white tarp AND four sections of surplus modular tent canvas. The pieces lace together nicely. Hammond Barn habitue Guyvapeur helped sew a new end panel and make some minor repairs. The best thing with the modular tent sections, is there is about 5' of rolled up fabric at the bottom edge. So, if I want to lengthen the legs for a taller vehicle, there is roof material waiting.

Kris, if you want to have a look at mine, we are both in Ottawa.