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Old 13-07-17, 04:39
Dennis Cardy Dennis Cardy is offline
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Bruce,
Would definitely like to see some photo's from the rally. Have a bunch buried somewhere.
Came across this newspaper shot from the Owen Sound Sun-Times. Do you recognize any of the people or the vehicles..??

Dennis.
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Old 14-07-17, 00:06
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Bruce,
Would definitely like to see some photo's from the rally. Have a bunch buried somewhere.
Came across this newspaper shot from the Owen Sound Sun-Times. Do you recognize any of the people or the vehicles..??

Dennis.
Driver of the first M38A1 is the venerable Dennis Cardy. The M37's driver behind I think is Ted Dente. Brian Asbury is driving the M38 following.
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Old 14-07-17, 01:28
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Yep…that's Ted and Brian……and yes...the Venerable Me….
Boy..are the family going to get a laugh out of that..Never been called that before.. (grin).

Think it's fair to say..that group could be considered the founding members of the organized military vehicle movement in Ontario.

What a great weekend that was.

Felt it was important to add this photo taken on that weekend..of the man I consider to be the God Father behind much of today's military restoration movement

Donald G. Smith…sitting on top of Carol….just after demolishing an abandoned shed.

A polarizing personality no doubt..But a good friend to me…and I honour his memory.
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Old 14-07-17, 01:56
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Boy, could we ever start a 'then and now thread'. And boy do I ever have stories about Don Smith and CAROL (most of which involve crushing things. Some times on purpose...some times not).

Here's CAROL as she currently exists. Alas Don passed away some years ago.

...also, I found my Paisley pics and will scan and post them...
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Old 14-07-17, 02:27
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Yes..Don passed away a few years ago…brave to the end..

Can you tell me where your shot was taken..??
I note it has the white star on the hull side....ie Yankee markings..Seems to be inside some kind of a heritage fort.
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Old 14-07-17, 02:41
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Yes..Don passed away a few years ago…brave to the end..

Can you tell me where your shot was taken..??
I note it has the white star on the hull side....ie Yankee markings..Seems to be inside some kind of a heritage fort.
It's the "Timelines' event run (very well) by the Lincoln & Welland Regiment in Fort George at Niagara-on-the-Lake. The 2017 version is scheduled for August 26-27. See http://www.friendsoffortgeorge.ca/events/

CAROL has a new owner who is giving her a very thorough makeover. The results are stunning.
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Old 15-07-17, 01:03
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Dennis if you take a good look on Clive's site you will see that many of our M4A2E8's had the star on them,
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