If you go out in the woods today You're sure of a big surprise. BASTOGNE 2010

Hanno Spoelstra · #1 16-12-10, 14:37

Alex,

Great to see these pictures, thanks for sharing. This is a great event, I participated a few years ago and still remember the snow blowing horizontally through the Jeep I was driving! The last evening with the "lights & sounds" show is terrific.

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Funny body on the 13 cab...

I spotted this one in Normandy last year as well. It is a makeshift body, but the truck is The Proper CMP . . . (Ford!).

Regards,
Hanno

tankbarrell · #2 16-12-10, 16:55

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

This is a great event, I participated a few years ago and still remember the snow blowing horizontally through the Jeep I was driving!

You can drive a Jeep?!! I would have thought you would need to sit in the back or even in the trailer!

(For those who have never met Hanno, he is very tall.......)

Hanno Spoelstra · #3 16-12-10, 22:46

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Originally Posted by tankbarrell

You can drive a Jeep?!! I would have thought you would need to sit in the back or even in the trailer!

Yes, although it is not easy. 1st gear and reverse is a struggle between the levers and my right leg and the steering wheel. A hard bum after a while. But participating in the Bastogne event was worth the inconvenience.

And where there is a will (and a shoe horn) . . . who knows I might somehow fit in Marc's Dingo

H.

Alex van de Wetering · #4 17-12-10, 16:17

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"I spotted this one in Normandy last year as well. It is a makeshift body, but the truck is The Proper CMP . . . (Ford!)"

Aha, you're right....now I remember...it was next to the former Bernieres-sur-Mer trainstation, wasn't it?

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You can drive a Jeep?!! I would have thought you would need to sit in the back or even in the trailer!

Good point Adrian.....somehow I have a feeling Hanno drove the jeep attached.......although I don't know if it's a Ford

M38CDNBill · #5 19-12-10, 17:47

The CMP is a Ford and belongs to Maurice Robens. The 6X6 jeep belongs to Rene Cremer and the Bedford MWD 15cwt belongs to Michaël Monin. Three live in Belgium.