2015 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Jess

I to enjoy reviewing the M152 site. As a former Dodge nut I had my share of M37, M43/152 and Ambulance. Lots of pleasant memories of four wheeling with the Outaouais 4X4 in the late 70s. My truck was converted as a camper and made extensive use of the SouthWind heater.

I have since pass the "baton" to Rob Clarke, who partly resides at the Barn and he has acquired his own fleet of trucks and eyeing my old trucks for his collection. Sadly none are running anymore.... the last one running an M37 used for skidding logs with chains on 4 wheels may get revived this Summer.

One of our favorite trick to avoid mosquitoes was to drive the trucks on sandy lake shoals into about 2 feet of water and park there away from most of the bugs....... walk out the passenger door onto the fender, hood and sit on top in a lawn chair sucking a beer...

Then were the days.

Meanwhile hoping for +9 degrees tomorrow when I will open both ends of the barn to allow some warmer air to thaw out the concrete floor.

Still labouring with Grant on the fitting of the engine cover...... we are literally wearing out the treads of 5/16 fine tread bolts with the number of time we have installed and removed the panels and we are not over yet.

Currently the ignition is down, the E brake remove, the winch brake loosed, the seat removed and half the outer nose sheet metal just to properly reach the engine cover.

Sometimes it feels like we are going backward.

Cheers