#1
|
|||
|
|||
New member intro
Hi all, some of you may know me from decades ago. I think I got the MV bug in high school, I went to the same school Bill Gregg (no relation) sent his son to. Our history teacher was big on military history and took us to Bill's farm for a field trip, I can still vividly remember many of the vehicles from over 30 years ago. Years later I bought an M38A1 which led me to meet Brian Asbury, who was kind enough to let me tag along on many occasions and get a good feel for this unique hobby. I also met Stew Robertson, and was interested to learn he had a big part in the collection I had seen in high school.
Through Brian I also met Tony Sanden, who let me help out on some of his vehicles and also employed me at his factory for a couple of years. Somewhere along the way the A1 was sold and I later picked up an M38 with the aluminum hard top, mostly complete but also a complete basket case. Family life intervened and it is still in storage, along with a nice M100. There was an M1008 CUCV (again thanks to Brian) that served as my daily driver for a few years, possibly the only one to ever have the arctic kit and 2 baby seats installed at the same time. As my time and resources are slowly swinging back into my possession I look forward to resurrecting these projects and getting back out to the shows. I find it interesting to think that had I not bought that first Jeep the events above would not have happened and my life would have taken a completely different path. |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
welcome back Russ!
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Welcome Aboard
Hi Russ
So glad you can join us to share our enjoyment of Canadian Military Vehicles. Strange that you should happen to mention Stew Roberson, as I happened to get an e-mail this morning that also mentioned him. In fact they were identifying him for a photo on my web page about Bill Gregg's collection. Cheers Phil
__________________
Phil Waterman `41 C60L Pattern 12 `42 C60S Radio Pattern 13 `45 HUP http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/ New e-mail Philip@canadianmilitarypattern.com |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Welcome
Hi Russ, Good to hear from you and that there is now some time to rejuvenate your hobby and dust off the M38. ... Brian
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
http://www.100yearsoffreedom.ca/en/home.html |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
|
#8
|
||||
|
||||
Welcome
Good to see you here Russ. You have a fine pedigree in the subject!
__________________
Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Hey Russ
I thought you dropped off the side of earth I have a great shot of you sitting on a Lynx in Dieppe It would be good to catch up Stew |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Hey Stew, good to hear from you, it's about 2 months shy of 20 years, I've got a kid going to university in the fall. I remember that day on the Lynx, that was one Bill kept wasn't it? I'll look you up ahead of time when I'm headed down that way, same place and #?
|
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Nice to meet you Russ ! Some of the Sanden collection came to our group in Niagara !
__________________
1957 Dutch DAF YA 314 Army truck , Dutch Army 1976 Progress AW 57/5 mobile field kitchen, 1981 immersion heater, 1985 M1010 CUCV Ambulance . |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Good to hear, I was out of the area by the time Tony passed, although I did get to see him a few months before. I always hoped his collection went to good homes.
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Intro: new F22 owner s/n CK-236140 | ferret | The Softskin Forum | 28 | 01-02-20 22:04 |
New Member | Andy Cusworth | The Softskin Forum | 18 | 06-04-11 14:53 |
Another New Member | SDeMocko | The Carrier Forum | 14 | 11-10-10 19:40 |
New Member from the UK | RichardT10829 | The Carrier Forum | 115 | 06-06-09 11:02 |