Jeff
Condolences from Dorothy and I on your granny's passing..Was looking for ward to seeing you this weekend but an illness in the family will keep us around home for a little while..but look forward to seeing you at BBB3..I'm sure you or Dan will be up in August..
Once again..sorry to hear about your granny..
Alex and Dorothy Blair
:support:remember

where have all the tim tams gone
 

I hear that the tim tam monster was at CC7
as soon as he saw the tim tams he couldn't control his urge for the aussie delicacey so he swooped in and grabbed them to take back to his nest in Owen Sound :)
Max

Max, we did see Mark & Emma on Saturday. Both are happy and looking well! The weather here is 'iffy' right now, but good enough, although our two pet Aussies had to leave early on to get set for the wedding. It didn't rain til well after tea though, so I hope they had a good time!

CC7 was small but great this year... attended by a very tight bunch who've known each other for a long time, it was more like a good family gathering than a traditional 'show'. But you know what? Those are the best... :)

Pics will follow but Sally and I had a wonderful time there, and I swear I gained about five pounds this weekend! The 15cwt water truck and Stewart's T-16 were running after tea, then we wrapped things up before the storm hit.

I will have more to say in the next day or two but right now let me simply close by offering my thanks to the Caldwell clan once more for a job well done. They have done this seven years' running and it's time for them to take a break! We'll have something else sorted for southwestern Ontario for this time next year...

Thanks, Caldwells - you've earned it! :thup:

Sounds like a great success
 

Looking forward to seeing some pics - be good to see Emma there!

Pix from.CC7...
 

Where are all thepix from CC7...I hated to miss it but was sidelined by a family health issue..
Next year ..and BBB3...lovely..
Get posting the pix..I'm drooling into my keyboard..

:drunk: :cheers: :support:remember

No Pix, But
 

Alex,

I was so busy talking all day that I forgot to take any pix at CC7.

The even was very well organized, as it always has been, and those that attended had a really go time.

Hats off to the Caldwells who did a super job of getting us together.

Well done! :salute:


Stewart

Im slowly getting the video's I shot from CC7 uploaded onto Youtube.

The first two are of Stewart Loy and his T-16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcwhFtxa3Pw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73jIap8uY1s&feature=user

Enjoy

Here is a bunch of the photos I took from CC7

couple more

Now There is Something You Don't See Every Day...
 

...Bob Carriere upright. He is usually found under a CMP...rare photo, indeed. Sorry I missed the get together.

To his defense they were rather close to the ground.

Anyway here is a few more videos.

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4A9zmltN9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WVl98VZoCg&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfQIVb9zyJ8&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKxc0wmxx0&feature=user

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PXxpbkxXqkg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BNt3E1G33zE

Upright.....
 

....yes as long as I could hang on to something.....

Big thanks to Jeff and Dan for a wonderfull time...... and nice to see everyone.......

NOTE..... Jeff/Dan.... are you guys still making the switch paltes for the cab 13 dash..??? reason for asking.... check the restoration forum.... Bob Moseley in Australia is looking/asking for source of such plates but could not get a hold of you two by e-mail.....

Over an out

BooBee
PS... by the way that was not a beer in my hand but a special prototype moose calling horn...... it is meant to scare moose away.... it worked... didn't see one all weekend.......

Hup?
 

Bob, Who owns that HUP you are attached to in the photo? Details! I need details!

You mean what is left of the HUP....
 

The frame and the black cab came from the "chicken farm" and will serve the Caldwells in finishing their own HUP...... it will serve best as a template for reproducing the floor plates and other components.... the rear of the black cab plus another cab may donate the complex compound curves of the rear corners and possibly the whole rear panel with door opening...but no door!!!

We could not verify the condition of the HUP frame but it is all there....

..... someone was heard saying that a "good body man" could fix it up in no time flat!!!!

Boob

Thanks so much for posting the video to youTube
 

Thanks Jordan for posting video, really makes me sorry I could not make it this year. Also sets me wondering how long it would take me to drive up in one of my CMPs for next year. Maybe if I left now I could make it.

Great video, particularly like the one with the rider on the running board. I usually find that about the time I hit 3rd gear they start looking worried.

Do I see a CC#? video ala YEAR OF THE BLITZ.

In case you did guess I really enjoyed the videos.

Cheers Phil

HUP Reconstruction
 

Jeff and Dan,

Good to hear that another HUP is on its way to restored glory. I do have one spare beat-up HUP door that could be used as a template.

Bob,

Thanks for the info. Maybe we will have time to restore the 43 HUP sitting in the wagon lines...from our wheel chairs...

BooBee
PS... by the way that was not a beer in my hand but a special prototype moose calling horn...... it is meant to scare moose away.... it worked... didn't see one all weekend.......[/QUOTE]

and Mark and Emma went all that way to see a moose :doh:
Max

Emma's pics
 

and Mark and Emma went all that way to see a moose :doh:
Max[/QUOTE]

Max sent me a few taken by Emma who I'm sure was pretending not to be interested...

I can see Skag and Stew whom I've met...

did they behave
 

How were Mark and Emma we they good ambassadors or not
any photos of them at CC7
hope they collected some bargains to bring home :D
Max

Although they weren't there long, Max, they were great ambassadors! After shows like Corowa though, I'm sure they were a little surprised at the small, low-key gathering here... but then that's the way of us! We're few and far between and tend to get together because of the companionship rather than simply having whole herds of vehicles in one place at one time... plus of course most of us can't afford the overhead to ship vehs hundreds of miles these days (a shame, that!). What can you do? It was a great time nonetheless!

I've finally gotten off my arse and ferreted out a few pics we took at CC7 this year. Captions as follows (and successive posts with more pics):

Pic 1: Jif, Don and Boob discussing some arcane nonsense, while Jon looks on in the background somewhat stunned... :D

Pic 2: Stewart's outstanding T-16, this year replete with a .50 M2HB with the mount fashioned after the famous (on MLU) pic of the Lake Sups' T-16 so-armed... :smoker:

Pic 3: Jif explaining the vagaries of the .50 to young Spencer Caldwell, whose heart is in the right place... :thup:

Pic 4: Sally passing by in the T-16 at-speed... this was her first ride ever in tracked armour! The look on her face kind of captures the wonder... :)

Pic 5: The Herd spending the heat of the afternoon talking about all sorts of things... and who knows what really went on? :devil:

Stay tuned...

More Pics
 

Pic 6: Two M38CDN Jeeps parked where they always are every year here. They and their loads wend their way up from the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) each year, no small undertaking in a vehicle which can barely make the speed limit empty, downhill with a tailwind! :salute:

Pic 7: Kathy Caldwell driving a CMP for the first time ever! She picked it up rather well and altogether too quickly, I'm sure to Jeff & Dan's discomforture... :D

Pic 8: Sally coming back from a high-speed romp in the 15cwt Chev... her first-time ever as well! The look on her face says everything... :)

Pic 9: An interesting 'military' Honda probably missed by most. OD rules! :drunk:

Pic 10: Feeding time at the zoo. The Caldwells did an amazing job for the seventh year in a row! Kudos to all of them for a very professional effort. :thup2:

if i had known things were that bad i would have sent something with a little bit better filtration characteristics :eek: