Tanks in Town Mons 2011

[zemsi]

G'Day

I've just met today Alex from Holland here at the Tanks in Town in Belgium.

He was very happy to pick up his 2 fuel tanks for his C8 Blitz after some odd 4 years owning them but never seeing them. He got them in Aussie, they were then delivered to Keefy, stored, shipped (but nearly forgotten ) with my Blitz to Switzerland. And I delivered them today with my little French car.

This is what I call true MLU spirit.

Greetings from Belgium
Chris

[zemsi]

... and here a few appetizers of this unique event. I think at least 3 Weasels are from Switzerland :-)

[zemsi]

some more from today. This years theme is "Diamond T".

Pic No 13 is a Swiss Panzer 68

[Marc van Aalderen]

Chris,

Have lots of fun! Next year I hope to be there with the Carrier...

Cheers,

[Haridimos]

Originally Posted by zemsi

....

This is what I call true MLU spirit.

Greetings from Belgium
Chris

+1000!

Hey, drink a cold beer for us!

I wish I was there!

kostas

[zemsi]

... a Swiss riding in a Swiss Panzer 68

[zemsi]

... some pics from today

Only one Blitz, a C15A from the UK

The Jeep got stuck and had to be rescued by a Dodge WC

[zemsi]

... another stucked Jeep, rescued by a Stuart Tank

Got all on Video

[Marc van Aalderen]

Some of these guys must have a serious death wish! Standing on a tank like that while it is moving! In Beltring this would absolutely not be allowed, and rightly so. Bad advertising for our hobby if an idiot, like these, gets killed!

But please, do keep the pictures coming

Cheers,

[Lynn Eades]

Great pictures. I love the Diamond T

[Ryan]

Certainly an event I'd love to go to one day.

[zemsi]

... Alex has uploaded some videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/AEWalex#g/a

[Keith Webb]

They were delivered to my work, then transported home - then eventually into the back of Chris' F15. I didn't actually forget them, somewhere I got my signals crossed... Just as well Chris clarified things. I'm very glad to see them delivered.

Originally Posted by zemsi

G'Day

I've just met today Alex from Holland here at the Tanks in Town in Belgium.

He was very happy to pick up his 2 fuel tanks for his C8 Blitz after some odd 4 years owning them but never seeing them. He got them in Aussie, they were then delivered to Keefy, stored, shipped (but nearly forgotten ) with my Blitz to Switzerland. And I delivered them today with my little French car.

This is what I call true MLU spirit.

Greetings from Belgium
Chris

[Alex van de Wetering]

Chris,

It was good catching up with you again and I nearly cried when I finally saw the tanks I initially purchased on Epay three or four years ago....no Keith, not because of their condition , but because as Chris says....It was the first time I saw them with my own eyes. And believe it or not...I am happy with them! Even though it will be a challenge to convert them to the correct C8 details and get them to useable conditon. Thanks Keith and Chris.


In the meantime.....any suggestions on how to get the larger dents from the tanks, without cutting or drilling holes????

[Keith Webb]

I'm pleased you like them - just a shame they weren't better but thanks to Chris you now have them.

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Chris,

It was good catching up with you again and I nearly cried when I finally saw the tanks I initially purchased on Epay three or four years ago....no Keith, not because of their condition , but because as Chris says....It was the first time I saw them with my own eyes. And believe it or not...I am happy with them! Even though it will be a challenge to convert them to the correct C8 details and get them to useable conditon. Thanks Keith and Chris.


In the meantime.....any suggestions on how to get the larger dents from the tanks, without cutting or drilling holes????

[Alex van de Wetering]

I'm pleased you like them - just a shame they weren't better but thanks to Chris you now have them.

Don't worry Keith....they are probably better than anything I can get here in Holland.....or at least that's what I keep telling myself.

The tanks made quite a trip..I bought them on Ebay after my good mate Grant said he could pick them up and fit them into the container when he was moving his Abarth and parts from Melbourne to Amsterdam. But after the purchase we found out the pick up address was 3 hours from Melbourne in stead of 0,5 hours......two villages with a slightly different name
So, Grant had to make quite a trip and got educated on Blitzes...tanks than move to Grants garage, but moved to a storage after the garage had to be cleared on short notice.....plan with the container than also changed....Abarth stayed in Australia and container turned into ro-ro....with no space for CMP fuel tanks....tanks where than brought to Keefy by Grant....and the rest of the trip is described by Keith.....Anyway...it adds to the character of my C8 when it is finally done and when getting interviewed for the European "Year of the Blitz" DVD

This is what I call true MLU spirit

It certainly does!

[Alex van de Wetering]

... Alex has uploaded some videos

How did you know it was me.....? More videos to come.....the excellent T16 for instance!

[zemsi]

... well, I'm your only youtube friend

Here's another good selection of photos:

[D Ellery]

Wow, awesome photo's Chris. Thats on my list of to do's is to visit Tanks in Town one day. Cheers David.

[zemsi]

Hi David

I guess you'll better hurry up as I guess there won't be a lot more events. For the last 2-3 years there were always rumours that it'll be the last one. This year, only about 10 tanks with rubber tracks (no steel tracks anymore, except the tank destroyer which was most of the time loaded onto a trailer) were driving on the roads. Pretty low number if you compare with former years And it was quite a mess on Sunday, the convoy was splitted in several groups and every group took another route. Not easy to follow, as they didn't follow the route which was driven the last few years. And there was a lot of mud and water in the woods, so most vehicles missed the fun part for spectators.

So you better plan a trip for the last weekend in August 2012!

Greetings from Switzerland
Chris

[D Ellery]

Thanks Chris, I better start planning then. If the local authorities have got a bit funny about steel on tarseal its not too surprising as having watched some of the videos on youtube the road surfaces must be getting a hiding, especially the cobble stones. Regards David.