New Years 2016 and 2017 Challenge

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

To mark the New Year would like to issue the following Challenge How Many CMPs Can We Take For A Drive On January 1st 2016?

Who will be the first to post a picture or video of their drive? Who will be the last?

Cheers and Happy New Year to everyone.

Phil

Hi All

Would like to expand the CHALLENGE TO INCLUE SUBSEQUENT years.

Hanno in his 2017 Seasons Greetings reminded me of this challenge and wanted to reissue the New Years Challenge to see how many of us could celebrate the start of the New Year with a military vehicle drive.

Cheers Phil

[Keith Webb]

My guess will be someone from NZ who are two hours ahead of us in Australia.

[r.morrison]

You don't give much lead time.....specially with the weather conditions between ourselves and the the NZ's and Ozzies. Besides ....those down under, either country, would have us beat. HOWEVER....my New Hampshire/Australian Friends....I will put it to the forum for a different challenge for CMP's.

Open for Ideas......and a little side wager to make it interesting. "Kickin" ass and takin numbers"....Robert ( Vancouver )

[rob love]

It took me almost half the day to get the tractor going today at -31°C. I had to wait until mid-day when it hit a balmy -18°. Pretty sure the CMPs in my area will be staying indoors for a couple months yet.

[Robert Bergeron]

Challenge accepted Phil !

On New Year I will drive the 1944 Chevy C-15A and post a picture.

We just had 20 cm of snow and 30-40 more are forecast for tuesday.

Temperatures will plummet to minus 17 C . but it sleeps indoor so no starting problems.

So if the weather clears wednesday/ thursday at might just give me enough time to clear a path.

Happy New New Year.

Cheers.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Given that on Christmas Eve temperature here New Hampshire reached 66F or 19C with no snow yet this year second latest snow in recorded weather history, not sure how ito wI'll wor out.

But I've charged all trucks batteries to insure they start. Trying to drive all of them on the first day of the year has a special meaning for me not having been able to real drive them since July, but now following hand surgery beginning of September things are beginning to get back to normal.

Looking forward to see how many CMPs we can turn out, don't have a CMP any bit of old iron that is special to you will be quite good, just start the year driving.


Cheers Phil