My HUP reached another milestone today it turned 70 years old.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

My HUP reached another milestone today it turned 70 years old. Birthday photo.
W Beast Birthday 7June2015 - 002.jpg

The Data Plate gives it Date of Manufacture as 7June45.
W HUP Data Plate.jpg

So to celebrate took int out for a short drive, its was out a couple of times last month for Memorial Day Parades.
W 2015 Temple NH Memorial Day 002.jpg W Wilton Memorial Day 2015.jpg

I've owned the Beast since February of 1978 so that's 37 years, the gentlemen who bought it originally from surplus owned it for 32 years.


Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Congrats, Phil!

Three owners only, that's really amazing.

PS: I would post in the Softskin forum.

H.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Hanno

Actually four owners in 70 years

BBC 1945-1946 New York
Walter B. Beardesford-Redmann 1946-1978 New York & Vermont
Kurt Streiber 1978-1979 Vermont
Me 1979- New Hampshire

Wonders of wonders successfully move the thread as you suggested.

Cheers Phil

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

My father's twins were made on 25th July 1945, will try to send here few pics, too...

He bought both of them back in 1979, too!!!!! From firefighters, who were given them from UNRRA in 1945/1946, one of them still has the "UNRRA" stencil on.

Phil, do you have the copper "vehicle model" plate ?

Frankie

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Frankie

Yes, I'm very lucky all of the data plates and instruction decals were still on HUP when I got it and I have preserved them I have not tried to clean them just left they the way they were. Also all the little metal warning tags on the engine and drive train have survived. Though some of these I have removed and saved over the years as they were going to fall off.

W HUP Data Plates.JPG

Cheers Phil

[Frantisek Nachlinger]

Thank you for your reply. Great you lef tthem in original condition.
It's funny that a July 1945 made PERS 3 has a copper (brass?) plate, normally I would tell a brass one is earlier style.
Frankie