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Old 24-04-11, 21:50
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Last weekend we made the trek back to New Jersey to pick up the truck. Again Wilf gave some of his time for this endeavour. We left at 4 a.m. on Friday and made it to Bridgewater by late afternoon. This trip was a little slower as we were driving Wilf's M1008 CUCV. We had to switch some tires around and get the odd sized one on the front and headed north to the Sussex County fairgrounds for the show there. This is a real good show and swap meet and I dropped quite a few US $$$ on some real bargains. This show is like an OMVA convention We only ran into Frank Moore, Brian Asbury, Barry Layton, Brian Olivery, Bob, Jeff and probably more I am forgetting. I managed to buy another trailer and Wilf graciously offered to tow it home. I was a little apprehensive about not being able to use Wilf's tow bar if my new truck acted up but all went well. I was willing to leave the trailer someplace if Wilf needed to tow me. We came back to the border in Convoy with Frank Moore and stayed in Watertown to wait for the US Customs on Monday. $66 US for the hotel. Cheap. Monday we drove to the border and cleared US Border Services in about four minutes. The customs officer thought the three CUCV's were the ugliest sight he had seen since his 20 years of US military service. Canada Customs took some of my money for duty and taxes and we were on our way. I was suprised how little money they wanted although I did have to pay the $100.00 air conditioning fee. It was a great trip and I will definitely be going back to Sussex for next years show.
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This is the Humvee used in the movie "SALT"
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Old 24-04-11, 22:14
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This is Wilf's buddy Peter, who owns the Humvee. He and Wilf are talking over the Merits of Peter's prototype comutter vehicle for seniors. The young guy in the other photo is Peter's son Ryan. He is 17 years old and this is his vehicle. He and Wilf are about to go 4 wheelin in Ryans Blazer. This kid is well mannered, polite and according to Wilf he is real good behind the wheel of the Blazer. He also doesn't have any difficulty climbing into the lifted truck.
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Old 24-04-11, 23:55
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Barry,

Knowing Wilf, I'm kind of curious as to what he might have been saying at the time, can we add our own captions?

Mine would be:-

"ya know I have a Caprice Classic that 30 cal would look good on, would really add to all the other bells and whistles I have"

R
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Old 01-05-11, 19:07
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Robin, this is a propane operated machine gun so Wilf wants to change the Caprice over to propane.

The first photo is Frank Moore in the lead with Wilf following with my new welder trailer.
The second photo is in the lane for Canada Customs.
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Old 01-05-11, 19:18
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This is my new truck after last Thursdays storm.
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Old 01-05-11, 23:48
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sorry to see the truck got nailed in the storm mate, whats the outlook?

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Old 02-05-11, 01:37
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Can't see the forest for the tree?

Sorry Barry, couldn't resist.
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