Heads Up: 1986 Chevrolet Ambulance up for auction

[Matthew Reid]

It sold for $2900.



Matthew

[Pete Z]

Originally Posted by matthewq4b

It sold for $2900.

Sounds like pretty tall money to me based on Barry's observations, but I'm just a newb, so what do I know?

[Phil Waterman]

Yes sounds like tall money, but just tell a modern MV collector what we pay for CMPs and then how much money and TIME we send on restoring them and they think we're the crazy ones.

Cheers

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Yes sounds like tall money, but just tell a modern MV collector what we pay for CMPs and then how much money and TIME we send on restoring them and they think we're the crazy ones.
Cheers

Phil, I agree with most of your post except with the use of the word "think". I would have used the word "know". Again, you don't have to be crazy to be in this hobby, but time has proven that it surely helps...gotta go, there's a HUP in Manitoba that needs rescuing...

[derk derin]

RHClarke,
You Ontario guys aren't sneaking over the border at night and scooping up all of our nice Manitoba CMP's are you?LOL!
Derk.

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by derk derin

RHClarke, You Ontario guys aren't sneaking over the border at night and scooping up all of our nice Manitoba CMP's are you?LOL! Derk.

Derk, Not all - just a HUP. In any case, we would give fair notice of any upcoming raids - mostly so we could meet, sit down and chat about "rules of engagement" over a few beer.

I figure that you Manitoba CMPers have had 12 plus years to save a particular HUP, so maybe it is time for a new approach. My spy (a resident -not named Mark) will be checking out the HUP this summer...so you still have some time.

Ultimately, it is about saving the truck, so no matter who gets it, we all win in the end.

[derk derin]

RHClarke,
Agreed,The HUP should go to a good home where it will see a proper restoration.It is not a fact of nobody wanting to buy it and restore it here,there are many of us that want the truck,it is the fact that the farmer never wanted to sell the truck to anyone.I wish you luck and if you are in Manitoba,definitely would want to meet up and share some CMP stories over a few beverages!Til then,
Cheers,Derk.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by RHClarke

Derk, Not all - just a HUP. In any case, we would give fair notice of any upcoming raids - mostly so we could meet, sit down and chat about "rules of engagement" over a few beer.

I figure that you Manitoba CMPers have had 12 plus years to save a particular HUP, so maybe it is time for a new approach. My spy (a resident -not named Mark) will be checking out the HUP this summer...so you still have some time.

Ultimately, it is about saving the truck, so no matter who gets it, we all win in the end.

Hey Derk.

Apparently RHClarke is unfamiliar with the Prairie command by laws regarding such incursions from non-residents into Prairie command territories. The territory includes a territorial shelf into the unwanted (by Ontario) Northern Ontario, and also includes Manitoba, all of Saskatchewan and any vehicles currently unclaimed in Alberta. For purposes of the Prairie Command mapping division, the Northern Ontario claim extends from the Manitoba border to the Western edge of the Ontario town of Marathon, Ontario.

While incursions by non-residents into this territory are possible, they must first apply to the Prairie Command "non-resident cultural theft" committee for thorough study and prior approval (which is rarely to never granted) before even viewing photographs of any military pattern vehicle located within our claimed territories.

If the truck that Mr. Clarke has his desires on is the truck that we think he is talking about, that truck is specifically listed in the "not for export" list. Collaborator Mark will have to be dealt harshly with at the local level for passing on MD10 cultural secrets.