Handing it down

[Keith Webb]

Hi Chris and may I echo Brian's comments. We're very happy to have you here on MLU and of course even happier at the prospect we can help share some of your dad's enthusiasm for this, our favourite subject.

Welcome, and may you find your contact and involvement with the community fascinating and fruitful.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Chris

It most certainly pleasant hearing from you, your father had many friends through this strange shared interest in CMPs. I first started corresponding with your dad not long after I discovered the history my HUP. He helped me with information about the CBC trucks and the recordings equipment. Your Dad had hoped that my HUP was actually one of the CBC trucks which had disappeared, but once we discussed the date of manufacture (to late) we knew it wasn't. I remember well your Dad coming down to Lowell Massachusetts in 1986 for the MVPV convention, we rode through the streets of the city in a parade, your Dad, my family and three young Canadians in my HUP we all had a grand time. It was also your Dad who contacted me about CMP 84 and urged me to attend, which I'm so grateful I did.

The tapes you have found are probably some of the closest to the original recording that are likely to be found. They probably offer the best chance to recover the history that was discussed at that conference.

As to information in InFoex, though some of the information will have changed, who owns what trucks, there is still a lot of information there that will help people date vehicles, which are missing the data plates. With the growth of the internet as a median of information exchange such MLU making that information available even as simple text files would be of interest.

May I extend our best wishes to you, your sister, and the entire Ford family.

Cheers Phil

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Welcome aboard Chris..
On your dads last trip east,he and Elizabeth stopped here at the house in Ottawa and we were pleased to have a great visit and to feed them and to meet them finally ,as my previous conversations with Peter were by e-mail..through MLU forum or by phone..
You dad sure was a sucker for my wife's lemon pie and I was able to twist his arm for a second big slice which disappeared quickly..
He appeared to have a chest cold and I was hoping that he would have a quick trip home and get some rest..
Your dad was a giant in our world and there are many Saskatchewan and prairie MLU members that with help you with you Dads CMP disposal and will give you fair market value or better.
Some of the names would be David Pope..Rob Fast..Rob Love..and those three off the top of my head and there are others.
I personally know most of the posters on this thread that you started and can vouch for their honesty and sincerity and you can Private Message any one of us for information that you don't want to post publicly..When dealing in this ..or any other field that are always those that will take advantage of you..either financially or otherwise to cheat and rob you..
What you have is worth a big buck to some collectors so be aware and discuss with Brian..or me or Keith or Phil in confidence with your ideas..intentions or any other thoughts and ideas you may have with you fathers collections..
As a past CMP Manual collector ..when I sold it I sold it to a man here in Ottawa that assured me that these would always be available for others to buy copies of..
He is working on a new web site to get them back on line and I hope Grant gets these back on line.
Be careful .there are those that would steal the pennies out of a dead mans eyes ..when it comes to CMP stuff..
There are trusted agents of our CMP Fraternity that could get those tapes back to Keith in Australia that are coming to Canada to visit in July if we could get them to Keith he can trans pose then to DVD's He has a whole audio visual business doing just that..another very trusted MLUer..
And an original CMP nut..
Keep posting..we are not going anywhere..
Alex Blair
Ottawa