HUPs IN STRANGE PLACES - Page 3

Gunner · #1 01-12-06, 22:52

Hi Geoff:

Thanks for the kind welcome home.

I had a reunion with RHC last night at our local cadet corps (the 1st Anti-Tank Regt, RCA) where we conducted the annual Ode to St Barbara complete with making of the infamous Gunner Punch (Shirley temple version, of course!). Its hilarious to watch the kids' reaction to one of their NCO's pouring motor oil (molasses in a carefully cleaned 10W30 bottle) into the mix, but the BQMS's old smelly sock is the highlight of the evening!

The MV scene in Kenya is non existant. Any old warriors sold off go directly to work as commercial vehicles or safari vehicles. The Kenyan MoD cuts up any AFV or wheeled armour that it scraps... no baddies gonna get their hands on that stuff. Only saw one old gate guard cannon in all my travels and it was on the garrison we were training at.

The stuff is out there tho', look at the articles in MVI and CMV magazines re: Rommel's staff car.

Hope to treat you to a much delayed brewski at Gracie's some day.

Cheers and Ubique! Mike

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #2 01-12-06, 23:26

I had to laugh at your comment about the molasses out of the oil can! I would have killed to have been a fly on the wall for THAT one...

Ref Gracie's, the pleasure will be all mine. If it's going to be a Thursday (again) it will have to wait until 2007 when I get my next vacation time. Otherwise, weekends are good, although it's probably too close to Christmas! I repeat, though, the pleasure will be mine.

Gunner · #3 02-12-06, 00:09

Looks like 2007 as I fly out next Thu for a month in Florida and Belize- all pleasure this time... time to recharge batteries with some long days on the beach and long hours underwater!

I'll post the recipe and drill for the punch. Its a lot of fun.

Mike

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #4 02-12-06, 00:12

Is Belize still garrisoned by the Brits? I've lost touch.

Ref the punch, sooner rather than later, Major, sir!

Gunner · #5 02-12-06, 00:27

Yup! I'll be staying with the Brit garrison CO and/or the Belizean Engr Sqn OC, (both army buddies). Couldn't afford these personally funded world wanderings if I actually had to pay for anything but airfare!

Punch recipe next week- early, I promise!

Cheers! Mike

Phil Waterman · #6 05-05-09, 21:20

I’m reading a book that I just got (e-pay) written by Peter Stursberg, The Sound of War, Memoirs of a CBC Correspondent, though I have not finished reading it thought I would pass along some of the pictures. Also wanted to post an alert for you HUP collectors to keep a look out for a HUP with indications of padlock middle doors and names painted on the side doors if you find it you may have a very special vehicle. Years ago when I first was writing back and forth to Peter Ford (who was and avid CMP collector and then employee of the CBC) he was hoping that my HUP was this one, it is not. The HUP in question had been shipped back from Europe at the end of the war. Where it spent a number of years Plowing the CBC until it disappeared, so if any of you find a HUP look for any tell tail signs of the lettering on the side.

Cheers Phil

RHClarke · #7 26-06-09, 02:56

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNCcPqak92U HUP at the start and at 1:09. I missed hearing the location of this vehicle meet. Love the sound of the HUP rolling by...

RHClarke · #8 08-07-09, 02:43

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm_v2.ph...&hs=0&rd=59749

What makes this "strange" is that GM/Chevrolet no longer makes trucks in Oshawa...

RHClarke · #9 08-07-09, 02:50

http://books.google.ca/books?id=pzL7...esult&resnum=5

This webpage might provide Phil Waterman with a thrill...

Phil Waterman · #10 08-07-09, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by RHClarke

http://books.google.ca/books?id=pzL7...esult&resnum=5

This webpage might provide Phil Waterman with a thrill...

I'll have to track down a copy, I'll start with my wife (librarian) to see if I can get it through inter library loan. Failing that I'll order a copy.

Thanks for the leads.

Cheers Phil.

Do you want me to post some HUP sound tracks?

Haridimos · #11 27-02-10, 00:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by RHClarke

This is an invitation for all web-surfers/restorers/researchers to post shots of non-military use HUPs with the intent of sharing information and perhaps populating a future HUP section on this website...

It's time to revive this thread..

Picture shows a HUP conversed to a public bus at the province of Sparta, late 60's....

Fate unknown, but my search will bring results soon..

Hanno Spoelstra · #12 02-12-12, 20:06

Here's a picture of a rebodied CMP truck, I think it is a HUP. Sorry for the bad quality picture, it was printed in a newspaper as a mirror image.

It was used in the 1970s by a Dutch travel company called Baobab for overland trips into Africa.

RHClarke · #13 18-12-12, 01:45

Canadian Army Newsreel - Battle of Ortona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoxEmnlJ1Mw - a HUP appears with what looks like an assault boat on the roof (???) at the 13 second mark.

lynx42 · #14 18-12-12, 07:50

Hi Hanno,

I think that this one is a FORD. Why? Well the shape of the diff points to a Timken split diff not a banjo. The lifting flanges on the front axle also point towards a FORD. I don't think that Chevs had them, well not here in Australia anyway.

Regards Rick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's a picture of a rebodied CMP truck, I think it is a HUP. Sorry for the bad quality picture, it was printed in a newspaper as a mirror image.

It was used in the 1970s by a Dutch travel company called Baobab for overland trips into Africa.

Euan McDonald · #15 18-12-12, 08:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx42

Hi Hanno,

I think that this one is a FORD. Why? Well the shape of the diff points to a Timken split diff not a banjo. The lifting flanges on the front axle also point towards a FORD. I don't think that Chevs had them, well not here in Australia anyway.

Regards Rick.

Exept for these ones

Hanno Spoelstra · #16 22-01-13, 21:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynx42

I think that this one is a FORD. Why? Well the shape of the diff points to a Timken split diff not a banjo. The lifting flanges on the front axle also point towards a FORD. I don't think that Chevs had them, well not here in Australia anyway.

Hi Rick,

You could be right about the diffs, but 1944-45 Chevs had lifting flanges just like late Fords.

H.

RHClarke · #17 18-08-13, 16:43

It looks like a HUP - see 1:12 of the video. Nice shots of some CMPs included, and some muttering about aircraft...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFDVUVPcxw