Today, members of Univem are going to participate to 3 different events! Initially, this brotherhood celebration was to be celebrated on the 8th of May, for the Victory Day. But finally, because of Covid reasons, the cities of Les Loges-en-Josas, Toussus-le-Noble and Buc (in the vicinity of Versailles) held it on the 25th of September.…
Despite the corona crisis, we decided to organise the European Heritage Days, that allows the general public to know us, and meet us. Special exhibits were held inside the halls. Some vehicles were exhibited outside and the public could have a ride on them: huge success! Finally, it was again a wonderful event, for the…
On the occasion of the unveiling of the Monument commemorating the Battle of the Vexin, the Vexin Histoire Vivante (VHV) association and the city of Fontenay-Saint-Père invited several reenactment groups to come and setttle a camp on the 11th and 12th September. This forgotten battle took place in late August 1944 during the liberation of…
Every year, the city of Versailles holds an event gathering every association of the city that present what they do to the public. UNIVEM was there, with a lot of heavy vehicles: 2 Half-Tracks, Ford M8, Diamond T M20, Ward-La-France M1A1, International M425 and its semi trailer, Scout-Car, a Dodge Command-Car and some Jeeps. Once again,…
On the 25th August 2021, the city of Versailles commemorated the 77th Anniversary of its liberation. UNIVEM brought some vehicles : the M8 Armored car, the M16 Half-Track, a Dodge Command Car and two Jeeps. Photo credit: Ville de Versailles / Marc O Carion
Again, UNIVEM was invited by the “Vincennes en Anciennes” association (an association of classic cars) to attend the arrival of their famous event, the “Traversée de Paris”: hundreds of classic cars driving through Paris on Sunday morning. The finish line being in the castle of Meudon, which is on the edge of a wooded plateau, that…
Following the Covid19 crisis, it had been a while since the vehciles were allowed to be out in the wild. UNIVEM decided to organise an outing with the vehicles. As a goal, we reached the “Musée Volant Salis”, a vintage aircraft museum, located in the Cerny La Ferté Alais aerodrome, in the south of Paris. …
At the end of May 2021, following a request from a student association from the Ecole Polytechnique*, UNIVEM brought the Sherman and a Jeep and held a demo during a ceremony. *The École Polytechnique (French: l’École polytechnique) is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France. It is a…
With a lot ofnew members, four big halls and various timetable, it’s sometimes hard to all know each other. Here are some pictures of the members, completely organized at random.
UNIVEM is lucky enough to host on its premises both hovertrains preserved by the association « Friends of the engineer Jean Bertin ». Another great industrial saga is thus associated with the one that gave birth to all the vehicles that make up our wonderful fleet. Association des Amis de l’ingénieur Jean Bertin