Victory Day’s commemorations 2013 in Bailly
UNIVEM went to Bailly and its surroundings for several ceremonies of the 1945 Victory Day.
UFO in our garage
Marcel Leyat’s Helica was temporarily stored in our premises, waiting for the big Rétromobile exhibition. Marcel Leyat was an inventor, pioneer of aviation, aircraft manufacturer and French automaker. He was born march 26, 1885 and died in 1986. He studied at famous Ecole Centrale de Paris, starting in 1907. As soon as 1908, Leyat built a biplane glider…
European Heritage Days 2012
During the 2012 European Heritage Days UNIVEM opened its doors to let visitors appreciate the collection. What they appreciate even more was the rides in WW2 vehicles organised by the association.
Souchez 2012
No M26 Pacific this year for UNIVEM in Souchez, but it’s still not about bringing light vehicles: GMC DUKW, two Half-Track, a GMC CCKW, a Dodge and some Jeeps came in the north of France!
Liberation of Voisin Le Bretonneux 2012
For the 68th anniversairy of the liberation of Voisin Le Bretonneux, UNIVEM, in collaboration with Balmoral Green association, exhibited several vehicles.
Dieppe 1942-2012
For the commemorations of the 70th anniversairy of allied landing in Dieppe on the 19th August 1942, some members of UNIVEM went there with 2 jeeps.
Souchez 2011
Some pictures of our new adventures in the north of France for the 25th edition of Pas-de-Calais Libéré in Souchez.
Locomotion en fête 2011
Some pictures of the 2011 event of “Locomotion en fête”, a bug gathering of a thousand of vintage vehicles of all sorts: trucks, cars, motorcycles, tractors, and of course military vehicles! The theme this year was the Red Ball Express, the famous express road put in place by the Allied forces during WW2 to supply troops.
D-Day 2011
Here are some pictures of this year trip in Normandy for the D-Day Anniversary.
The 1770 Cugnot artillery tractor on trials at UNIVEM
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French military engineer known as having built, between 1769 and 1771, the very first self moving vehicle in the world. It was an artillery tractor motorized by a two-piston steam engine. The original one is preserved in a Paris museum : the “Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers” (http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/visitor-information). On the…
Arlon 2011
In January 2011, UNIVEM participated with several members and a Half-Track to the event organised by Indian Head association in the Belgian Ardennes area: On the Track of General Patton.