UNIVEM held an open day again during the 2018 European Heritage Day in September. During this sunny weekend, about 1,900 visitors came to (re)discover the vehicles which participated in the liberation of France during WW2. A lot of activities were offered: guided tours of our workshop, diorama with a Follow Me Jeep, broadcast of WW2-era…
This year, UNIVEM participated in the 2018 commemorations of the liberation of the city of Noyon. About fifteen members went to the event with some Jeep, a Command-Car (coming by their own means by road) and two half-tracks, the M5 and the M16 (coming with a transporter). About 300 participants came and were offered several…
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…
This year again, several members of UNIVEM went to Normandy to commemorate the 74th Anniversary of Normandy landings. Two Jeep and one Dodge of UNIVEM and three Jeep of members came for this event (the vehicles came by their own means by road!). Base camp was as usual at the Vierville-sur-mer castle, owned by the Hausermann family.…
UNIVEM was again there for the 24th “Locomotion en Fête” (the 2nd one at the Melun-Villaroche airfield), an event gathering all types of old vehicles: trucks, cars, tractors, firetrucks,… For the military section, UNIVEM brought some of their vehicles: International M425 and its trailer, GMC fuel tank, tipper and cargo, Dodge Command Car, Jeep Willys…
On the 26th of May 2018, about a month before the due date, the last restoration of UNIVEM, a M4A4T Sherman tank, was presented to the members of the association. A veteran of the French 2nd Armored Divison, who served on a recovery Sherman during WW2 baptized the tank, named “General Lafayette”. Some rides on…
On May the 8th (in France, the 8th of May is a holiday, as the 1945 Victory is celebrated) UNIVEM participated to the Centenary of the de “Union Nationale des Combattants” (National Union of Servicemen) in Maule. Several stands were displayed (UNC, Gendarmerie,…). Demos were held by the Gendarmerie (PDS for example) and flight in helicopter was to…
In April 2018, students of Philippe Callier, art teacher at the Versailles Art School came back in UNIVEM home for a new visit. Here are some pictures taken during the visit.
This year again, UNIVEM participated in Retromobile, one of the biggest classic car show in Europe. We chose to display a stand in the theme of the French 2nd Armored Division, with the Scout Car as a vehicle, as it was recently repainted in the colors of this famous division. It came by its own…
On 6th February 1944, the B-17 bomber “Old Man” of the 447th Bombgroup of the 8th Air Force, as it was coming back from a mission, was heavily hit by the Flak in the Paris area. The pilot and the navigator were killed. Therefore, the co-pilot and the bombardier took over the controls of the…
During the last week-end of january, the association Indian Head held its yearly winter meeting, Ivanhoe. 140 participants and about 35 vehicles were present. This year, the camp took place at the Castel Notre Dame, with a castle first built during the 12th century, and converted today in a hostel, located in Remersdael, near the…
Twice a year (in winter and in summer), the “Vincennes en Anciennes” association (a French association gathering owners of classic cars) organises what is called the “Traversée de Paris” (meaning the “Paris Crossing”) where hundreds of classic cars drive around Paris in the morning. The tour started at 8am in front of the Vincennes castle.…