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…
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.
Some picture of the 2010 edition of the “Pas-de-Calais Libéré” in Souchez. We brought one of our M26 Pacific, two Dodge Command Car and one Jeep. Worth to mention this year, a lot of heavy vehicles were present: another Pacific, a M5 High Speed Tractor, several Ward-La-France M1A1, many Diamond T, a rare Federal F1,…
An extraordinary gathering! Our Pacific M26 joined in with 3 others. 4 Pacific M26 running together!…
It was for one of the “Locomotion en Fête” edition, in 2010, that UNIVEM decided to present a diorama evoking the ground logistics that were organized for the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. Unquestionably, the Normandy landings of D-Day and the airlift to break the Berlin blockade by the Soviets must be counted among the largest…
For the 70th Anniversary of the Appeal of 18 June 1940, UNIVEM was in Meudon for the official commemorations and brought several vehicles.
For the 65th Anniversary of the German attack in the Ardennes in December 1944, UNIVEM participated in the event organised by the Indian Head Association. The basecamp was in Arlon, next to the Luxemburg frontier. Univem came with the Ford M8, the two Command Cars and the Jeep. All vehicles came by their all means,…
Fortunately enough this year was not as wet as last year. We went with the M26 Pacific. Big time of this year, a stop by Arras on the Saturday’s convoy. Several other heavy vehicles were part of the convoy, such as another Pacific, several types of Diamond T or a M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer.
UNIVEM was present in Puteaux with several vehicles for the 8 May 1945 commemorations.
For Retromobile 2009 UNIVEM brought a Jeep Willys SAS in the inside, and two M26 Pacific on the outside! Also to note this year: Saumur Tank Museum brought a Kettenkrad, a Goliath and a missile-launcher Jeep.
What we can say about this year edition, is that it was wet! A lot of rain fell during the weekend! UNIVEM came with three vehicles (M26 Pacific, Dodge Command Car, International M-2-4) and one member’s vehicle (Dodge T110). The Saturday’s convoy was a delight with a nice sunshine, but from Saturday night, the rain came…
The preservation of polar exploration vehicles of famous French explorer Paul-Emile Victor included a sequence at UNIVEM where they got prepared for the big yearly exhibition in Paris : “Retromobile” big vehicle is a “modern” « Hotchkiss » HB40, the small one is a WWII Studebaker Weasel M29C (see “Association vehicles”) Paul-Emile Victor hears in 1947 that…
UNIVEM was again present for this big gathering of vintage vehicles in the south of Paris: “La Locomotion en Fête”.
January 14, 2005, has been a milestone in the history of our association : we were inaugurating our new premises in Versailles-Satory. Extensive real estate business in our previous location led to UNIVEM being forced to move from Issy-les-Moulineaux. There, many who had never pushed our door knew us though : we were on the…
