There are not only the vehicles to take care of! Today, small, but useful fixes had to be done: the Tecalemit electrical greaser was out of order. Some of our member fixed it and now this tool will be of great help to do the maintenance of the vehicles. The floor of the halls had…
Our neighbors of the STAT (Services Techniques de l’Armée de Terre) helped us by supplying all the wood pieces for the Dodge T110 stake and plateform, and we help them with the restoration of their preserved artillery piece. Goodwill to serve the preservation of heritage, what else ? December 2016: following a lot of preparations,…
This is not a very common GMC and this one is even more rare since it still has its work benches and drawers whereas most have seen their interior emptied at some point in time. Additionally, we stumbled upon a 1940s lathe of the same model that existed inside such trucks, it is now more…
This Military Field Kitchen is based on a 1916 model : one such original design is on display at the “Musée de la Grande Guerre” (World War I) at Meaux in France (http://www.museedelagrandeguerre.eu/en). It was then horse-drawn with removable shafts. This design was modified in 1936 and again in 1938. Several manufacturers made them : –…
3 years of hard work spent on this vehicle though at first glance one could have thought it was not in such a bad shape. But, having a better look at it, it was a wreck : no more cab floor, no more dash board, an engine stripped of everything, no spark plugs, no manifold,…
The restoration of this very rare vehicle was launched in 2006. Final work was done in 2009,just before the Normandy D-Day commemorations. Congratulation to Philippe for the restoration of a very rare vehicle!
Here is the Pacific when we bought it. A bit tired. But on the whole, the truck is is good shape and the cab won’t be taken down. The Engine The engine needed a big serviving. New tanks had to be built. The cab The cab is sanded, primed and painted. …
After UNIVEM move in its new location, we saw that the GMC cargo suffered a bit during the moving. It was decided to overhauled it. (from 2005 to 2007)