The Military Vehicle Collectors of California will be hosting their annual April 2010 Camp Delta meet at the Tower Park KOA campground from 18 April until the 25th. The largest military vehicle meet west of the Mississippi, we typically have 200+ military vehicles at the event plus a huge swap meet of military oriented items. The public is welcome to the meet and there is no admission charge. The campground is located on highway 12, ~5 miles west of Interstate 5 in Lodi, California.
This year in addition to the swap meet we will again be hosting the EMU-309 UH-1H Huey helicopter and the 75mm pack howitzers from the 75th Army Reserve. There will be showcases highlighting various military vehicles and seminars on vehicle related topics. The General Membership meeting will be Saturday morning at 1000 in the Pavilion.
Contact Kurt or JoAnn Lesser at (40 238-8277 or visit the MVCCwebsite at www.MVCCNEWS.net for more info.
Looking forward to it, it'll be our first time there.
Stuart
M977 HEMTT
Alvis Scorpion CVRT
Fox CVRW
Daimler Ferret 2/3
Daimler Dingo
V100 Commando
'93 Civilian Hummer, 4 door hard top, with factory 383 CARC green paint
2-Alvis Stalwart FV623 - for sale soon, LOTS of spare parts
3-Alvis Stalwart FV622 - for sale soon, LOTS of spare parts
We plan to do it in one day. Last year we DID have breakdowns.... Jim ("The Recorder") started spraying coolant and we stopped for 20 minutes to move and tighten the upper radiator hose, and later I broke one of the 6 metal fuel injector lines and started spraying fuel. We were on the side of the road for about an hour and a half while I repaired it. We also stopped twice for fuel a few more times for leg stretches and lunch. It took us around 10 hours with breakdowns and a leisurely pace..... So I figure about 8 hours if we had no problems.
It's really not bad driving that far in a deuce, we had a great time and decided to make it an annual tradition. Certainly the East Coast Convoy participants always have a good time. Personally I would recommend having a spring driver's seat.... It will spare your back. I used to have a sore back after only an hour or so in the deuce, but I installed a spring seat right before last year's convoy and I couldn't believe the huge difference it made.
Jon
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Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
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1951 M52 Tractor with 6-71N Detroit Diesel
1952 Studebaker V18A/MTQ Earth borer / Pole Setter GASSER AND STAYING THAT WAY!
1966 M274A2 Mule
1967 M105
1968 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2
1970 M274A5 Mule
1984 M1009 Blazer
Cool, I have a springer in the 5 ton but not the deuse, I could swap them but I might want to take the 813. If I were going by myself I would take the deuse with the 46s it dose about 65-70mph but convoy speed will be less around 50-55 I'm guessing?
67 Kieser Jeep M35A2 Bobbed w/w
38 M&M Orchard "J" Tractor
71 AM Gen 813 w/w
86 KLR 650 wo/w
Yeah, our target speed was 53. Jim's deuce is a bit gutless, I'm trying to get him to add a pyrometer and we'll turn up his fuel a tad, but it's slow going over the Tehachapi mountains either way.
If you join us that would be 4 trucks so far... Cool!
Jon
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Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
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1951 M52 Tractor with 6-71N Detroit Diesel
1952 Studebaker V18A/MTQ Earth borer / Pole Setter GASSER AND STAYING THAT WAY!
1966 M274A2 Mule
1967 M105
1968 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2
1970 M274A5 Mule
1984 M1009 Blazer
California MVCC Tower Park / Camp Delta
238-8277 or visit the MVCCwebsite at 
and the deuce.
-retired SMSGT USAF
