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Simple. A couple of our guys rented Niles Canyon Railroad for that Thursday. :-D It's a photo op for anyone but not for their MVs because of the layout. Only the organizers' MVs and their reenactors are involved, plus folks who bought the $20 tickets to ride in the coach on one of two...

Things are shaping up for the convention in California! Grab a cup of coffee and check out the updates below. Someone asked about the expected weather. The Division Chaplain has written a special prayer for mild weather because we have an indoor and outdoor show. It won't rain and humidity is...

Lots of California Peeps. I hope all of you bring your MVs to the MVPA International Convention in August in Pleasanton, CA. A thread is over here...

Second annual event is October 1, 2016 at Sonoma Valley Airport, aka "Schelleville Airport" in the Sonoma County wine country, California. Great display of classic cars, hot rods, MVs including at least one tank and armored car, vintage airplanes, and nice fringe benefits for participants...

The California MVPA convention is building steam. Have YOU registered yourself and your military vehicle? Bought your dinner and tour tickets? 2/3 of the vendor tables have been reserved plus all but two of the 14' x 18' spaces around Building B. The Host Hotel room blocks for Tuesday and...

You mean you are no longer a tester of diesel fuel economy in naturally-aspirated engines? :p

And driving a MV too. Hardcore. At least now someone else can win. Our showcase this year is right up your alley. You coming to the MVPA convention out here in August?

Name is spelled JOHN. We have a money sponsor for the CUCV/LSSV showcase on Friday morning. Dave Wang from ARMYTRUCKS, INC. will make the top three vote getters in the People's Choice Contest happy people. Also one VOTER will win a cash door prize. Make sure you put your cell phone or campsite...

Guys, this is a 2015 thread, not the 2016 one.

True. But better in a CUCV than in a jeep! If you ever decide to visit a big Western U.S. event, better to save it for the MVPA convention in California in August.

The MVPA's Supply Line magazine containing the show registration information is not even in the mailboxes yet but over 140 vendor tables and spaces are sold! It is MVPA policy to send the forms out early to the hosting affiliate club for distribution to their members, then the MVPA business...

This year's vehicle showcase at the Camp Delta at Tower Park Resort event will be CUCV and LSSV vehicles. It will be Friday morning, April 22 from 0830-1130 in the main display field/LZ by the big willow tree. Any condition is OK. We are planning a magazine article with photos and all owners...

See the info about this event on the Events forum. Location is Pleasanton, CA, in a broad valley between the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley. What makes this particular Military Vehicle Preservation Association International Convention a great venue for a SS Rally, including...

We updated the original post to mention that camping details are up on www.MVCCNews.net. Does somebody want to organize a SS campout? How about MV convoys to the show from all points of the compass? The RV and dry campgrounds across the parking lot from our show have numbered sites and...

We updated the original post The convention registration info is up on www.MVPA.org. What about it SS Members? Anybody want to organize convoys to the event from the North, South, and East? A group camping discount of 20% is available in the RV or dry campsites and these are a one minute walk...

On August 11-13, 2016 the Military Vehicle Preservation Association International Convention will make it's long awaited return to the Golden State after a 13 year absence. It will take place in Pleasanton, CA at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, which is in the greater San Francisco Bay Area...

The SEPTEMBER meet is the second largest annual Historic Military Vehicle event in the West and is hosted by the Military Vehicle Collectors of California. We focus the meet in Campground 4 of Stockton Delta KOA which is six miles west of I-5 at 14900 S.R. 12, Lodi, CA 95242. Casual vehicle show...

The big Spring meet has been the largest annual Historic Military Vehicle event in the West since 1977! It is hosted by the Military Vehicle Collectors of California. Typically 200 vehices including trailers. We take over the entire Stockton Delta KOA which is six miles west of I-5 at 14900...

This is the second largest annual MV swap meet and gathering in the West, right behind the biggie in April at the same place! No admission, parking, registration or vendor fee. Bring your parts & militaria to sell! Vendors must rent campsites from KOA. MV "for sale" and display areas, living...

My wife and I are going. We will have an info table to talk about the 2016 MVPA Convention we are putting on in Pleasanton, California. Last week we passed through Topeka on the way to my wife's high school reunion in Hiawatha and we found a good brewery restaurant a couple miles from the venue...