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Added info about a UH-1H helicopter appearance (25th Infantry Division Huey) plus interviews by a movie producer for a new Vietnam War documentary to follow his 2009 film, "21 Days and a Wake-Up" which is being sold to TV for release Veteran's Day 2012, the 40th anniversary of the war. MVCC...

The farthest one east. Come off the levee, drive through Campground 2 and the road bends right through a gate that's always open. That is CG 4. The Fall event is smaller and our goal is to try to get people to fill GG4 so KOA doesn't have many sites available to outsiders in "our" area. But some...

The second largest annual MV swap meet in the West is again hosted by the Military Vehicle Collectors of California the third week of September. This is the incarnation of the Woodson Bridge Fall event and is held at the same location as our April meet: Stockton/Delta KOA, 6 miles west of I-5 on...

I borrowed it from owner Joe Garbarino. He built it to copy a prototype built in 1943 by California Institute of Technology. They supposedly tested these in Italy. CIT did most of the U.S. research on rockets - barrage, air-to-ground, air-to-ship, etc. Lot's of different sizes and shapes. One...

Sure, a bunch of people plus from the north and east. Why do you ask? I don't know how many are on SS. If you want to find MV owners who are near you, one way is to join the Military Vehicle Collectors of California because we produce a member directory every few years and give them to members...

I will mention that to MVCC members on another forum. We have quite a few SoCal people in the club. Always nice to convoy since only the guy in back gets rear-ended!

Added some activity updates to first post. Shaping up to be a memorable show, probably biggest yet if that's possible.

Absitively posilutly. Although we prohibit civvy vehicle and trailer parking inside the campgrounds (except in your paid campsite or you will be towed), there are some places for day-use MV parking. It's a MV show after all! We might even make this official this year with some "MV parking only"...

bigmike are you bringing your 741? We could park it and my 640 next to each other by the Pavilion for a while. A little Military Indian Recognition Display. Would be nice to find an 841 too.

MVs will be the major support display for the Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 19-20, 2012 at Marin Center, San Rafael, CA. They are asking for 75-100 MVs! We will help coordinate convoys from all points of the compass if you are interested. See all details here: G503.com Message Forums •...

Yes. And before anybody asks, no riders on the way down. However there is a deal for the top donors to ride the ship up the channel to San Pedro. They will pull in somewhere and load aboard the top 200 "Plankholders." Don't know what it will take but you can check out the Plankholder program on...

It will be interesting to see if they can get the word out about the open houses adequately. My guess it will go viral as word-of-mouth takes over. So January might be busy. But even more interesting will be if they make a stop in SF in some high profile spot and they get mobbed with visitors...

If you are asking if it's OK, the answer is in that link I posted. Any weekend but Christmas. They will love to have you participate. Also note the reference to the National Park Service media announcement at the ship on 12/7.

There will be some MVCC members there. Are you in our club? BTW, I heard a rumor they might put the ship on display in San Francisco for a couple weeks after leaving Richmond if it can be worked out. Some of us are thinking of letting air out of its tires so it has to stay. 'Course knowing SF...

The USS Iowa is temporarily in Richmond, CA to be painted prior to being towed to San Pedro to be a museum. A series of weekend open houses start December 10 and will go through January except Christmas. MVs are invited to display. Full details are here: G503.com Message Forums • View topic -...

Camp Delta at Tower Park 2012 is April 15-22 and is the largest annual military vehicle swap meet in the West. The Military Vehicle Collectors of California has been producing the big Spring Rally since 1977. It is the evolution of the Patterson and Big Bear events if you go back that far! This...

Fall 2011 activities schedule is hot off the presses. Here it is. We will post it around plus KOA will have them for you at the office. Should be a good swap meet. If you will be making reservations, go through KOA for the Fall event. ID yourself as with the military vehicle event and ask for...

Nice. I probably won't show up until next Wednesday so look me up when you get back on Saturday. Camp #297 in Fall, #386 in Spring. Maybe we can figure out a way to contact more military motorcycle and scooter folks in the West to get a big display happening in the future.

Are the trucks in Bishop? That would be an interesting trip. Would you go the short way over the Sierras? That would be heroic.

Oh OK. Won't be many MVers there next Sunday. Some retired types who like to watch the buildup mostly. The April meet has more early attendance but even then it's very light on the first weekend.