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Alaska Highway Dave, GReat to see you in Dawson Creek again. WE had a great time in BC. WE are in Watson Lake. Heading up the Campbell highway tomorrow. What a ride Cat Man

The largest collection convoy of 22 HMV's will be entering Canada from Montana on the 26th. Staying on the northeast side of Edmonton Friday night the 27th. Glowing Embers I';m told is the location. There is BBQ at Reg Hodgson's on Friday evening. The convoy is planning to make a mid day...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy Well, its time to "mount up"! In just a few days the collection convoys will start to roll from all corners toward Dawson Creek BC Canada. There are 90 Steel Soldiers lined up to go. Here is what the line up looks like. Follow the drivers on their convoy blogs on the...

Getting to Alaska I made the offer to camp at your farm, but the group wants to go around the North side instead. Wendy and I are planning to meet the Texas Collection Convoy at Brooks AB on the evening of July 26 and will convoy on with the group from there on into Dawson Creek. Setting up...

That's great. Can we post the photo on our Convoy facebook page? Has anyone checked the bridge clearance requirements for the roads we are traveling? Cat Man AC12 Volunteer Planner and Convoy XO

Alaska Convoy Hey M1010 Plowboy, You beat me to the post! We'll get that information out to the rest of the Convoy drivers ASAP. Thatnks again for all your help. Stay tuned for more details and follow the convoy chatter on Facebook too. Cat Man

Alaska Convoy is full Here is the convoy commanders notice that was pasted on Facebook The response to this AC'12 Convoy project has been outstanding! We have about 80-85 MVs and their teams registered and paid! Add to this number the chase vehicles and ... well ... you can guess the length...

Alaska Convoy is full Here is more information from the Facebook page about why we had to close the AC12 Convoy registrations. The Convoy planning team didn't anticipate a maximium size group. After we completed the RECON of the highway and route conditions, road turn out sizes and available...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy Here is a little update on the convoy plans. We now have over 55 vehicles registered and paid. The convoy recon team has been driving the route for the past ten days. Checking on road conditions, finding stopping places to part 75 vehicles. Places to stay and places to...

Alaska Convoy Hey Convoy Drivers, Sounds like there are quite a few who are planning to drive the convoy but have not signed up yet. The Convoy team is working hard on were to stay, where to get fuel, maintenance locations and forming collection convoys from all over the US and Canada. It...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy Well Boys and Girls, The convoy is going to be a great trip. But the gun debate IS OVER! Many of us own firearms and like to travel with one or two. But the convoy managment team has already made the decision for the group for this trip. To avoid any potential issues...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy Of course anyone that knows me knows this would have to be my all time ALCAN dream rig to drive on the anniversary convoy in 2012. Diesel Diamond T, Rodgers Bros low boy and a 1942 Cat D-7 Fuel cost - Who Cares! Slow road speeds - Who Cares! The "I just saw a ghost"...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy As an alternative to buying a tow behind camper trailer, here is an example of a really well done M101 3/4 Ton Trailer made into a camper and it still looks military. If you are handy and have a trailer - and there are plenty of M101's on GL lately, you could do well...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy Well, it won't be a free trip that's for sure, but if you go and you should, you won't have to say, "Oh the 2012 Convoy"?, "well no, I stayed in Texas, layed around on the couch and watched Oprah for four weeks." You can travel with the group driving up from Texas...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy As of Nov 1st there are 30 MV's signed up and paid to make the trip. That includes at least three M35A3's and several M35A2's & M109 Vans. Also several 5 Ton's and trailers. Plenty of people also getting WWII trucks ready. At least One WWII GMC CCKW is being shipped...

2012 Alaska Convoy On the 2009 convoy across the US several people expressed similar concerns about the slow pace. Keep in mind that the convoy IS THE EVENT. Getting to Fairbanks as fast as you can is not the point. With the greater distances we'll likely pick up the pace a little, but from...

MVPA Announces 2012 Alaska Highway Convoy To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the building of the ALCAN military highway thru Canada and Alaska during WWII, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) will convoy our historic military vehicles on the famous Alaska Highway in August...