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Those rear wheels, I am not sure that they are original for a model H. Seems to be necessary for the ground work in that region since the other tractor and some of the other equipment have steel wheels as well.
The front wheels of the H should have rubber; it has the typical form to accept...
The green that made and kept America
This warrants its own post.
Two same-color machine's that made America.
The typical green John Deere tractor in front of of the Army green. John Deer ploughs were instrumental in opening up and settling the prairie states of America. The old East-coast...
The BBQ at Heavy's Bar-B-Q was good, but with so many people, waiting times were long.
Some more pics from the parking lot
FYI Picture numbers are not always chronological in shooting time because I first numbered them all and then decided that I wanted a non-chronological order that...
At the end of the convoy turning into the BBQ parking lot, I did not see Tailgate Charley, so I tracked back to see what had happened.
One flat tire, the only spot of bother in the convoy. The driver and the kids in the back did not lose their good mood and the tire had been already replaced...
Hardball Convoy 2014
Finally the rest of the pics of 2014, better late than never.
Getting ready for the hardball convoy
Pics taken from the bridge where I made the video as well.
Life got in the way, but the dust has settled down a bit and I will try to get all pics uploaded before the start of the next rally.
But first, here is the Official 2014 GA Rally Hardball Convoy video. I tried to make a clickable image to start, but that does not work. Drew?
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It is not...
Land Rover
Time for some exotic stuff; the British compound. Actually, that group of Land Rovers had one small Jeep hiding amongst them. I think that the main ham area coincided with the Land Rover camp.
OK, thanks to Mike "Whiterabbit", an update on types and owners. I deleted my "what...
And the last for Friday, at least for the engine swap
093: Getting ready for lifting the engine out, with Swiss (left) watching
094: A really amazing and professionally working team: Ron and Robert coordinating the engine lift-off.
095: Lifting a bit, pulling forward, tilting, lifting some...
some key players in lack of action
Some of the key players taking it easy
083: Andy (Andy3) wondering if this really was a good idea to let these complete strangers have a go at his truck
084: Spec Ops Sgt Robert (rmtaunton)with his usual grin using the fender to get comfortable.
085...
OK Andy, here goes
A series about the first day of Andy3's engine swap, the mayor technical action of the rally.
075: Andy3's Deuce M35A2 waiting for its engine swap. It sat sadly alone on the repair field for the first few days until the action started.
076: The old engine: kaput. Broken...
And some more
066: Tow bar anybody? Speddmon's cucv with its new bed already put to devious use in nightly raids for firewood.
067: Wreckerman getting ready to set up shop
068: I risk being banned here but this Peterbuilt was a very close contender for King of the Rally for me. Should have...
Some more details of Friday's activities and on-goings. Even if I wrote something there already, feel free to add details or comment; I will incorporate it.
059: Breakfast at Mike's ...
060: ... or some coffee on the go. Not quite sure though what the spare parts and the grill are doing...
Friday on the field
Some more wide views of the vendor field Friday morning. It wold fill up quickly during the day.
054: The far left side of the field, with a very young LMTV more to the center. Cropped that one out as detail. Any details like make, proper desingation, owner??
055 -...
Two more from Thursday
052: line-up across the street from the registration tent.
Far right is Ferro's white railroad cucv.
Second from right, the darkgreen cucv is Thundercracker's
Second from left is Wheelspinner's camo m1009 driven all the way from NY by his son Gametender
The truck...