The dump body mechanism design is very clever : The hydraulic pump and the distributor are incorporated into the hydraulic cylinder body, thus avoiding any hydraulic hose. This way, the dump body can very easily be removed and replaced by any other standard GMC CCKW equipment. Equipped with the dump body, the only two links…
An extraordinary gathering ! Our Pacific M26 joined in with 3 others. 4 Pacific M26 running together !…
March 2016 : the oil seal of the timing gear cover is leaking. After taking down the radiator, the pulley was hard to extract. The woodruff key needed to be replaced and since we could not find the exact same size we had to do some adjustment. The bad surprise came with the timing gear…
In 2001 a lot of maintenance had been done on the vehicle, in particular an overhaul of the distribution. Then the wiring harness was made anew in 2012/2013. Since then, the vehicle was dormant, waiting on a sponsor who would care regularly for it. In 2015, excellent news, a new member fell in love with…
On the crowded airfields, sometimes in bad weather, these Jeep helped the planes find their take off point or else their parking spot. Some planes offered such a poor ground view to the pilot that they needed to crab on the tarmac to better see where they were going. For bigger planes that could not…
UNIVEM gathered on its camp « Dog Green » about sixty participants and about thirty vehicles, Jeep, Dodge and the two half-tracks of the club. Another club was invited, the « 30th Infantery Division ». They came with a dozen participants, a Scout Car White, an ambulance Dodge and several Jeep. http://30thinfantrydivision.free.fr/Association/association.htm UNIVEM program was as follows : Saturday,…
Once again, UNIVEM is present at Eurosatory ! Eurosatory is the leading event in the world dedicated to land & air land Defence and Security. It is organized by COGES. This edition is held in Paris from June 13rd to 17th, 2016. In 2014, Eurosatory gathered 1,507 exhibitors from 59 countries; 55,786 visitors from 143…
