The original purpose of our passion

[cOtter]

Hello. While vacationing in Northern Indiana my family was able to take in the 2021 MVPA Convention in South Bend Indiana.

For those that don’t know....
MVPA: Military Vehicle Preservation Association.

If you are into history at all, especially military history, and have not been to a MVPA event, I would recommend that you do.

I wanted to share some photos with you. Enjoy. This was just a sampling of what was at the show.

Also picked up a couple cool T-Shirts while I was there....

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[Heimkehr]

Excellent photos. Thanks for the effort, Chris.

Occasionally, similar (if smaller) military vehicle displays would be on hand at gun shows held in the Harrisburg farm show facility. It was a great way to spend a morning or afternoon.

 

[TrailScooter]

Appreciated.

 

[cosine]

great photos. i've been to a few smaller setup within a big car show. it always draw a crowd to see the history of military vehicles.

 

[jlang]

Really cool

 

[mnjeeper]

Awesome.

If you ever get farther north and have time, the Minnesota Military Museum is well worth a stop! LOTS of tanks, Jeeps, other military history.

Bonus fact, legend has it that this is the base where "Jeep" started. Namely, the Minneapolis-Moline 4x4 truck.

 

[Retrograde]

Thanks for the pics! And I see someone is a Mutt fan...

Every now & then the conversation of "Will Jeep go IFS?" comes up, and I'll point to the Mutt and ask, "Do you really want to go there?"

 

[cOtter]

Thanks for the pics! And I see someone is a Mutt fan...

Every now & then the conversation of "Will Jeep go IFS?" comes up, and I'll point to the Mutt and ask, "Do you really want to go there?"

MUTT..... caught that did you. Put those pics in the mix for fun.

My view: (aka $0.02)
• Many that like JEEP, have very little grasp of the history.
• Possibly even fewer get the parallel history of Jeep vs Bronco.

Me personally, if it helped our men and women during the challenging times of our history, I say respect it, celebrate it, and learn from it.

I’m glad that several of you are enjoying the pics.

Feel free to share some of your own if you would like about “our vehicles” storied history and its other siblings like the MUTT.

 

[brennaman]

Thanks for sharing, loved the pics,

 

[Roky]

Hello. While vacationing in Northern Indiana my family was able to take in the 2021 MVPA Convention in South Bend Indiana.

For those that don’t know....
MVPA: Military Vehicle Preservation Association.

If you are into history at all, especially military history, and have not been to a MVPA event, I would recommend that you do.

I wanted to share some photos with you. Enjoy. This was just a sampling of what was at the show.

Also picked up a couple cool T-Shirts while I was there....

Nice Chris, great pics, thanks for sharing...

 

[Retrograde]

Me personally, if it helped our men and women during the challenging times of our history, I say respect it, celebrate it, and learn from it.

I am not without sin, so I'm not going to cast any stones... Me, I'm a big Gen II Bronco fan. It was only when I found out that the new Bronco was going to be nothing like that I pulled the trigger and bought my '20 Wrangler.

Ford should've built on the bulletproof history of the Bronco instead of chasing Jeep phantoms. Let's just hope Ford is of the mind to learn from the current situation.

As for the Mutt...A lot of lessons were learned there, lol. But like you say, for all its differences, it did serve our country well. As long as you didn't put the front wheels in the air.

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