martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Just a brief report from Trandum and a meeting that is still going on. We just dropped by yesterday to check it out. I looked thru my photos and they all look very similar to my previous photos, so this is the last thread with this huge amount of photos I'll post from this meeting. Later on I'll just post the rarer stuff, but with the problems with the forum and all, it might be ok with these photos. We checked in at about 2 o'clock with entry number 110 - 111 & 112. That's one '44 Ford and two '42 Dodges. We started the day with a tire that ran flat in a rather desolated area, but after changing the tires we could continue out journey. Marty Edited May 11, 2008 by martylee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Here's a few from the camp. It works like as you come to the event you simply find yourself a spot to camp. Simple as that. Some are a little more advanced than others. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 and here's a couple very nice campers. Marty This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts. Please try again in 9 seconds. What is this crap? And max 10 photos in each post? We'll all be generals in a moment... This is what I get for being efficient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Here's a few of the not that common vehicles. Will post some more photos later, just have to take the baby for a spin... Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 A few of the post ww2 vehicles. And I'm quite sure there were several Vollvo 3314 there, but I didn't even think about taking their picture. They are way too common these day, nice vehicle though! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) And now the Dodges... I think this is the meeting I've been to that had the most Dodges. Must have been about 10 WC51/52s, 3-4 WC62s and about 5-6 WC54s. Not bad! Marty Edited May 11, 2008 by martylee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) These two were placed together with lot's of gear around them. Lot's of nice looking things. I regret not taking more photos of their display. Marty Edited May 11, 2008 by martylee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Great looking Vehicles , nice open area to put on the display , Nice selection of Photo's thanks for taking them and for posting them here for allof us to enjoy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Looked like a good show Marty - wish we could have been there. Thanks for the photo's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Yes, thanx for pix Marty. A good range of vehicles, and what a great camping area. And the usual gmc clutch change going on..........:cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I was wondering about that pair of photo's of the 6x6 truck parked along the road how the middle axle tire was buried in the dirt , did it suffer a drive line problem ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Can I come? My WC51 speaks Norwegian! :yay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 I was wondering about that pair of photo's of the 6x6 truck parked along the road how the middle axle tire was buried in the dirt , did it suffer a drive line problem ? I'm not sure what happened to it. It certainly looks parked... After all it's the training area for the cavalery we're driving in. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 What do you think about this one? I had a chat with the owner. He and his girlfriend had restored it together. They had found USAF color and marking beneath the paint and decided to go for it. They said that the woodworks wasn't original, but since it looked o good they decided to keep it unpainted. The paint is also a bit brighter, but in a few years that won't be a problem. I really liked it and their thoughts on it. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Another intresting paintjob on a Dodge... Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 11, 2008 Author Share Posted May 11, 2008 Having said that this was the cavalery training grounds there a few things around that dates back to the war. There's a tunnel for testing cannons. And during the war the germans also killed 173 norwegians, 6 britons and 15 russions in these woods. Several witout trial. These are buried around in the woods, so you might run into places that have crosses. There's also a monument as the photos show. Marty Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Having said that this was the cavalery training grounds there a few things around that dates back to the war. There's a tunnel for testing cannons. And during the war the germans also killed 173 norwegians, 6 britons and 15 russions in these woods. Several witout trial. These are buried around in the woods, so you might run into places that have crosses. There's also a monument as the photos show. Marty Marty Marty you always post good stuff. With the above image why were this people executed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Marty you always post good stuff. With the above image why were this people executed? I guess why is always the big question! But here's the story for you. This went on in the periode 1941-1944. 136 of the norwegians were executed for illegal work and 37 were executed without any sentence. 2 were executed for "the Televaag incident", where two Gestapo soldiers were shot during an attempt of escape to England. Some of the people killed were suspected of blowing up a transport train in the city of Mjondalen. The russians executed were escaped prisoners and 5 of the british were commandoes from the gliders that made a emergency landing while preparing the assault on Rjukans heavy water factory. The 6th R.P. Evans were everly wouned during the failed attempt to attack Tirpitz in november 1942. He was left behind since they believed that he would be treated as a prisoner since he was in english uniform. What happened was that the germans brought him to a hospital and nursed him till he was well. Then they took him into the woods and shot him. Makes perfect sense doesn't it!? Oscar Hans was the man behind all these and what is really scary is that all the soldiers volenteered for this executions, since it was an honor to kill these patriots. This all went on in secret. There was curfew at the camp when the prisoners were shot. Actually it was a german soldier who sneaked out out and found out about this. He told some norwegians who kept it secret until the war was over. Thanks to the information from this soldiers they found the graves and got hold of Oscar Hans. After the war they found the rest of the execution squad and they were sentenced to death by hanging since they had volunteered for this duty. Oscar hans was part of the military chain of command so he was only imprisoned a short while. I hope this answers your question Jack. It's a ugly story, but I'm glad you asked. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Here's a few off-road photos. Didn't take that many since I was busy driving myself. It's always those crowds with jeeps that cause the traffic to jam. Finally we got going. But then again the jeeps stopped to do something... A photo taken on the run, which shows you what the condition was like. A series of a jeep playing. (My friend and neighbour) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Might be hard to see what's going on here, but this is a very steep hill. Another hill, but equalley difficult to get good photos with a small compact camera. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Let these be the last photos of my trip to Trandum. One nice camper. The end! Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Not to worry about the Photo's , They are Great ... Looks like a lot of fun was being had by everyone !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martylee Posted May 13, 2008 Author Share Posted May 13, 2008 Can I come? My WC51 speaks Norwegian! :yay: Sure thing! Next meeting is on october. I do believe they have ordered the same weather! :-) Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 right thats it... HMVF trip to Norway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 To true!!! Set the dates:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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