Steel Soldiers MV of the YEAR 2022 - VOTE HERE

[patracy]

2022 is in the books! Once again thanks to Consolidated Press for sponsoring this. If you need decals, magnets, stencils, or anything printing related, please give them a call!



Please vote for MV of the YEAR! Feel free to campaign in this thread, but please keep it here and not via PM.

1. Kendelrio

2. kendelrio

3. simp5782

4. TheQuaker

5. hambone

6. M813rc

7. ToddJK

8. Superthermal

9. m715mike

10. HanksDeuce

11. fuzzytoaster

12. SgtMajHarper

 

[SCM35A2]

Why don't you just make this difficult as hell lol??

 

[M35fan]

Why don't you just make this difficult as hell lol??

Agreed. Every one of them deserves to win. Good luck, all.

 

[kendelrio]

 

[MrRecovery]

They are all nice-looking rigs, while I like the motor pool class and the Mod's class my vote goes to the hard work put into the restorations.

 

[hambone]

I didn't even realize there's a MV of the year award, Good luck to everyone, competition is tough.
Give me another look.

 

[M813rc]

They are all nice-looking rigs, while I like the motor pool class and the Mod's class my vote goes to the hard work put into the restorations.

A labour of love over 3.5 years.

Cheers

 

[ToddJK]

Don't forget about Crispy now, she's still running strong! Even with the bad winter storms, it handled the icy roads rather well compared to my 4x4 pick up. It's also been my vehicle to drive out when hunting, no bogs on the dirt trails even phase it. She's worthy of your vote!

 

[hambone]

They are all nice-looking rigs, while I like the motor pool class and the Mod's class my vote goes to the hard work put into the restorations.

As said, these projects don't happen overnight, 10 years to collect all the correct original parts, and then, 2 years of a one man show restoration, though my wife helped me install the windshield frame. I tried to make it a quality resto all the way around.
M718A1 Military Ambulance Jeep - YouTube

 

[SCM35A2]

Voted, best of luck to you all. I'm my opinion you all deserve to be the winner.

 

[ToddJK]

So only 39 people voted?? Really? We had over 60 votes in some of these MV of the month challenges. There's over a thousand members on here, surely it won't kill y'all to take a few mins and vote, this is after all, the MV of the year!

 

[hambone]

I always liked the ambulance, it saved many of our soldiers.

 

[M35fan]

So only 39 people voted?? Really? We had over 60 votes in some of these MV of the month challenges. There's over a thousand members on here, surely it won't kill y'all to take a few mins and vote, this is after all, the MV of the year!

We actually have over a Hundred thousand members. Problem is, the ones who didn't vote, probably won't see this thread.

 

[DeMilitarized]

For any of those wanting to see @simp5782's truck build... https://steelsoldiers.com/threads/simps-m920-build-thread.200468/

 

[M813rc]

While I was doing my restoration, a Vietnam veteran V100 operator from Chicago was following along. He showed some pictures at one of the 630th MP reunions and said "This crazy guy in Texas is restoring one of our cars!".
Shortly afterwards he asked if some of them could come look at it. I told him "Absolutely!", not only to look but to drive it as well.
Five of them came down (on one of the hottest days of summer, it was 112*). As he was climbing in, the first chap to drive it said "It's been 40 years, I don't even remember how to start it!". Thirty seconds later, the V started, he said "I just closed my eyes and let my hands do it".
It was fun watching them drive around the farm, hollering like the kids they were the last time they were in one.
They drove it 'til they broke it, then helped push it back into the shed. Afterwards we sat around while they reminisced and told stories of their experiences. I learned more about V100 operations in one afternoon than I had in the previous 20 years.

Cheers

 

[US6x4]

@patracy, am I in the right cast of folks here? My truck was truck of the year for 2021 so I would think that I'm not eligible for it again. Whoever was truck of the month for Jan. 2022 should be in my spot...or maybe I'm more confused than I first thought.

 

[patracy]

@patracy, am I in the right cast of folks here? My truck was truck of the year for 2021 so I would think that I'm not eligible for it again. Whoever was truck of the month for Jan. 2022 should be in my spot...or maybe I'm more confused than I first thought.

OOOPS! You won Jan 2021. NOT 2022. I've swapped kendelrio in place of you. I'm sorry. @fsearls92 and @german m1008 your votes are still there for spot number one. But I've corrected it. Please update your votes as you wish.

 

[SgtMajHarper]

A few pics of the Goat.

 

[kendelrio]

Sadly I don't have a lot of pics of Bertha over the last year....

I can't even say that with a straight face!

Here is a camping trip:

Everything loaded:

The "cargo" area ready for bed:

We also took a 220 mile trip to see several SS members for the Kilo 19 Memorial Day Walk in Bolivar Penninsula:

And several car shows and parades:

For scale, the Skeleton is 12 feet tall!

And the crew!

 

[M813rc]

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