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Craig Parker--Thank You for
Coffee and Logistics Support-"Fighting Iron doesn't roll on an empty stomach"!
Paul Camarra-- You made IRON
YANKEE come to life!
Andrew Harding--Long Plane Service, Custom Drive
Shafts, Balancing & Parts: Acushnet, MA.
Christian Philbrook--Thank You
for putting together & Running Fighting Iron's Website!
Lenny Dutra--Thank You for
being the Engine and Wiring Wizard you are!
Dale Jones--Thank You for all
the Technical Engineering & Fabrication!
Ken Hathaway--Thank You for
all the Welding and Metal Fabrication!
Ben, Sam, and Ruth--Thank You
for sticking with me!
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January 2008
- Happy New Year!
- The Command Car is making slow restoration progress Click
Here
- The M5A1 Stuart is back together,
undergoing fine tuning Click Here
- Couple of new additions to the Links Page Click Here
- New to Friends of Fighting Iron - Rescued
From African Desert - M16A2 quad
50 Half Track Click Here
- Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
July 2006:
- Thunder Over Michigan - August 5-6 - 2nd
Armored Yankee Division is headed West! Click Here
- Rochester Country Fair - August 19-20 - Come on out! Click Here
- Added photos to the Candid page, Iron
Yankee page, Hammered Metal, new websites on the Links page
- Another addition to Friends of Fighting Iron - WC12 Pick-up Truck! Click Here
- Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
May 2006:
- Rochester Country Fair - August 19-20
- Come on out! Click Here
- Another addition to Friends of Fighting Iron - WC12 Pick-up Truck! Click Here
- Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
February 2006:
- Restoration underway: M5A1
Stuart Tank "IRON YANKEE" New Pictures Added-02/09/06 Click Here
- Restoration started: 1942 Dodge WC-57 Command Car "IRON ANGEL" Click Here
- Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
September 2005:
- Rochester Country Fair was a success.
Check out the fair's military tribute pictures Click
Here
- NEW ADDITION: 1942 Dodge WC-57 Command Car
"IRON ANGEL" Click Here
- Restoration completed: M3-37mm anti tank gun restoration Click Here
- Restoration started: M5A1 Stuart Tank "IRON YANKEE" Click Here
- Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
June 2005:
-Come feast your peeps on the new
addition to the Fighting Iron line-up, MY OWN TANK! Click Here
-FOR SALE: WWII Theme Motor Court in Vermont, Camp Meade! Click
Here
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
-Added Military Re-enactors registration form to the Rochester Town Fair page: Click Here
May 2005:
-New addition to the Fighting Iron
line-up, a 1952 1/4ton trailer! Click Here
-Started FRIENDS of FIGHTINGIRON websites - M5A1 STUART
TANK & M9A1 HALF-TRACK
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
-Added Military Re-enactors registration form to the Rochester Town Fair page: ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
April 2005:
-New addition to the Fighting Iron
line-up, a 1952 1/4ton trailer! Click Here
-The Dodge Power Wagons are gone......to pieces - "HA"
-Any one know someone that has information on a WWII vintage AMTRAK (LVT 1, 2, 3, or 4) ?
-Started FRIENDS of FIGHTINGIRON websites - M5A1 STUART
TANK & M9A1 HALF-TRACK
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
-Added more info to the Rochester Town Fair page:
ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
February 2005:
-Started FRIENDS of FIGHTINGIRON
websites - M5A1 STUART TANK & M9A1 HALF-TRACK
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
-Added some info to the Town Fair page: ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
January 2005:
-FORD GPW Project Hammered Metal is
DONE. Check it out HAMMERED
METAL web page
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion
look! Click Here
-Still a few parts left on the two Dodge Power Wagons
-E-bay sales are going well, check out the shopping page for
details.
-Added some info to the Town Fair page: ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
December 2004:
-Get your D-Day Invasion American Flag
Windshield Stickers-For that authentic invasion look! Click
Here
-Still a few parts left on the two Dodge Power Wagons
-E-bay sales are going well, check out the shopping page for
details.
-Added a couple new websites to the links page.
-Getting a jump on next years activities: ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
November 2004:
-E-bay sales are going well, check out
the shopping page for details.
-Added a couple new websites to the links page.
-Getting a jump on next years activities: ROCHESTER
TOWN FAIR 2005: ARMED FORCES TRIBUTE
October 2004:
- Posted Ford GPW "Jeep" Frame and Axles on Shopping
Page.
- Out for a weekend op...Check out what we found (CLICK HERE)
An M5 or M5A1 Stuart Tank!
- Picked up two Dodge Power Wagons, The "RUSTED
IRON BROS", and they're FOR
SALE
- The HOPKINTON TRACK "Iron Man" is done and gone, but not
before we got some finishing photos!
- Posted some new pics to the NORWOOD, MA W.W.II Reenactment site.
- HAMMERED METAL also has
some new pics, so grab a cold beverage and wade on in!
July 2004:
-Traveled with the FI Group to Norwood, MA for
a W.W.II invasion France re-enactment, what can I say, AWESOME! NORWOOD, MA
-Also making headway on Hammered Metal. It's not so hammered anymore! Check
out the refurbished body by Brian Cook! HAMMERED METAL
May 2004:
-Making headway on the Hopkinton Track
"IRON MAN". Painting of the body is in the final stages, and we will soon
start on cleaning & rebuilding the suspension, then the detail work. Added
several pictures to the bottom of the site. HOPKINTON TRACK
April 2004:
-Check out the all new MILITARY VEHICLE
RESTORATION page.
-Plus an added bonus to the HAMMERED METAL web
page. While sandblasting the GPW's donor body tub my son discovered that it had U.S. Coast Guard markings.
April 2004:
-I have taken on another project from a fellow Half Track enthusiast hailing from
Hopkinton, MA! Check out the newly created HOPKINTON
TRACK page.
-Also, I may be collaborating with another fellow track owner in England. Stay tuned
for further Intel.
March 2004:
-We hold regular sales on E-Bay
- click the link then type in
July 2003:
-Gather the troops its Independence Day, and we're going to make Parade History!
Check out the newly created IN ACTION page for glimpse of
Fighting Iron in the field.
Drop me a line, Jon Philbrook: emptyriver@comcast.net Simple Web Designs: CPhilbrook
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