MJCQ - The Military Jeep Club of Queensland

On a fine sunny Saturday 7th April 2007 the MJCQ in collaboration with the Studebaker Car Club of Queensland held a very successful event on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. The world record attempt of bringing the most number of Studebaker US6 6x6 trucks together in modern times was successful, with 17 vehicles attending. Although there has been a larger gathering of US6's in the past (also in Australia), this attempt was officially verified by Guinness World Records.

One of the trucks' fan belt shredded and a replacement was found to be too small. An ingenious solution was to make a temporary belt from a piece of jute rope spliced together... MJCQ members are a resourceful lot!
A newly-imported M29C Water Weasel also managed to make it.

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	Some footage of the seventeen Studebaker US6 trucks at the 17th National Studebaker Meet on the Gold Coast, 7th April 2007. This is a three minute video taken by Bob Gough.
	The line-up of seventeen Studebaker US6 6x6 trucks was an impressive sight Photo by S. Malikoff
	One of many magnificently restored Studebaker cars being judged Photo by S. Malikoff
	An unrestored US6 made it to the event for the successful world-record attempt Photo by S. Malikoff
	Shane Hodby with clipboard, and some MJCQ 'usual suspects' to right Photo by S. Malikoff
	The M29C Water Weasel stayed on the trailer as it was not in running condition Photo by S. Malikoff
	People enjoyed reading the storyboards relating the history and development of the Weasel Photo by S. Malikoff
	Testing the rope temporary fan belt for size in a Studebaker US6 Photo by S. Malikoff
	Jeff Gordon adjusts the rope fan belt before finishing the final splicing, Staffo with back to camera. You can see the shredded belt on the truck's mudguard (fender) Photo by S. Malikoff

	THE MILITARY JEEP CLUB OF QUEENSLAND