CATMAN ON T.V. I need some help

[Catman]

I am looking for some help I have a 40ft box full of cats / cat parts from CA USA out at sea, 4 Cats pre 1938, Engine Units and a pile of parts, The container is full, and maxxed out, My Limit was 19 ton inside the box, I am at 21 ton, and paying the surcharges for a little over weight . I am expecting the shipment next week I am looking forward to seeing the items I have purchased and not-even seen a piccy off um over 12 months back.

I have been Approched by a Sub-Contract Film Company, who want to film the unloading process and the Restoration of an Old American Cat Crawler. I have stalled them for 2 years. So it looks Like I have a Film Crew of about 6 People videoing and documenting the importing and restoration of Antique Cats Will I need any make-up, do I need any special Clothing, nice clean boots etc etc ??, I Guess I need to be on my Best Behaviour and not use any Sware Words .

I think KoO might have some pointers??, I am told they might film 3 hours worth of film, and make it into a 5 minute broadcast I am not quite too sure about the whole thing is being on the TV a good or bad thing.

Catman

[KevinKizer]

I've produced quiet a few videos/documentaries over the years of Cat machines. I would recommend having "good" work clothes on (Cat brand, even better) and try to make sure you're working in a well-lit environment. I'm sure the production crew will bring lighting, but the more natural light the better. And there's probably no need for make up. If they interview you, they might dust your face with a little powder, but nothing major.

[Jim Sixty]

I would think a pair of Tractor Don's white coverals would be just the cat's meow.
Jim

[bruce oz]

hello catman ,TV is good ,unless its on UK most wanted ,lol,good luck ,bruce oz

[§wishy]

CH@Man
GuddayM8

RE: Hints n tips on being on TV
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It may B a family friendly programme n we dont wanna corupt minorz
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n don't 4 get we gotta have lots of pix of the dunny wall
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Merry Xmas
Top Side
from the Udder side of the world
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cya

§wishy
HasBeen

[TractorDon]

I was just going to recommend you needed the patented white coveralls, then I see that Jim D4&6 beat me to it. I tried to send you some before, but we never did make that happen. We could FedEx them for the shoot, tell the crew to pay/part of wardrobe. Maybe I can be in the credits
Good luck, hope they actually do the shoot.
Don

[B4D2]

Byron, I will be happy to fly on over to "assist" and get my mug on TV with a nice big smile Glad to hear that they have finally committed (or have you commited). Good luck!

[MARTYN WILLIAMS]

This is one of the videos now on Ebay.
Worth getting to see how much fun we have in the UK with our machines.
Martyn

[Mike Meyer]

This is one of the videos now on Ebay.
Worth getting to see how much fun we have in the UK with our machines.
Martyn

Hi Martyn, I bought that DVD in Oz about 3 months ago(cost 14 pounds) and watched it twice, then sent it to our fellow member "Lyoncat" who enjoyed it enormously and returned it to me only a few days ago, and I watched it again for the third time with great enthusiasm on the weekend, so I could then send it to my dead Fathers best friend, and my best friend, Gwynfred Oram, a 80 year old man (originally of Welsh ancestry) who spent his farming life on old Cats here in Oz, and for your info., he is married to a real, born in England "Pom", or "Limey", or more appropriate "English Lass", as I too am married to a "Pom", a lass from Hertford, the main town in Hertfordshire as you are aware. (I've been to the U.K four times just in case anyone was worried I was a Anglophobe)
The scene from that excellent U.K produced DVD where the old chap is asked what it was like to drive the 22 again, sums up exactly what we are trying to do with our hobby does'nt it Martyn (in some cases like Omnitrac and Willie, Dunefanatic, and maybe even Catman, it's a profitable business selling old Cats to others, but that's irrelevant, because we are saving them from the scrappers), the old fellow on that DVD was lost for words and was set to break down emotionally wasn't he, he was so happy to be driving a Caterpillar 22 again. I say well done, and if you were part of that DVD production even better, it was excellent and there should be more of them!
The sad issue with Chapter 2 was played out publically for everyone to watch and I for one squirmed daily reading the ACMOC posts from the United Kingdom as the implosion occured, because it seemed there were two factions in the UK Chapter 2 each with different agendas and it was drawn out for so long, like a pantomime of rock throwing in a glasshouse.
The Golden Rule of Life is simply that the man with the gold, makes the rules. If Rolls Royce, or Bentley, decided to protect their marque with the gusto and enthusiasm recently demonstrated by Caterpillar, perhaps the United Kingdom could regain some credibility and financial stability as a major manufacturing nation, because we all in Australia grew up with Morris Minors, M.G's and Mini's, plus Jaguars, Rolls Royces and Bentleys in the 1960's and 1970's (the Mini was a great car, my wife had one), not to mention B.S.A motorcycles, Triumphs (my oldest brother had a "Road Rocket 3", while I still have a Francis Barnett "Merlin", from 1948), plus the Vincent HRD's, what a beautiful creation, sex on 2 wheels I say, the first production road motorcycle to break 100mph wasn't it. Just look at the first motorcycles built by Honda, exact copies of the BSA Bantom, so much for protecting British intellectual property.
Anyway, this is not about "Pommy Bashing", this is the heartfelt feeling of amazement and sadness that 300 smart people in the U.K were unable to negotiate a reasonable agreement with their "parent" founders, ACMOC, so that our sizeable Association could continue to gather momentum and integrity, and most importantly, international companionship under the Caterpillar banner.
Yes, the Chapter 2 folks will form their own U.K group under a different "Track Tractor" banner or whatever, and I'm sure they will prosper in their own local way, but your International brothers and sisters have lost a sibling or branch who gave them extra credibility and negotiating power at the big American table, the original, and current home of Caterpillar Inc., and we are after all, collecting old Caterpillars, not Bentleys or Rolls Royces, nor Triumphs, B.S.A's, Cletracs, Massey Fergussens or Internationals.
Yes, Chapter 2 have possibly won a minor battle and certain members are possibly feeling smug right now over "a pint at the local", after telling the Yanks to "bugger off" in a Boston Tea Party reversal, but really, they just lost the big war and have unfortunately in my opinion, lost some credibility with their international Caterpillar breathren who grew tired of the petty Chapter 2 nonsense, grown intelligent men who could not negotiate an appropriate resolution, till the unbeleviable situation happened that they were kicked off the " ACMOC Team" for life, Red Carded as it were.
I'm still gobsmacked at the finality of it all. A plane ticket from England to the U.S.A is what, $US300, and no one in the U.K thought it appropriate to negotiate a settlement face to face, man to man, to prevent this fiasco? I can't help feeling this issue has caused our much respected Moderator, "GWH" to resign early, but I can't speak for him.
We all need to remember the Golden Rule Of Life as I mentioned earlier, because you and the U.K Caterpillar collectors will still be trudging in to the local Caterpillar Dealer to buy expensive, though high quality parts to restore your old Cats, it is an interesting irony there isn't it, and, I assume your fellow collector Catman and others will still want access to the ACMOC "For Sale" section, along with ACMOC technical support through the "Discussion" section even though they have been "Blackballed" for life, no parole as it were.
Quite frankly, and I do not wish to appear blunt like my earlier post, but I think Caterpillar and ACMOC have really won because the British, Scottish, Welsh and Irish members of Chapter 2 no longer have a legitimate nor legal voice at the negotiating table of ACMOC, being persona non grata as it were. I might add, if Catman continues to boast of moving overloaded containers around the world and filming their unpacking you may wish to warn him not to advertise it, because Lloyds of London, and their "Names" (many of whom live in Australia), not to mention their Lawyers, will be very happy to haul him through the Courts if God forbid, some tragedy befalls that container on it's journey to his home.
That is what made me so cross when I read his post about being a movie star Martyn, and I'm sorry if it appeared rude because I'm not normally so frank, but if one child is killed by the truck carrying his overloaded container of old Caterpillars across England as it skids through a school crossing unable to brake in the wet, frosty or icy conditions on your winter roads, I will be apoplectic with rage. We Caterpillar collectors have developed an enviable reputation for integrity since 1925 and it would be a shame if that reputation was tarnished by the apparently cavalier and seemingly illegal activities of a handfull. I'm sure you would agree.
As for the historical lesson on WW1 and WW2, I was sorry to add that to my original response to Catman because it would appear as a knee jerk and emotional response to the topic being discussed, but after 6 years of living in California I was gobsmacked at the number of Americans who were unaware Aussies, New Zealanders and Canadians had even fought and died in WW1, or WW2, forget Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. 10% of Australia's men and boys (as young as 14) died in Europe just in WW1, not to mention WW2, and my duty as a man is to protect and acknowledge their ultimate sacrifice. Americans are rightfully proud of their battlefield honors, I don't think it hurts to remind them we were standing, and falling alongside them as brothers in arms protecting your freedom.
That gives my life some integrity Martyn, remembering and honouring the sacrifices of those brave boys in far away lands, just like restoring my 12 old Caterpillars, they go hand in hand. It's all about men, their machines, and their integrity. May those real hero's rest in peace.
Mike Meyer

[Billy-]

This is one of the videos now on Ebay.
Worth getting to see how much fun we have in the UK with our machines.
Martyn

Marty

I love that DVD, i got it and have watched about 50 times and enjoy it more and more everytime . My favourite bit is that big D8H windin her turbo up near the end. That reminds perhaps i might watch it for the 51st time before i go to bed