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re: 3/4 ton Dodge WC: My ORD 9 SNL G-502, TM 9-808, 1 May 1945: Part No. CC-576193 - BRACKET, spare wheel carrier support, w/STUD assembly (Weapon Carrier, Carryall and Command) I do not find a part number without the Stud assembly. Listing all three vehicle types following the part number...

I have driven my WC56 in rain, snow, wind driven dust, all without the doors. My son and I have learned to dress for it!! My friend also has a WC56 and he has all the doors. His keep out the weather at least as good as an M35a1... and almost as good as my WC53 (which leaks abound windows and...

The base protocols for orginazition and operations of the MVPA Convoys is FM 4-01.011 (Appendix C), which is the updated version of FM 55-65, Chapter 5 - Convoy Operations. Quite effective for safe mass movement of dissimilar military vehicles. If the 2012 Alaska Highway Convoy does not tweak...

2012 Alaska Highway Covoy Planners are working on "feeder route" convoys from different parts of the US, with routes, timing and meet/pickup points along the way. All timed to meet the '1st Gear' kickoff at Dawson Creek. These are still in planning and will be made available in the future...

My son and I put 5200 miles on our WC56 last year (drove coast to coast) and another 1500 this year. The Command Car likes and runs easily at 45 (but I've never had it above 51). Upside is that they are more comfortable (its ALL RELATIVE) than jeeps, easy to work on and parts are readily...

Thanks Papa. I gotta say Korea at that time had problems, too. My high school friend, Jim, was riding in a M37 on the DMZ that was ambushed by NKs and all were killed. For some unkown reason, no one on that truck had weapons. I was in the Nam at the time, so think it was late '69. And thanks...

Event 5260 (M35A3) Submission of EUC 6/24/10 EUC revisions requested 6/29/10 Euc sent to BC 6/30/10 Approved 9/24/10 Customer notified 9/24/10 (First time EUC) Vehicle insurance Nationwide (more than 40 years). Nationwide would not issue (they do cover my two...

If 2011 don't work out for you, please consider the MVPA 2012 ALCAN Highway Convoy, now in the planning stages. MVPA convoy website: The MVPA Bulletin Board :: Index My son Gunnar and I will be part of that trip, as we were on TMC '09 - what a GREAT adventure!

My wife tells folks that with all the MVs, she knows where I'm at (out back with a wrench), not down at the bar (can't afford them high prices - gotta buy more parts), and I load up the kids and go to parades, cruise-ins, etc (gives her 'alone time'). Before the wife (and before the O.D...

Cab is post WW2 "Arctic Cab" made for open cab 3/4 ton, and this 1 1/2 ton, Dodge WC's. Four pieces; top, back, and two sides that inclue (narrow!) doors, easily installed or removed, with a few bolts. Many were sold in the Pacific Northwest when the Dodges were dispersed from Govt. I purchased...

We left the rally point in Cheyenne at about 0700 on Sunday June 28, 2009 and followed the 1919 convoy route as closely as possible, which was west on Route 210. The Happy Jack Road (210) went past the Curt Gowdy State Park and up the hills and over the summit (8700 feet elevation sticks in my...

Come on over to Camp Withycombe this Saturday, May 15, for Living History Day. 9am to about 5pm, just off I205 at exit 12 (Estacada/HWY 224) and go east a couple stoplites - follow signs. Presented by Military Vehicle Collectors Club of Oregon and the Musuem. Great Price = FREE Lots of...

The same MVPA group that planned and implemented the 2009 TMC'09, Transcontenintal Motor Convoy (90th year celebration of 1919 convoy) are planning a 70th year Alaska Highway Convoy for the summer of 2012. Formal info will be forthcoming at the MVPA Convention in Topeka in July. Yee Hah!

Army Viet Vet, June/June 1969/70: Vehicles in my unit were a couple M38a1s and M151a1s, M37a1 (and strangely an M152 used by the armorer and by the mail clerk) and about 15 Deuces. They were all multifuel (pipe under bed, exiting by wheel). Just before I left, an avation unit located nearby...

The MVPA TMC '09 Convoy departed from the Holiday Inn parking lot in Cheyenne, WY at 0700 on Sunday June 28, 2009 and stopped at the Wal-Mart parking lot in Laramie, Wy in mid-morning for a pit stop, where these wonderful photos were taken. The Convoy then went on to noon lunch stop at Medicine...