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I'll say it again, If you're in a military truck and you're doing more than 60 mph, something is wrong with it. If you're in a military truck and you're doing more than 70 mph, not only is there something wrong with it, you're probably going to die in it.

No dice on the CUCV this time around - just too little time to shop around and all I found in my area so far are overpriced beaters. The search continues, but my ass will need a shotgun position again.

Yay! She is gimpy no more! (no offense to gimpyrobb intended) Where did you source the replacement rear frame crossmember?

I had a couple for sale recently in the SS classified section for $20 each. And no, I don't have any left. :(

Sad to hear of another SS member's passing. Prayers out to his family, and I hope he is enjoying wrenching in God's motor pool...

You didn't say specifically what the duct tape was stuck on, metal, wood, glass or plastic. Be advised, some of the products that will remove sticky residue will melt some plastics. I learned that the hard way.

You're looking at a truck. Congratulations, you win a cookie. I think you are referring to the angled piece of metal in picture 4? I think that's the spare tire carrier.

Chemical agent detector. Here's it mounted to the fender of a M151 jeep. They were common in the 1970s and 1980s at the tail end of the Cold War.

Were they sold to other nations, or just scrapped?

True - time will tell if 3D printing solves all the problems we have getting parts. 100 years from now when all the original Willys MBs are either gone or only billionaires can afford them, maybe if we want to bop around town in one we can just print one off. Amazing times we live in.

Oh, okay. I was just going to "borrow" them from PENNDOT on the trip up. I figured there's always a thousand work areas along I-81, who's going to miss half a dozen cones? :)

Not specifically - there are yards that have some leftover WWII armor in them, and dealers with some WWII armor parts, but armored vehicles are few and far between anymore in salvage yards. There are lots more parts available for them than there are vehicles to put them on. And like you said...

And I thought I was the truck packing expert - that's a heckuva load mushed into that Blazer....

Okay, great, thanks! What about the post-war jeeps I mentioned? Are the body tubs swapable for the most part, between them?

Was there any appreciable differences in the frame design between the WWII Willys MB/GPW, the CJ2A/3A, and the M38? Or for the most part, are they the same?

You guys are doing a fantastic job bringing my ol M37 back to life! The rear crossmember was bent before I bought it in 2010. The only thing I can think happened to it was a previous owner tried pulling out something, like a stump, that didn't want to budge. You know all those people who...

Have a few CUCV M1009s in the area I am looking at, relatively-rust free units which I like, but two of them have IP issues, and will probably require rebuild. Do any of you recommend anybody who rebuilds these pumps, good job for a good price? I priced new injection pumps from NAPA and...

Back to the topic at hand and not wanting to talk about ya'lls personal problems... I have seen the Swench manual impact wrench in operation and I swear by it. They are currently marketed under the Power Hawk name, I believe they were originally a Curtiss-Wright Tools product. They come in...

Very nice work!

Remember, it's a military truck. Don't be too fussy, half the paint jobs done in the military were done by privates with paint rollers in one hand and beers in the other. If it looks too nice, it won't be original.