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Exactly. Not to mention, cutting one axle off you lose the "pusher" axle that helps power you through rough spots when offroad. All the deuces I've seen at rallies that get stuck in the easy stuff, always seem to be the bobbed trucks. On one hand, it's the owner's trucks, they can do with...

Yes, but are there any commercial tires in a more modern size that would fit those rims as a suitable replacement? Saw a M123 recently that had new looking commercial truck tires on them, and the original rims were in place.

Can we nominate vehicles we USED to have?

Only time we had an MB on the trails with us was in fall 2008. It did well on the weekend...

Recovery must have been in Australia. That was a long recovery trip!

Couple pics I found using Google. Hope they help.

Been a while since our fearless leader shenkmen has chimed into this thread, hope he's still planning on leading this motley crew! :)

Same here, and ditto on the fading away. The organizers have made too many excuses over the years, now they are going to pay for it.

Looks awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OYKd8SVrI

Just a small update to this thread - went to Gilbert PA show last weekend and had a great time. While my funds were low, I still was able to manage to find something for the shelter project. One seller had this rack mounted storage cabinet, built for Tobyhanna Army Depot, CY(7181)/G. It...

Great pics of SrJeepers old deuce and Vietnam display! Someday I'll get back to it, as a tribute to my friend and Vietnam-era veteran....

Love this build! Not sure how long it has taken for you to get to this point (you started the thread on 9-7-14 and I doubt you got all this done in the past 3 weeks), but you're making great progress! BTW - love the bumper mounted Wilton vise. And many others love it to. That vise is...

Many thanks, will pass it along.

Old fart (well, Frank is olDER), no computer and no desire to learn how to use one. All the info about rallies and upcoming events I have to pass along to him, if he doesn't learn it through MV mag. Why, DH, you don't trust me to act as a suitable ambassador of SS to others? :)

Sources for the LeRoi engines would be appreciated, and I'd pass them on. He is willing, I should say, to yank the existing tranny unit and replace with whatever works best, even an automatic.

I have a buddy west of here who isn't on Steel Soldiers, he owns a M123 tractor, one of the early ones with the LeRoi gas motor in it. The truck is in nice shape, but the motor suffered a detonation many years ago, so there is a hole in the block, and the rest of the motor got scavenged for...

I had one of those set up at Rausch Creek in fall 2010. It was HEAVY, and required more than one person to set up without messing up your back. Just warning you.

Awesome concept - subscribed as well!

To be fair, yes there were probably a few purchased by GSA and used on base as "grocery getters" just around the base. However, it would have remained in civilian paint jobs, not repainted a subdued color and doctored up with a lot of tactical options. I have also seen an IH Scout and a Ford...

To my knowledge the Jeep Commando was never used by any branch of the US service, nor by any foreign military either. It's probably just a hobbyist who had a Commando, and painted it to "play the role". Like the guys who paint CJ-2As and CJ-3As to portray a M38, or those who use their CJ-5s to...