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There's a meme in Hot Rod Magazine I've always been fond of - "dare to be different". Lemme tell ya, you can't be more different than wanting to restore a fire/rescue truck! Subscribed, I'm gonna like following this resto...

Was sent this the other day by another member. Great website with lots of .pdf manuals on military radios, teletypes, antennas, test equipment, mics, speakers, hand/head sets, power supplies, etc. Most of them are older rigs from the 1940s through 1980s, a few newer. But most importantly, a...

Well, after over a month, the weekend pictures are finally up on the Torsk website for all to see. Lots of work got done, and also 5 USS Torsk veterans showed up to help out, which is always great to see. The pics are available to see here...

I think to get "original" OD coyote will have to find a standard hard top, that plywood job looks odd, it has to go. I'm surprised it even survived in the Pacific NW long without rotting.

That's what I get for losing my copy of David Doyle's Standard Catalog of US Military Vehicles. I knew one of them had singles and one had duals, I guess I got them switched. Were the singles 11.00x20s? Or just standard 9.00x20s?

Those M47s are a rare bird these days, only a few still exist. Plan to restore back to completely original? That would mean dual NDTs in the rear, you need the side boards in the dump bed, too. Also, did the dumps come with a hard top standard? Or was it soft top only back in the 1950s?

Looks awesome! I like it, I would have preferred a little more "patina" to give it that rat rod look, but otherwise very cool. Looks better than this deuce hot rod...

That thing is AWESOME! Hope to see that truck in person someday....

Let's bring it up for air for some of our newer members, or our older members with new rides!

Question for AMG - are you replacing the broken spring pack with another take-out, or are you taking the pack to a spring shop to be repaired?

Looks great! Nothing beats an electronics/radio shelter all restored and operational...

Sigh...I miss the days when our combat ships had big guns on them. Now they look like a B-movie prop and fight the enemy with harsh language.

A tracked vehicle on rocky ground will throw a track in short order. Rausch Creek and tracked vehicles, even if RC staff say okay, isn't a good combination. If this were Haspin or GA rally, where there aren't many rocks, I'd say otherwise. But I really don't think someone with a $100K tracked...

It looks like a general purpose power supply, not meant for any specific radio set, in order to power 12 and 24V DC radios with 115 AC household voltage. There are units throughout the 1950s to the 1980s that did this, most are heavy beasts because the transformers inside needed to convert the...

Can you take a couple pics of it?

Had a great time again, always a blast at Rausch Creek. The weather was good, we were able to have a campfire this time, and noone's truck got seriously damaged. One gent had to go to the hospital for an injury sustained while wrenching in the parking lot, but after a short hospital visit he...

Packed up for the most part - have to stay around here until 1pm, I have to work at the family farm around noon and get things squared away tractor-wise since I won't be there this weekend to do it. Have to stop in Frederick MD on the way up to pay a bill. Should be there around 5pm or so...

Some folks have brought campers with them for convenience, however I will say this: MV owners tend to be pretty rugged folks. If you can't handle a little cool weather and some very modest sleeping quarters in the back end of your trucks, what are you doing? I will be coming up a little later...

Yay! The M105 trailer is full height!

Got any road cones? Put out a bunch of road cones and run the rope/whatever along the tops of the cones.