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The M880's did not have Dodge stamped on the tailgate, Civilian Dodges of those years had a "Dodge" decal. The supply of replacement tailgates through Mopar had plenty of older ones with Dodge stamped into them.
Used to be able to find NOS front bumpers for $100-$200
all I found was aftermarket...
If you have a vehicle with Michigan Army National Guard unit markings, or Reserve unit markings.
That would be the one to bring. I'm planning to bring my M36A2 as it came from a Michigan unit. 1075th Maint in Da Up Eh?
Hey, I enjoyed the show!
I drove 160 miles in rain & wind to arrive in the early afternoon Friday.
It didn't rain the whole time I was there. John let me play with his awesome M936
Kept hearing "It looked like rain" or "it was cold", as to why they left their MV at home or just didn't come...
At the request of the base command, the MICHIGAN MVPA is coordinating an Historic Military Vehicle Display for Camp Grayling’s 100th Birthday Celebration
This event is open to all Historic Military Vehicle's as well as Military Living History Displays. Pre-registration is required...
bumping for
Chris Schmidt
Volunteers of America Michigan
“stand down for homeless veterans”
at Adado River Front Park on May 22nd
contact: Chris Schmidt cschmidt@voami.org
Veterans Memorial Park of North East Michigan
has requested MV's to be displayed for their event on 29 June 2013 at their park in Oscoda, MI
at the former Wurtsmith AFB entrance.
Yes, it is unfortunate that Clare was recently scheduled on top of the Oscoda show.
The Oscoda show date was determined last fall by the Wurtsmith Air Museum FlyIn.
The Clare show has been on the 3 different weekends in August, It had been the 4th weekend from 97-06, 07-11 were on the 3rd...
75-77 W series Dodge are rev rotation.
78-93 W series Dodge are std rotation.
A note about the rebuilt power steering gear box, they do not come with a pitman arm! and the one from the manual box won't work on it.
Operation Homefront
May 18th Grand Ledge
http://www.operationhomefront.net/centralgreatlakes/
contact: sherri.beck@operationhomefront.net
Volunteers of America Michigan
“stand down for homeless veterans”
at Adado River Front Park on May 22nd
contact: Chris Schmidt cschmidt@voami.org
Mario,
These trucks all left the factory in green.
End use determined if they had camo applied
MERDC was the pattern of the era
3 color NATO came later
The M888's are a rare bird, as I said above, never seen one camo'd. That doesn't mean they never were.
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