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October 27th, 2012.. Did somebody say "Bob a DUKW?" The first guy that takes a surviving DUKW and bobs it needs to be neutered so he can't reproduce those defective genes.... Just my opinion, but I will be pleased to bring a very unsanitary Civil War Bowie knife and perform the said...

October 26th, 2012. The OP's obviously not a politician, otherwise he'd want that blackout light working so he could sneak into his girlfriend's drive without all the neighbors seeing him! Good point, Doghead! I guess the man has never, ever needed a blackout headlight at any time in his life...

October 26th, Being that you decreased the voltage by half, I hope you doubled the size of the alternator and all the truck wiring, because to get 12VDC electricals to work at anything like the deuces 24 VDC's capacities, you are going to double the amperage! AND the 24 VDC system components...

October 25th, 2012. Ma Duce: Next time you are in Springfield on a Friday to Tuesday, come on over to the Lincoln Home NHS and I will get you a grand tour, and you can visit my Unimog S404.114. I guess I'll leave it on the "B" class plate for now, as I can see not restrictions on its use...

October 25th, 2012. Definitely not the usual tailor's shops one sees on the M105's.......:-?

October 24th, 2012. I may be too late, but you can also add Excursions and Suburbabns of all types to be removed from the property, and Blazers and Broncos too, as they are all built on "Truck" chassis... This should make a lot of your neighbors involved on your side if their oxes are getting...

October 24th, 2012. Interesting! The CUCV Ambulances that were being sold new by GM in 2007 had the AC and a CD player in them with AM-FM Radio, pretty rare as stock for a new military truck I would guess. You could probably use those numbers for your parts.....:beer:

October 24th, 2012. Unless its got a two speed rear end, doubtfull on a military spec truck, 45 will be about all you might hope for, as that was the normal road speed back then.And, if it has the stovebolt six in it, be aware that a couple of RPMs above the balancing speed, it will take...

October 23rd, 2012. Technically, when the OP altered the deuce, he did not, and could not, legally reduce the gross and tare weights of the original truck, even though he removed one axle and altered the bed. Granted, the truck could no longer carry 2-1/2 to 5 tons, but the law can only...

October 23rd, 2012. Pretty impressive video, probably too narrow for a Unimog, though. What post submersion work, when you take an Iltis that deep, do you have to do to get the vehicle in roadworthy condition, do you have to do afterwards?:?

October 21st, 2012. Not a bad mounting setup, but I hope you used security bolts, as air horns and bells are the things that we find disappear off of locomotives most often. I will be interested to see what the State Police do about those when you are on the highway, even not using them, as...

October 20th, 2012. It may be that your truck was rebuilt in 1977 from an older truck by ConDeco, as they did a lot of work on Dodge flightline tankers for the AF, so very likely they did rebuild contracts for the Army too. They did one experimental deuce with diesel electric drive and 6...

October 18th, 2012. Then win the lottery! As none of them are gonna be cheap, and the parts will make MB Unimog parts look cheap in price by comparison.[thumbzup] Good luck, however!

October 18th, 2012. Run over in a deuce? There's an oxymoron for you! Maryland may have that idiotic regulation in their registration code, but if they were taken to Federal court, it would never stand up as all vehicles have to be grandfathered in. Even Ford Model "T"'s. If they do anything...

October 16th, 2012. Looks like the Multifuel 2500 RPM genie got out of the can again!:sad: I always figured anytime you push it over 2000 RPM, each mile or minute is one less left on the block, because NONE of these trucks were originally expected to exceed 45 MPH, especially with the original...

October 15th, 2012. Congratulations Joeinderry: You have just learned the horrible secret of owning a deuce... You ARE invisible to many inductance circuit stop light controllers, NO it's not due to your diesel engine, Yes, your vehicle sits too high to generate the necessary signals.....:o...

October 14th, 2012. CaptainJohn: While you are at it, remember in Illinois you are going to need to add weight increases to your driver's license, because a deuce is at 13,500 tare and 23500 gross weight. Your standard drivers license is only good for 16,000GVW and if you are stopped by...

October 13th, 2012. I come down on the side of minimal, reversible modifications, only because my Unimog managed to destroy three M_B mechanical fuel pumps in 3 months due to the darned elthanol the twits in Illinois feel must be in their gasoline. No 1963 Mercedes gas anything was ever...

October 12th, 2012. Rolling 18: The older Unimogs, like my S404.114 Swiss are fairly reasonable, not over powered, most parts are reasonable for Mercedes, just don't bend the cab sheet metal or life gets worse. The new U1300L's are pricey, but if I had the choice between a HMMWV, I'd pick...

October 9th, 2012. Rolling 18: Permit me to apologize for the tone up above, but back in West Virginia, where deuces are often still used as logging trucks, to bend the tie rods on a stump would admit you to a rare and very much harassed majority of deuce drivers known as "Stump Jumpers"...