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June 21st, 2010. cyamaha2007: Age, in a deuce, is almost irrelevant in the above discuission, it's moree important how it was used, maintained, and it's general overall condition. Ask yourself, how many civillian Light and Medium trucks do you see hauling freight and running on the...

June 20th, 2010. Mudstone: Old man, you might want to wait to get your M35's down here...... 1. Texas is much better climatewise for an M35 (no rock salt on the road in the winters) and 2. much more favorable to MV's.... I don't know about OK, but Texas is...

June 20th, 2010. Different. A Russian Godfather's ride..........................:driver:

June 18th, 2010. Geez, HardCorps79, we're gonna miss you around here.....! How long do you think you're gonna be able to hold out before the OD Iron bug bites again?aua Ever consider getting a nicely restored M38A for going to work in? It ought to at least be good for some comments on the...

June 18th, 2010. BETTER find a deuce with absolutely no oil leaks anywhere, or the EPA and the Coast Guard will be having a fit, and probably the Corps of Engineers too, unless they're all tied up with BP's Deepwater Horizon accident right now......!:idea:

June 18th, 2010. I kinda think that the .30 cal negates the Red Cross on the door, and the driver would be rather busy driving and firing, unless he's Rambo......... Just my .o2 worth, the other expedients seem to be more plausible mounted on the passenger side..... :razz:

June 18th, 2010. Gents: It looks like the trip with the duece and trailer to Springfield will occur the week of June 29-July 2nd, 2010. Right now the deuce is getting the radiator flushed, new hoses, new compressor belt, axle bearing packings checked, and brakes adjusted...

June 15th, 2010. NDT: In Lamar County, the Almighty himself could bring in a legitmately titled ex MV, and the courthouse ladies would have a bird! They went crazy because my 1963 Swiss Unimog, titled in Illinois, did not have enough serial number digits in its SN! The deuce, titled in...

June 13th, 2010. You gotta love those Texas courthouse ladies... THEY will make your day. The other day I went down to the CH here in Lamar Co, to see what the ladies wanted to get a set of plates and a title for the M105A2 I bought from GL up in Norman, OK in May of 2008. Bill of sale, police...

June 13th, 2010. Eve of Destruction Deuce: Check with Rick, give him a call during the week, he can most likely correct or create a special set just for you with whatever information you may need. WilL Wagner was also doing some stencil cutting work on here....:D Good Luck.

June 13th, 2010. Have a BIG truckload of money. There's a fellow down here in Texas, Brent Mullins Jeep Parts, that deals in military vehicles and jeeps, and I do belive he has either M101 or M105 Howitzers from Greece (US issue Units) for sale demilled....... There's a...

June 13th, 2010. I do believe Rick Larsen at Rick Larsen's Military Stencils has the requisite stencil set(s) you are looking for listed in his online catalog under "Oilboard Stencils".....:D

June 8th, 2010. :ditto: Recovery 4X4 and Heaveysteven above. A well maintained M818 should be able to handle 3,000 miles with resonable care, my M35A2 in the icons gonna be tried for at least two 1500 mile trips this month if all works out right. If she survives, I'll report it on here.

June 4th, 2010. RGdl: Congrats on the truck, condolences on the bureaucrats.....aua Down here in the states, we have what is known as 49CFR 471-7(c), which states as regards safety and emissions regulations that these vehicles ONLY have to meet their original construction specifications and...

June 2nd, 2010. Truely the luck of the Irish.......! :drool::drool::drool::drool: A very nice find and a true discussion piece. I didn't know that there were half tracks out there that looked that good....... Good Luck on the new machine.:beer:

June 2nd, 2010. I do seem to remember seeing photos of the remains of an A-10 that was buried in Kuwait or Saudi Arabia during the first or early second Gulf War, the plane had been sieved pretty good, like some of the B-17's of WWII, but it got it's pilot home in one piece. There...

June 1st, 2010. SmokeyDoD: So far the unit seems to have the various drive adapters and torque multiplier from the factory. I'll look it iver again tomorrow (as I don't have it yet), but the plug is distinctly a NATO type, as it seems to have a large diameter rubber plug, which as a dual...

June 1st, 2010. Thanks Emmado22: It's apparently an older version of the 2150 series..... I'd hate to see what Uncle paid for it new....:shock:

June 1st, 2010. The better is always the enemy of the good. We have learned again and again, sometimes the newest technology doesn't always work as well as what it replaced.... An F-4 was a heck of a fighter, but it couldn't do what an AD1 Spad could do in Vietnam...loiter and...

June 1st, 2010. Kenny: The Unit is a 1/2 square drive unit, metal box lid is marked: 19207 ASSY 1238461 MFR-88174 VWE-315 No manual in box, various sockets and adapters for drive from 1/2" to 3/4" to 1", it also has a breaker bar and socket wrench, torque...