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No. no paint has been applied to either one of the Federals. Before my surgery I was trying to get the Mead Morrison/Gar Wood US6 crane sorted out, but of course that is on hold now too.
I had a bit of a surprise in September when some tests revealed I needed a triple bypass surgery ! The recovery is quite lengthy so that put the kabosh to any plans I had to travel to Pennsylvania and work on the 10 ton for the rest of the year. However thanks to John Gott there has been some...
Now that it is running good I say take a break from the M123A1C and put your efforts back into the M125. That will give you plenty of time to decide on paint/no paint.
I realized last week that the 24087 is the actual paint code that is referenced on the 1968 Mack order sheet. So this is definitely the correct paint for this truck.
We will be in good company at Macungie, with John Gott's 1942 Ward LaFrance 1000 Series 2 M1 wrecker, and the Wheels of Liberation Collection's 1942 Diamond T 981 prime mover. We will be at the show Thursday thru Saturday.
It's not done, but it is done enough ! All the big stuff is on, including the spare tire and that big heavy (200+ lbs) winch pulley assembly. We also removed the metal top as the front of it is pretty fubared where it had been previously welded to the windshield frame. There are no tail lights...
A lot of cleaning, sanding, painting, and assembly has been going on. Most of the big stuff is on. Still a lot of things to do but we are looking good for Macungie on Thursday. The M123A1C is starting to look like Army issue again.
Thank David. That puts the drain plug towards the frame on the passenger side. My truck was plumbed to run off of one tank years ago. the passenger side tank was removed.
Got the new windshield frames painted yesterday and installed today. Now we will be taking a break for a week or so to attend the ATHS truck show in Harrisonburg Virginia and visit with friends.
This one will have singles on the rear, and the off set of the wheels we are using perfectly match the front track. I'm not sure if these wheels were custom made or came off something else, but we won't have any width issues.
I really just worked opposite sides of it and let it cool down between welds. The plate I used was 1/8”, same as the fenders so I didn’t have any warpage issues.
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