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September 25th, 2009. Gents: I recieved a gallon of "Canvak" yesterday and really applied it with the brush to the UNimog top (see original post above), so far the truck seems to be sheding water like a duck's back, and it even smells like the top on my old M422A1...

September 23rd, 2009. David Pizzoferrato at WeeBee Webbing is restoring a PBR up in Ohio.... I wish him lots of luck and he'll definitely make a statement on the Ohio River. I'd rater stick to Army LT or ST tugs myself. Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan:-D

September 20th, 2009. USAFSS-ColdWarrior: Pity I didn't know you were out in San Angelo, as I was out there in February 2009 giving at talk to the Civil War Roundtable on Confederate General Sam Bell Maxey. My observation in East Texas is most LEO's will leave a deuce or a Unimog alone...

September 20th, 2009. All Kidding aside gentlemen: If Awwwwhnold can have his Austrian Army M60 in Ca., where drinking straws are registered weapons, there have been any number of tanks been let go by Uncle Sam in the past, usually with a demilled, thermited main maount bore, for various...

September 19th, 2009. Thanks for the input guys. The canvas has had a time this week, what with all the rain. One day it would resist downpours, other days it wouldn't resist mists and light rains, other days it soak through on either. Unlike most military collector vehicles this is...

September 29th, 2009. Dear USAFSS-ColdWarrior: From looking at the wording of the changes to the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Codes, the seat belt law above applies only to smaller the 16 Passenger Vans, not to the Deuce and a Half. The Question is, between your insurance company and the fact...

September 19th, 2009. Thank you USAFSS-ColdWarrior: Giving credit where credit is due, you know most of us would love to have an M-60, and the honeyfugle is from West Virginia, my home, I just happen to be hiding out in Texas until me and my trucks end up somewhere else. Sometimes its just...

September 19th, 2009. Dear Frodo Baggins: Beyond it's being "International Talk Like a Pirate Day", you, sir, have located the ultimate lawn ornament!:-D There are brothers on here having trouble with their neighbors and with inane City ordinance that won't permit a deuce to be kept. While...

September 18th, 2009. Anyone found a way to make Beachwood OD cab paulin canvas (new) watertight enough to survive six days of rain outside??? My 1963 S.404.114 Unimog Swiss Cargo carrier has just had a new canvas top made out of the WWII/Korean War color canvas, and the spray waterproofer...

September 18th, 2009. Dear SixSpeed: Nice DOKA Unimog...... mine's just a plain Swiss S404.114 Cargo/Troop carrier, but I run her every day. I was going to hunt up some photos of the Deuce and M105A2 I have, but that would be overkill. One thing about M105A2's, they are so...

September 18th, 2009. If you guys are taking the cab doors off, you must use a wheel barrow to haul the family jewels around.... I can't imagine the weight o the doors. And if your west coasts have a really old bolt in the outer mirror support hinge joint..... you bump somthing and that...

September 18th, 2009. Cheers for Recovery 4x4's thought (Way to go, Kenny:not worthy:)! I do believe that my 1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" may have the simpler bracket as it is normally aspirated and pretty simple. BUT...... I'll have to wait a coupla days while my 6 days o...

September 18th, 2009. Cool Mirrors! BUT I wouldn't want to drive in rural Texas or any city with them!!! I'm so ruined by the West Coast Mirrors on my M35A2 and elephant ear mirrors on my Unimg.... That I HATE driving my wife's Jeep 2006 Wrangler Unlimited cause the mirros...

September 18th, 2009. Jeez, quit yer griping, Guys! Ask yourself how rare a U.S. Army FWD COE radio truck, bus or whatever the heck this critter was compared to the CCKW's, M135,M211's M35A-'s, and figure that there's nothing on that body that can't be rebuilt with enough sheet...

September 13th, 2009. On my M35A2 "Saddam's Nightmare" built in 1971 by Kaiser Jeep, several things pointed to the 1989/1990 rebuild date. 1. Data Plate hand stamped, with no builder data (E.. "Kaiser Jeep" on it); 2. rebuild tags on most major components of the drive train.;3. 686A...

September 13th, 2009. What the multifuel will burn as fuel will total out any modern diesel engine, its the mass and the rpms involved that destroys the engine along with poor or no maintenance. When you think about it, the deuce is little removed from a Ford Model T or A in technology, yet 82...

September 13th, 2009. Dear Drjconley: In addition to what coyotegray has said above about the hooking up of your generator and the need for a transfer switch, permit me to emphasize the need for the transfer switch. The best transfer switch set-up on your house service entrance would or...

September 12th, 2009. Dear Stumps: On thinking more about it, the navy grey ones are almost never seen, but you could humor a couple of the old guys on here if you used U.S.Air Force Strata Blue, which does make a striking vehicle, particularly in gloss or semi gloss (How...

September 12th, 2009. Cranetruck: I'd pull the oil pan, check the bearings and caps, and rebuild whatever shows wear, because that will cost you less the a catastrophic failure. The one thing most people overlook, is the mass of the rotating components in these large diesel engines.... when...

September 12th, 2009. Dear Stumps: Regrettably, I do seem to have raised your fur above. If you NEED a 6X6 to do whatever it is you do, you're kinda limited due to the price range you're working in.... So I guess you may have to live with a deuce. There are some...