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August 8th, 2009. Dear Will: Grab one of the HEMTT covers if you must, but I would suggest making the cover with a hinge (piano type) across from left to right on the center line, you'll have to work a seal out for it, but it should hinge or flip under while the main back panel flips over...

August 3rd, 2009. Getting the SF-97 can be a pain...... I bought an M105A2 Cargo Trailer last May (2008) at Norman, OK and have yet to pry the SF-97 outta GL. I'm about ready to take the bill of sale from GL and try to run it as a never sold or titled vehicle over forty years of age...

August 5th, 2009. My trucks carry plates in TExas (because I didn't know about the regulations noted above), but they exempted them from inspection as they are former military trucks. Both are rated picks, both the Unimog and the Deuce, and I do carry copies of the regulations with...

August 5,2009. Michigandon; The gate ain't gonna work...a 10 or 12' gate is preferable. If you can locate used 95+% tread tires they are about $100.00 each, get M+S not NDT's or you will develop a new religious attitude in the winter on pavement. The NDT and NDCC's are poor mud tires and...

July 9th, 2009. Dear Joe C.: I have got a local top guy working on reproducing the Swiss top using Korean War/Early Vietnam War 18OZ OD Canvas obtained from Beachwood Canvas Works. So far we have gotten the rear wall pretty much done, including the original type of snap...

May 24th, 2009. Big Cores/Radiators cost big money, but sooner or later every one of our trucks are going to have this part fail, so if your plans include working the truck hard, either go for new or a really heavy duty recore. Unfortunately the army never saw fit to go for sectional cores...

May 24th, 2009. Dear Jinx: The bent back tube on the left hand end of the air wiper is the exhaust. Cover the one up on your working wiper and it will stop too! I suspect some little critters decide to plug up your vent for you, so get the ol' wire out and hop to it!:-D Cheers...

May 17th, 2009. Dear DABTL: There's an antique car show in Paris, TX at the Love Civic Center on June 13th (June 14th Rain Date), sponsered by the Red River Valley Antique auto club. The show is to help raise money for a Veterans Memorial Gate to be built at the...

May 14th, 2009. Thanks Brian, mine got in yesterday evening and I'm pretty certain the UPS guy wasn't enjoying life manhandling that box over to the front fender of the deuce!:-D You are gonna save a lotta old guys from getting torn up by their trucks (which we all love so well...

May 9th, 2009. At least it had a "U" in the description, but somehow I don't think that the CUCV was ever considered to be a true submersible..... Remember to open the door panels and air all those spaces out, otherwise you'll have a Katrina mobile. (It will be od inside with mold)...

May 6th, 2009. Just ask yourself what the results might be if you have a wheel bearing failure on a deuce at any speed, both from your viewpoint and the viewpoints of the other drivers? I've seen a few Chinese steam locomotives run in the US, some with very odd maintenance failures...

MAy 6th, 2009. Looks like Ferro has a saleable idea..... ANY of our parts guys listening? Cheers, Kyle F. McGrogan 1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare":-D 1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog S.404.114:razz: 1968 Johnson Corp M105A2 Cargo Trailer;-) 1967 Hercules MEP023A Gas Gen...

April 26th, 2009. :?: Gentlemen: A while back I heard from the owner of my 1961 USMC M422A1 who lives down in Philadelphia, Pa and still has the mite I sold him back in the 1980's or early 1990. The hood number was, I believe, USMC304575 or something near it. If...

April 21st, 2009. Watch the guages, use the hand throttle (and really watch the tach on downgrades), break the trip up an you may survive. Your tail will be numb and you'll be deaf even with the hearing protectors, but if the truck and you make it, it will be a story for your kids...

April 20th, 2009. Dear APBLOOM: Keep me in mind when you get to the split valve components for the M35A2 brakes, to convert to ESP standards. We old West Virginians have a fearsome respect for loss of any of the hydraulic side components on the deuce..... I can live with the...

April 16th, 2009. 1963 Swiss Unimog S404.114's are a snap.... they are so old they just about won't be compliant with anything modern, BUT they are antiques and were road legal there..... My S404.114 still has the Swiss yellow stop lights, and it passed inspection in Texas...... Then I found...

April 8th, 2009.:razz: I think you guys forgot Jeep Corporation, for they took over Kaiser Jeep's Contract later in 1971 then my M35A2 "Saddam's NIghtmare" according to David Doyle and Carnac, she was built in June 1971 as an M35A2 Wo/W, standard LDS 465 NT, White engine with the block cast...

March 28th, 2009. At least its an SEE, the parts should be around here in the states to repair the front axle, and scrounging should turn up the other parts. SEE's get more grief then they should, but in my humble opinion, once you get it repaired, it should outlast the owner with...

MAY 16th, 2009 - Paris, Texas, Sam Bell Maxey House :-D March 15th, 2009. "To Defend and Protect" The Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site, Paris, Texas!! :-D:-D:-D:-D Reminder.... This is next Saturday, May 16th, 2009. The tours and events Saturday are FREE!!!! The tours of the House...

March 14th, 2009. GO FOR THE TRAILER!!!! I tried to tow a Mighty Mite on a dolly from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia with the shafts on, it can't be done! I ended up getting a Uhaul truck and car trailer because the Mighty Mites won't tow dolly or not. Just pick it up and stick it in your M35A2...