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In addition to what reloader64/Scott said above, LoneStar MVPA is a local (to central Texas) car club for MV owners. We do a lot of parades and other events. Here is our website - http://www.lonestar-mvpa.org/index.htm Cheers

Coming back from a touch-a-truck event for kids in Burnet, TX on Saturday. Looking over the hood of the M931A2 at Reloader64's M813 and Pawnshop's M1009. In the mirror, my better half driving the M1009 with an M416, and her sister driving the M1028A2. I chastise myself for taking pictures...

I'm guessing you are referring to the M1009 in your signature? If they are the mounts near the doors, you can actually reach up inside the panel from below and get a vice-grip on the back of the riv-nut to hold it while you get the bolt out. It's not real easy, and can induce frustration and...

As stated above, the vehicle can be in excellent condition, but of a type being phased out of service, so no expenditure to maintain them is authorized. When I visited my son's motor pool on Camp Pendleton in 2011, they had several M931A2 tractors that were in beautiful shape, but all were...

These are embarkation codes, on USMC vehicles. They are usually stenciled near or on the right front corner of the vehicle. I got this information from my Marine combat engineer son. As noted above, C/C is Condition Code - E indicates that the equipment is only to be repaired if the expense...

Much as I like the trailers (and covet the M1095!), the truck is an M813, and ....well...., it's an M813! Cheers

This is a real dog fight! Last month's competition drew a rather pathetic total of 28 votes, but this month we have 64 votes so far, and it isn't over yet! Cheers

One thing to keep in mind is that there are only around twenty V100s known to be in private hands in the US, restored and unrestored. There are probably a few lurkers hidden away in barns somewhere. There used to be quite a few Vs in police use, but they have mostly been retired due to age...

That state just gets more and more bizarre! Cheers

Yes, I was a Marine. I was always interested in accurately documenting markings because I was a model builder in my youth. My sons were also Marines. Son-the-elder was a combat engineer and heavy truck driver (LVSR MKR-16) with 1st CEB, so I was allowed access to his motor pool on Camp...

On most USMC Humvees the markings are painted on, some had stickers but they tended to peel. For unit repaint, the USMC stencil comes precut, with the letters closer together than can be done with brass stencils, and a different style M, but regular brass stencils are sometimes used. Number...

Kenn, since you indicated you are applying for a FMV plate, this isn't necessary for you, but I'll add it anyway for other folks who might read the thread. Texas will let you register a military vehicle by any number/letter combination painted (or stickered) anywhere on the vehicle if it is...

The other-than-authorized "reassignment of Government assets" is very common amongst the services. ;) It is also possible that the Navy actually legally acquired the Mule, but that doesn't sound like nearly as good a tale. Usually, to get the truth of the matter you'd have to find the actual...

How about 383 with new safety tape and door decal? Maybe yellow tape? That would look cool and less civilian. ;-) Cheers

The best ride I ever had in the M813 was when the Guard donated some surplus bottled water to us, because they didn't have room to store it. At the end of a show on Camp Mabry, they asked "Hey, can we donate some left over water to y'all to get it out of our way?" I told them "Sure!". They...

Yep, the way Lemay set it up, SAC tended to have their own world! The "dots or not" are both in period active duty photos, I never fully trust restoration photos because folks often don't do proper research. ;-) Unfortunately, that goes for museums too. :roll: East Texas, same state but...

On the topic of dots/periods - that is one thing the Air Force was inconsistent about on application - roughly half the vehicles I have collected pictures of are marked U.S. and the other half are marked U S Tudorp, whereabouts in Texas? Cheers

Chevpol's M151 is so very nice, he got my vote. I really like M151s, and I drove them in the Marines last century. I hope to see it and the M109 (M185?) in the running on here again. Thank you to those who voted and commented on the V100. That vehicle took 3.5 years of my spare time, and was...

Most welcome! Here is some more information. The Air Force always amuse me on how absolutely detailed they get on this kind of stuff - the markings manual runs 114 pages! I don't have a copy of Mil-STD-1223, that may be where the font type is to be found. Cheers

Here is the marking size direct from the USAF vehicle paint and marking manual. I'll root further into it, I believe I read the font type, I just need to find it again. Cheers