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I haven’t applied power to mine either. Same reason. One of these days I suck it up and hook it up.

Almost forgot to ask, do you have power to your VIC 1?

I have three of the resin guns. Kids love them as well. When they ask to shoot them, I tell them they are movie props and they can’t be fired. That seems to make them happier.

I’m fortunate to have a big arsed barn to store my M35’s in. So far, knock on wood, the little monsters have only chewed up a candy bar wrapper that I missed after a parade. I much appreciate any photos you can take. I’m by far not an expert on these trucks. I also let my inner 19 year old have...

Getting ready for this year’s events. I’ve been wanting to paint my gun mounts and this year, I’m doing it. I don’t recall which trucks that painted their mounts red but I like the look. Pics:

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

I have both. One truck has the ether start and the others all have the manifold fuel igniter system.

I’ve got no way of verifying if this is an issue but what type of cold weather start aid is installed? I’ve got trucks with two types. The first is the easy one, an ether start canister. I’d have to read the book on its characteristics but I don’t think it’d be an issue. If you have the other...

So are they running straight ATF? Or are they mixing it with something else? When I bought my M52A2, unbeknownst to me, the tanks were full of unfiltered used motor oil. The truck started, ran, drove and shutdown normally. I’m still finding crud in my fuel lines and tank.

It’s been a while since the last post. I found a new air cleaner

Not off the top of my head. I’ll dig out my references and see if they say. Problem: the pictures are in black and white. Might be difficult to tell what color they were.

I know of two AF gun trucks. Hangman and Hangman II. Both belonged to a Red Horse Squadron (possibly the 819th). They are in James Lyle’s books.

That is one awesome gun truck! You really did a great job on it!

Nice! I bet the kids loved the truck! Looks like I need to get busy on my truck. No parades until July but it’s never good to wait till the last minute. You did an awesome job! When you set up your VIC 1, please get some pictures. It’s high time I got mine working.

If I may be so bold, you are recreating a gun truck originally built by 18 and 19 year olds with what ever materials they could find. They took trucks out of service, slapped some made up armor on it, stole, borrowed, black marketed automatic weapons by whatever means were necessary to arm their...

Looking good!

A full lockup seems to indicate a central point of failure. You indicated you’ve rebuilt the master cylinder? If so, might want to pull it and verify the parts you put in stayed where they’re supposed to be. If the master cylinder is good to go, check the air pack. When’s the last time it was...

Someday, I really want to restore a flying machine. If it’s got an eggbeater on top, even better. Cool project!

I have a spin on filter on my 1009. Super simple modification. I removed the box type filter and installed the filter mount. The mounts came off a diesel powered Chevy Suburban. That truck had a complete system and included a water strainer/detector and the screw on type filter mount. I kept all...

I’ve got a S250 shelter and a XM105E3 IIRC. Looks like you helped solve my dilemma.