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$500 opening bid, no bidders as of this posting , ends 13SEP24 ... has its share of issues but very clean truck on the cheap
IHC s/n #3306 , blt 21sep53
https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/298930
Nothing more than the positioning of the existing OEM parts.
Referencing the M39-series 5-Ton gassers (M139, M51, M52, M54, M62 etc) , there are early-mid 1950's online gov't pictures featuring new gassers with upper-quadrant headlights.. This was quite surprising to me since I had previously...
This work has been on the back burner since 2008 .. Subject matter is a M49C tanker body and i just finished replacing all seals and bearings in the distribution pump .. Hand-made new gaskets with a large roll of FelPro gasket material I've had for a long time and obtained a new chunk of...
My manual is dated Apr78 .. On the first descriptive page it lists the production of M880/890's from 1975 to 1977, all on a 1975-dated gov't contract .. The parts listings indicate 1975, 76, 77 where parts are different between the years , such as grilles, lower valances, radiator supports...
I had two M49C's but sold the tank off one of them thus I no longer have another pump to look at.. My TM doesn't show enough detail.. The pump is made by Jackson and has differently-designed vanes than the superceded replacement, the latter made for the newer Blackmer-built version ..
The old...
All are of the same jeep .. Note rivets and other features, doesn't fit so well around the lower front door openings .. Perhaps homemade? What do you think?
Below: Apparently dad needs to check spare tire lugnuts .. Pranksters at the shop! Saar kaserne, Munich 1947
below: Murch and...
My father with a dodge in 1947.. Solln area of Munich, Bavaria.. The patch is "ETO-Advanced Base.." At this point of his 3 years there, he was with "HQ & Supply Troop" and no longer wore a 2nd Constabulary Bde patch.
Note the high-top canvas , he was hauling food packages for an orphanage...
my father took these
Archer, Ichkoff, and unknown .. All had served under the 3rd army during the push into Germany... They were retained for occupation duty
Below: Saar Kaserne motor pool, Munchen .. Name is Kawahara, 50/50 japanese-hawaiian.. Enlisted in Hawaii , sent to ETO ...
"Public Relations Patrol," southern outskirts of Munich , Solln..
He and another fella were accompanying a Willys MB crew distributing Ritz crackers .. (see my Willys MB post in this forum) .. His jeep has a white cloth concealing many boxes of crackers and whatnot, like the other jeep...
My father took this of a couple of his pals in spring 1947.. All were former Cav troopers under the 4th Armor prior to war's end.. They were detained to form the Constabulary occupation force while most everyone else went home.. In early 1947 they were still running in pairs (or more) with...
2nd Constabulary Brigade in Bavaria in 1947 ..
My father worked out of the DTO (distict transport office) outside Munchen at the former Wehrmacht Saar Kaserne (later, Jensen barracks) , as well as at the RTO (regional transport office) established at Garmisch near the southern "Frontier" area...
one of my dad's ETO pics.. They were heading out somewhere , from Garmisch ...
Below pic is noted as the site of an encounter the 4th Armor Div had the year prior.. I have to wonder what is buried under all those dirt piles along the road.. (horses? wagons?).. Anything steel would've...
A couple of my guys in '88 or '89 .. The M52 is one of the several gassers the BN still fielded .. It had also been fielding A1's, A2's, and M809-series simultaneously with the gassers since the 1970's Made things interesting at fueling time for a few of the "new guys" over the years :LOL...
My BN's maint section had two M88's .. One was gas, the other had the M48/M60 diesel pack .. The gas monster was a powerful beast down the trails at any speed.. Could out-tow the diesel, so I was told.. In the mid-2000s the BN was reclassified as Cavalry and had to turn in the heavy armor...