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Those of us who crew the gun truck, Business As Usual, at the Kansas Museum of Military History are looking for an economical way to transport our gun truck to the Gathering in Louisville Kentucky next year.
Can anybody offer some good suggestions on how or who might be able to help us get from...
A chronicle of the build of the tribute truck Business as Usual is at
vietnam guntrucks - Kansas Gun Truck Project
there is also a facebook page at
Kansas Museum of Military History - Vietnam Gun Truck Build Project | Facebook
Business As Usual is a 1st generation M35 gun truck. Armed with two M2HB machine guns and one M60. It also has a working radio and crew intercom system. Small arms on-board includes XM177, M16, M3 and an M79 plus flares, smoke grenades and hand grenades.
Pictures that cover the whole build...
I saw this tank last year when visiting Fred's place. Real nice outside, but could use some work inside. He is very proud of this tank, told me all about when he made it available to the movie company for the filming of Tank.
He has a lot of other tanks, but still, never thought he would...
Gun Truck Armor
Here is a link for a recent truck build in Kansas. Truck name is Business as Usual.
The link chronicles the build, via photographs, from buying the steel to finish paint.
vietnam guntrucks - Kansas Gun Truck Project
It shows details for fabricated gun mounts as well as radio...
Vietnam gun truck site
There is a web site that documents the build of a reproduction truck in Augusta Kansas located at
vietnam guntrucks - Kansas Gun Truck Project
Covers from buying the steel to the finish line.
On our gun truck - Business As Usual - we have two IROC M2HB .50 cals attached to the M23 mounts and one demilled M60 (origin unknown) mounted on an M142 mount. For personal weapons we have a variety of small arms, almost entirely airsoft. M16's, M79, M14, M3, a Thompson SMG (non-gun).
This...
answer to pedistal mount
The best answer I have received so far, (sorry but from another forum) is that the mount is stamped the way it is to fit aorund the artic heater kit. If you look at the heater and where the hoses and all are laid out, this makes perfect sense for why the pedistal...
About 800 miles back I put a new clutch into my Mutt. I used the puck type clutch disk.
I also replaced the bearing and bolts, all the stuff that comes with the clutch kit.
Adjusted to the specs in the manual.
The problem is that the vehicle runs fine in all gears for about the first 10-20...
Is there anybody out there that can tell me why the base of the pedistal mount for the Mutt is made the way it is? I am talking about the shape of the two metal plates between the tube of the mount and the floor boards of the vehicle. Why is that cylindrical "dent" stamped into it? Was...
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