1991 M998 Upgrade Build

[cruzinz28]

Parade Time Again

My Local Fire Department is located a mile from my house and again this year I put my HMMWV in the carnival parade. My kids love it, and its a big hit with all the spectators. I'm still the only one in my area that really has one. Most everyone else still enters their M35A2's if they show up.



My girls love to wear their "America" dresses as they call them all summer long and they fit in perfect with my HMMWV. As you can see, my little one decided to turn the B-Pillar into a jungle gym and swing from it while we were waiting to start. Who says it can't survive high impact stress... just kidding.

 

[Another Ahab]

Looks like everybody's plenty happy.

Which of your two girls has dibs on the HMMWV once they're old enough to drive one?!

 

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[cruzinz28]

My truck is slowly gathering parts to become a GMV Variant.

I bought a pair of Fender Top Plates from 86Humv recently and decided to find a way to utilize other surplus with his Fender Top Plates. As you can see from the pictures below I utilized M151 Bottom Rear Seat Cushions with his Fender Top Plates to add a seat cushion on each side of the bed. These should work perfect for parades and trick-or-treating.



The plate sticks out just past the cushion on the end and fits darn near perfect horizontally. I will cut holes in the canvas and insert metal grommets where the canvas covers the mounting points. This will also hold the seat cushion in place. Big shout out to 86 Humv! Great quality product!

 

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[cruzinz28]

Parts accumulating!



C-Pillar
Rear Side Rails
D-Pillars
Weapons Mounts (A-Pillar, B-Pillar, Rear Bed)
24 Bolt Rims
Tires (There is a 5th for a spare.

 

[cruzinz28]

After driving for 14-hours for what should have been an 8-hour trip through the northeaster on Friday... a roof is now in my possession. and yes, the yellow strap made its last voyage on this trip... not sure how it held up for the journey home. LoL!

 

[infidel got me]

I'm doing the same to mine, get your wallet out!!!!!

 

[cruzinz28]

I've already gathered the hard to find parts and I'm left with the nuts, bolts, and small miscellaneous stuff; which in comparison to expenditure for the big and hard to find parts... my wallet will drain a little slower now. LoL!

 

[infidel got me]

Funny that you say that, my wallet has a Humvee slow leak that wont stop!!! lol

 

[cruzinz28]

 

[cruzinz28]

Some more collected for my current radio setup and my future upgrade.

KY-57's for my current setup


Radio Upgrade for when I start converting to the GMV Truck


AN/VAS Driver Vision Enhancer (Not sure if I'll incorporate it... but you never know)

 

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[Another Ahab]

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That 1/4" aluminum plate is fine stuff.

For durability of a product it's hard to beat MilSpec. Wish it were easier to find in general, but it's not.