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Hello all - Have been lurking on this great forum for a while, thought I'd hop on today. I have a M-43 ambulance recently moved to my home in Ohio from Chatsworth CA where it had been in open storage for ±20 years.I purchased in 1978 from a military vehicle movie supply dealer, partially stripped. My truck was used extensively in movies and TV including quite a few episodes of MASH, the very last MASH episode resulted in my right door getting smashed during filming.
Looks like lots of great reading and information to enjoy here. I need a few parts for my truck, such as one rear door hinge, and rear lifting shackles and brackets. Avatar is one of my buddies in it on the morning it arrived in Ohio.
Best - Franklin J. Graf
Looks like lots of great reading and information to enjoy here. I need a few parts for my truck, such as one rear door hinge, and rear lifting shackles and brackets. Avatar is one of my buddies in it on the morning it arrived in Ohio.
Best - Franklin J. Graf
This one was parked under a oak tree in Chatsworth CA for 18 years... Finally got 
). originally from Doylestown, temporarily stuck in B-tucky... great score on the m43 ! the M37 hooked me on m.v's at a very young age, but thats the truck that originally got me wanting to build an offroad camper out of an ambulance... considered a canadian comm truck(m101?) that i know of locally if you need a parts truck or project... but i dont have the time or resources to repower and regear, and make it reliable enough for cross country travel... thus, the reason i ended up with the M1010... but, i did get my M37 finally this past spring ( 17yrs after i tried to buy my first one, only to have it sold out from under me...for $250 !!
)... about your purchasing it in Chatsworth, did you live out there or just have a long long-term storage? i was just over the hill in simi valley for about 3 1/2 yrs. if you did live there, im sure youve been to Malibu Creek State Park, which was originally MGM(?) Studios property where M.A.S.H. was filmed. they have an m43 and an old jeep or mutt that they couldnt get out of the lot before a forest fire hit, which caused them to alter the last episode, and make it seem like the enemy was was attacking the base and they had to evac ( i believe that was wat they did in the episode, but cant remember for sure... just know the fire part is true)... but anyways, again, welcome, and id love to see your M43 if ur ever out in the barberton or doylestown area!! or feel free to p.m., im always looking to meet fellow m.v. enthusiast in there area.
