My First military vehicle M109a3

[Redfive0]

Me and my dad have been busy for the last three months working on our 1966 kaiser jeep m109a3.

We started with what looked like someone painted over a truck covered in corn flakes. Weeks of grinding sanding with wire wheels and my personal favorite aluminum oxide paint stripping wheels we managed to strip the beast. A new coat of paint, weather striping a couple of new windows, new gauges, gas can, light bulbs, some new lens covers, filters, front wiring harness, hoses, belts, bleeding of the breaks, to name the short list and here we are. We didn't get finish Her for the show but we Drove it to Papa-go Military vehicle show in Phoenix Arizona.

here are some pics

 

[gimpyrobb]

Wow, quite a bit of work! Looks GREAT. Welcome to the site.

 

[bryan70546]

super nice job

 

[Redfive0]

Thanks, we had hoped to get the inside done but we ran out of time.

We had wanted to clone General Patton's van on the inside to look similar to this.









My dad and I thought it was a really good use of space.

After changing out to the new wiring harness I have to figure out how to test my gen / alternator since we don't know if it was working before or if its the new wiring harness or quite possibly the installers (Me) .

 

[Goose2448]

Nice truck and good job on the restore.

 

[srodocker]

good job on that truck!

 

[clinto]

That's awesome, love the interior.

And the Kilroy!

 

[roger-wilco-66]

it came out real good! I really like those 109s (the Messerschmitt, too ).


Cheers,
Mark

 

[nk14zp]

Nice job.Welcome to the site.

 

[neilhendrix]

Very nice.

 

[Green_gator]

Nice job on the restoration. I notice that you did not remount the shades for the windows in the box. Are you planning to do that later? I find that it keeps it noticeably cooler inside with them up. If not those are in a reasonable amount of demand by the rest of us with the shop vans.

 

[73X]

Great job and welcome to the Steel Soldiers family.

 

[DieselBob]

Very nice job. I like the interior idea.