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I had 3 slats that were detached on one end and used it to re attach them, works great.
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Those PM books were brilliant.
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Finished sanding the two front fenders, inner fenders and engine cover. Hit all the bare spots with zinc chromate primer. Got the first coat of forest green on the engine cover. Another long day of sanding and painting tomorrow as it may rain Saturday.
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Boy the fins on the engine cover came out looking nice!
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Looking great...Good Job!
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Looks great!!
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Thanks guys, I spent a lot of time sanding those fins, what a pain. A few are bent but there is just so much you can do, they are pretty fragile.
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Those fins did turn out great. What a nightmare that would have been without spray paint; good stuff.
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More sanding and painting today, bottom and top of front fenders 1st coat of green and primed the carrier front rack. That rack was time consuming for sure, a lot of surface area.
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Can you shoot right out your back door? Must be like heaven there!
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I can shoot right out MY back door!
It's just that if I did the neighbor behind me would sure get hot about it I'm sure.
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Wonderful work ! looks great, Are you going to have it Done For Weare
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Not sure if I can get the camo on as I am just starting the green so it may be just green. Had some thunder showers today that put me behind some.
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That's going to look real good when you're done. 
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Another day of sanding and little painting, hopefully that will change tomorrow. Rally deployment is Thursday morning so it's going to b tight.
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You will be fine. In the same boat, M109 paint touch up not any where near done and refresh on Goat paint is stalled for now at one fender, You have done well, will be nice to see it as it comes from the grave reguardless
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Without any fenders on the forward unit, that Goat looks like a wet cat !!!
Keep up the good work.
Without any fenders on the forward unit, that Goat looks like a wet cat !!!
Keep up the good work.
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Mark,
Do you have more pictures of your tailgate?
Both of mine have a sheet of plywood screwed to the inside. Yours looks a lot different. Maybe an original production. Do you have an early VIN / Serial# on that goat?
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Do you have more pictures of your tailgate?
Both of mine have a sheet of plywood screwed to the inside. Yours looks a lot different. Maybe an original production. Do you have an early VIN / Serial# on that goat?
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Tony, it was a NOS tailgate however the box got wet and it rusted pretty well in the recessed area. It did originally have a sheet of plywood and a sheet of steel over that sandwiched to the back of the gate. It also had a piece of angle iron across the top of the outside of the gate. I believe these were attempts to make it stronger as the originals did not have these features. It may be hard to see but mine has a lot of pitting, I plan to buy a new one but don't have the funds to spend on it right now. My carrier came from a different tractor so I don't know when it was made, the tractor is a M792 REG 03C93770 MFG 1971.
Pictures are of an original tailgate, no upgrades and it's lighter weight.
Pictures are of an original tailgate, no upgrades and it's lighter weight.
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