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Yes thanks to your contact he squared me away....right and left and a bumper..!
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Painting My Goat USMC
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Does the pintel hook mean anything..?
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If the tailgate has a step the pintal and bumpers were removed to allow the tailgate to hang straight up and down. This positions the step in a horiz. position. Most people replace the hook then put a huge dent in the tailgate when they let it fall.
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You guys have been major support during my restoration project really. I had a hick-up where I needed a rear differential but that is fixed...here is my goat basking in the sunlight waiting patiantly for it to be installed...
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It came to me bright red with an artic cab!
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It came to me bright red with an artic cab!
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This a picture of the one I drove while I was stationed out of Okinawa ,Japan. With 2nd Battalion /4th Marines,in 1977.The picture was taken while we at Subic Bay ,in the Phillipines. They were painted Marine Corps Green.
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I was with 2/4 ( Magnificent Bastards) on Okinawa in 1981. I saw a gamma goat flip over on a dike while we were in Korea for Team Spirit. The gamma goat was on the side of the dike driving along, then it stopped, then very slowing flipped over. As the gamma goat flipped down the hill, the Marine driver flew out of the cab, landed on his feet, and ran to the top of the dike. He got to the top of the dike, before the gamma goat got to the bottom!
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.
I was with 2/4 ( Magnificent Bastards) on Okinawa in 1981. I saw a gamma goat flip over on a dike while we were in Korea for Team Spirit. The gamma goat was on the side of the dike driving along, then it stopped, then very slowing flipped over. As the gamma goat flipped down the hill, the Marine driver flew out of the cab, landed on his feet, and ran to the top of the dike. He got to the top of the dike, before the gamma goat got to the bottom!
One of the few, Frank USMC RET.
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What a great image of the Goat and better yet another cool color scheme. I seem to remember them on Oki in 81-83 as camo'd but since I had no licence never drove one. Imagine the treat instore when I drove one I had bought 30 years later..Once you get used to them they are really pretty unique to drive..Joe
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Here are some more pictures of my Gamma Goat at the Naval Base in Subic Bay ,The Phillipines. And one shooting at the well deck of the USN LPD Anchorage. I hope this help you guys ,since these are pictures of when it was in the fleet. good luck on your build.And yes they fun to drive, I even got a chance to swim it several times ,including across a river,Those are what we called back then "Amtracs" leaving the well deck. I have also leave the well deck of the LST 1186 Caiyuga and go completely go under water then pop up.
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Heh, ironically I just came back from Subic Bay! I was there for ~7 weeks back around April and May. Spent many nights drinking there!
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MM's rule