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I have just started messing with replicating the unique to Special Forces Ground Mobility Vehicle GMV HMMWV "gun truck" vinyl soft cover for the corrugated cargo panel cargo enclosure. But the 3 places I knew of selling the MIL-PRF-209664 tent vinyl by the yard or by the roll have stopped...
The DWF Sensor Cup was originally installed on the body by the frame in the A Pillar area.
The installation of the armor upgrades over the GWOT necessitated the cup be relocated to by the front differential... That narrow bracket between the brake guards is the 2nd different variation...
As a reference, the original Modification Work Order Kit the military issued to replace those 1st gen seats with the Highbacks, 57K0290, you can find in the TM section. It will show you what had to be air chiseled off the driver position, and how the footwell was modified with 2 aluminum...
I've located 2PAIRS in that bolt hole forward configuration, one pair aluminium in CARC Tan686, one pair steel in black.
Those HVAC vent angle adapters, I'm going to tell you, the original GI ones are teh suxs. The 1/4-28 threaded stud is only pressed into the hole. The stud strips out of...
Roger this pic was in the magazine article you posted in the 9th ID Facebook Group. Looks like aluminum blocks clamped around the rear frame tubes with a flat bar connecting both sides, that supported the stowage shelf overtop the engine bay.
Is that an Empi air filter box over the carb...
The two pcs of aluminum tubing with the ends squished flat are for the tunnel insulation panels.
The long silver/bare aluminum strip closes the tunnel side of the seat boxes.
The installation would have another sheetmetal flange about 4-5 inches long for the seat bucket to the rocker panel...
The 9th ID Team Spirit Korea deployment photo of the XM1041 TOW FAV performing overwatch of the tank bridge crossing has the best visible detail of the TOW-unique rear cargo bin, but not clear enough:
Was this another former Wackenhut Security/Nevada Test Site Security Car? With the rear wheels mounted on the car, would there be space on each side for a spare centered where each of the receiver mounts were?
And in the movie "(The) Delta Force" were there spare tires or something else...