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Halftracks are great vehicles. I have a friend that just bought an M4a1, it fits in his garage, aftere he had to punch a hole in the wall!!
Anyways, good luck. Id love to own one some day.
I have a friend that did this:
-Drill stem welded to metal plate for base
-The top of the stem was a fabbed up T section that had vertical posts on each end.
-The top of the ends of the T, he welded in pintle sockets.
-He can either then run 2 M142 cradles for both 60s or use 2 UPA/.30...
That's about typical for the cradle. Some pop up on ebay or the sturmgewehr/sub guns boards every now and then for cheaper. I dont know what the pedestal mount assembly like the one in your pic runs for. Probably $300 or so for a reproduction.
Another option is buying a Universal pintle...
Looks like an M142 cradle slimmed down with a bunch of it missing.
M142 cradles are the best option for mounting the 60 to a vehicle. Make sure you get the long pintle and not the short.
I dont know where or who you're getting you sending units from.
But a lot are cheap reproductions from somewhere overseas that just wont work period. A lot of places are offering these as original NOS or what not.