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Thanks bud! I have a total of about 600 hours on her now.

So, today I woke up and decided to repaint the old girl.... more apropos to her heritage...

Yup. 1967.

I have a complete rebuild thread HERE, in the mean time, I've decided to change her registration from a regular vehicle to Historic Military Vehicle, so in accordance with Louisiana law, "Dirty Gerty" had to come off of the hood, to be replaced by her VIN: Of course, now my brain is...

Gerty has also been known to show up for car shows and benefits... A local scout troop was having their derby car races at the same time/location as this car show and they voted on best vehicle, and presented me with a homemade scout trophy (which is one of my most favorite!) We hooked her...

You can call Gerty a lot of things, but Pavement Princess isn't one of them

Then it was interior: And exterior (wheels, tools fuel can etc) Along the way I picked up a M1061A1 trailer from @fuzzytoaster and dovetailed it so I can haul the M715 and M37 (eventually) behind the 5 ton...

Then... cleanup, pressure washing (all of the green paint washed off woth a concrete bit!), then a LOT of paint... Some tires came in along the way... @G744 helped me out with some kick ass OG blinker/BO lights and brackets... Added some front blinkers And a new soft top...

Then it was replacing the 12v alternator with a 24v alternator, replacing the points with a Pertonix Electonic ignition Then turning her over... with a "jump bottle" of gas to the carb... Then we wanted to purge the fuel line/pump, so we put 2 gallons of gas in the tank and started turning...

Well, I can't compete with a giant cock and balls.... 😆😁😅 But I'll continue the rebuild story... The next step was a pressure wash, airing up the tires, then figuring out a plan of attack... The first decision was to remove the home made hard top and rewire it back to 24v. I was fortunate...

Well, I first saw Gerty when I was at @Csm Davis place when I went to pick up some parts for my 5 ton.... she was tucked WAY back in the bushes and I casually asked if it was for sale... his answer "Everything on this property is for sale!" Being as I was just starting to really get busy with...