Recent content by M813rc

Looking forward to seeing it develop! They are fun to drive. I thought they would be 'twitchy' with the short wheelbase, but mine is very stable, and quite zippy. Cheers

If you want to stick with stock military that are already green, or need some of the bracket hardware, try Memphis Equipment, TNJ Murray, or Eastern Surplus. Cheers

Louie/Baseballump was a V crewmember with the 630th MP in Vietnam in 1970/71. He had followed along with my rebuild, and when it was done asked if he and some of his crew could come look at it, to which I enthusiastically responded yes. Van lives in Texas, so he came down first (probably to...

I know a lot of factual history of mine, and that it served in Vietnam with the 720th MP, but I have never been able to determine it's Army serial number, thus can't identify it in period pictures. All traces of prior paint were long gone when I first saw mine, so the hull number is my sole...

We called them water buffalo or water bull when I was in the Marines ('78-'98 ), my recent (up to 2021) Marine sons still called them that. Cheers

Considering the evident quality of the trailer builld, that sounds like a decent price. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Bringing cool things home, it is nice to see other peoples' reactions. We got a lot of positive feedback hauling the two M416s home a few weeks ago, lots of...

That is really cool! The hole in the floor near the bed front is for the PTO belt drive for the generator (which sat above). If you look back at my box hanging from the gantry, you can see the drive belt hanging underneath. Cheers

So, you got there on a cool day... :) Cheers

Outstanding! Looking forward to seeing more. :naner: This is what used to be inside that left front door. Cheers

As Mullaney said, that is the MASDC portion of Davis-Monthan AFB outside Tucson Arizona. (MASDC- Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center) Cheers

Good looking truck. And I like your flag! Semper Fi, brother. Cheers

Agree with the above, M1031 box. The ladder is part of the modifications for trailer mounting, not original to the box. Same for the spare tire. Here is a picture of the what the front originally looked like. This box is the same, but has the wheel wells for a dually truck (there were very...

Thanks! Yep, and having seen the abominations inflicted by them upon so many innocent M416s, I will do my best to ensure that these never fall into their hands! ;) Actually, Jeepers hacking up 416s almost beyond recognition is a pet peeve of mine. Considering what they do to them, I think...

I suppose picking up "new" trailers and bringing them home counts as "What did you do to your trailer"...? ;) Tinstar's cool flightline trailer conversion made me think of these trailers. I was recently offered two M416s extremely cheap. Both came off Laughlin Air Force Base many years ago...

My experience with these shelters is that there are many, many configurations, each rigged for a specific purpose, and these myriad of variations are not laid out in the general manuals. There is likely documentation for each shelter setup, but that seems to rarely make it out to us. The...