Recent content by USMC4302

um ..okay. I just dropped and gave you 20 Marine Corps pushups. Feel free to join me ;) If anyone is at all interested in the image, just google image "VJ-62" and Dad's shot of VJ-62's P4Y-1P formation over NAS Sanford, FL will come up.

A couple of those pictures above are actually P4Y-2's -- *very* different aircraft from a B-24 ;) But speaking of PB4Y's (later redesignated P4Y after the bombing mission was dropped) ... most people think the B-24/P4Y was extinct after WW2. Not so. The Navy and Coast Guard kept flying...

FWIW, I have a repop top on my M37 and it's tight but nothing that elicits more than the usual grunts and standard profanities. No idea where mine was sourced, though -- came with the truck.

FWIW, I bought a parts truck for $1,400. Harvested all the winch/PTO parts and resold the truck (now WO/W) for $900. Spent another $350 on cable and misc repair parts (winch was kinda beat up and needed new worm gear shaft bearings and a new brake band housing). So probably roughly $1,000...

That's funny -- I bought the M-37 as an accessory for my M-14 ...:D

Thought you guys might enjoy some pics from my recent roadtrip to the Outerbanks of North Carolina a couple of weekends ago. The truck, with its new HEI ignition, did pretty well driving NC12 from Corova to Orgeon Inlet across the bridge to Hatteras Island and then to the ferry to Ocracoke...

Thank you! Crash scene investigation imagery is located here. Initial investigation and eyewitness statements indicate a possibility that the M818 involved had a catastrophic "encounter" with an oxy-acetylene device and a collection of various wrenches. The investigation is ongoing and any...

The truck is completely disassembled (and actually looks like a crash site -- parts scattered everywhere), engine was off to the side with all wiring cut and removed, so no way to know how it was wired. The 4 batteries (Hawkers) were still in their boxes, but not wired. Assuming 24 volt...

so this is probably a generic big truck 12-volt alternator?

We have an M818 here (um, very NOT running ...) and it has an alternator on it that checks out to be outputting 14 volts and 140 amps. Is that correct or did somebody try to convert the truck to 12 volts? Thanks

My '63 B-1 is yellow underneath it's current coat of green paint. Hopefully someone has the gouge on this ... I've heard rumors as to why a lot of these trucks were spray bombed yellow or white, but it would be good to have an accurate answer.

Thanks!

Can somebody tell me the size of the brake drum woodruff key (front end of the worm/input shaft) on the LU-4 winch? Somewhere during the rebuild, it got lost ... Thanks

Just a thought about supportability -- If you live near a Plain Community (Amish/Mennonite/etc) you will probably have a few 2-cycle experts who will be more than able to help you keep that Green Leaker screaming for as long as you want it to. Lots of 53 and 71-series support out there, but...

I liked the "run over by a tank" picture -- kinda what I'd like to do to my M-37 at the moment .... :(