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Great save! I did a little 'Images" search on the Unimog 404 and found a toy replica. https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Roco/4104.aspx Very handy having a shell on the back and there's just something cool about the Mog.

Do it. Take video but twist and shout while you still got it. I appreciate the kind words, thank you. It's hard work being entertaining and informative with lots of .....backspace....backspace....going on. Not many pictures today but you would have heard some poetry watching me with a...

Piglet the deuce has hives.......that's hilarious. That's also motivating because if the truck is lonely, I can do something about it. Your description on hive location is spot on, even for our Maple sucking black hornets who took residence in the seat, behind the ledge. I jumped in an M207...

Ya know that fuel pump buzz noise heard when the on switch is flipped in the deuce................bzzzzzzzzzzz. This hive is old and just a good reminder to check for critters this spring when opening stuff. Had a great warm day throwing the batteries in, hearing the starter hummmm the 302...

Pops showed us a method for fiberglass where you lay wax paper over the top of wet resin and it leaves a perfectly smooth surface. Popular Science gave him all kinds of ideas. Fiberglass can be a pain but stick some wax paper over the top and a fella can play with it. We used chunks of lumber on...

It's so interesting to take these to car shows. You never know what movie scenes a person can re-create. Even just showing the civilians what our youngsters had for military gear back in the 50's surprises a lot of people. Keep the photos coming. We scrounged another pile of take-outs if you...

Best question of the season......Get out in the prairies, away from curbs, go fast and practice stopping / steering on ice. I was not happy when the computer took over control of my need to drift around every corner or manage suspension compression going into a corner. Once you get the feel of...

That's not a 1010... I'd say that's better than a 1010. You bump your head when you stand up in a 1010 so maybe that one is a little taller inside. Dual wheel, maybe a little under powered with 150hp but slow and steady...........This is a 1010

Do the earliest U.S. deuce's have a 90 adapter/ extension/ add-on piece on the light switch? Found this chunk of metal behind the switch and just checking to see if it's original 'Deuce' gear or swiped off something that 'needed' a 90. The weather has been ideal so got the seat out to find...

What is the fuel pressure going in to the carb? I just saw the Continental 6602 manual in the bunker library but didn't grab it. The 302 GMC 885 likes low pressure between 3-5lbs. If the pressure is correct then the next check would be float soup. Boil water, add float. There's nothing...

A BIG Canadian Christmas cheer for all those Early Deuce Preservationists and their lovely families that support their effort. Merry Christmas. I bought the paint. We're going to do that rolling preservation thing. Found out it was parked because the e-brake broke then the tank on the poop...

It happened. Mid December.......... Twas a few weeks before Christmas and the ground was quite dry. Wanted to move a Deuce, thought I'd give it a try. All I had running was a three quarter Chevy, Could I get up the hill, that Deuce was heavy. With the correct towbar set up, man that beasts a...

Is that the same bleed routine as the Early Deuce? I think we bled the airpak first but our TM covered the steps real clear. The Early Deuce brakes can be bled and set without building air pressure. The TM's should be here. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/forums/the-deuce-tms.113/ There was also...

That's just awesome fellas. I've looked at a million pictures and a CD Jeep was not expected. I see yellow under that 53' and lots of what I've seen around Illinois was blue and white so we've got options. I added "jeeps" to the Civil Defense hunt and hit """" images """"" Chicago had the best...

Great write up, thank you. Civil Defense had a jeep? A CD jeep? There's a CD Jeep?.......There's a CD jeep!!! ... Our CD museum sits on a joint American/ Canadian Military base in Alsask and I believe your picture of a CD jeep is enough for us to get a jeep. We're getting a jeep! Henderson had...

Objects in mirror may be closer than they appear. Just heard through the ether vine that 3 (maybe 6) M26 Dragon Wagons were procured through the Canadian Army to haul Centurian tanks by these folks https://rcemecorpsgemrc.ca/. That important detail and the sad little hunk of remaining metal may...

The data-base of tail numbers is over here and I was hunting for a N7XXCH or a N7 blurry blurryCH. The S-61N list is impressive. https://www.airport-data.com/search/search2.html?field=model&search=Search&code=Sikorsky%20S-61N It's a good place to grab tail numbers...

Is that tail number N905CH? Nice paint. https://www.airteamimages.com/sikorsky-s-61_N905CH_columbia-helicopters_251016_large.html Same tail number, different paint scheme. https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1115190/n905ch-construction-helicopters-sikorsky-s-61n-mkii Construction Helicopters...

I started shopping for a closed cab today........because of you. The nostalgia is one thing but the curves on the CCKW pull me in. When you get that truck done and suddenly there is a convoy behind you, it's just us trying to get a peak at it. The MVPA boys drive this Closed cab 40 miles to get...

If there was a prize for the coolest and maybe heaviest purchase of the year, it's yours. Congratulations, that's exciting. There's a fella up North here that has some stick and supply time with them so you have company....and an audience. I can't wait for pictures so can only imagine what...