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Quick update on this thread and for Ron the driver of Brutus for 3 months. He has a case of diverticulitis and it still at a point where a change in diet will fix. :razz: Not much going on with the truck end other than planning and talking to people who can help replicate the steel armor...

Got a message today. Shortly after our conversation on the phone and left the house of someone I know, Ron went to the VA hospital as he was not feeling well. They discovered some internal bleeding and is having a procedure to find where it is coming from today. If anyone has some pull...

I think ANY MV has its stories to tell. There are some special ones out there that we are now just discovering. But to the right person, any of our trucks can be something special and I know it all to well and is the reason why I do what I do. I've been talking with guys who were on Guntrucks...

Talked today for the first time with Ron who was driving the day they lost Larry Dahl. Great conversation and I got to fill in some gaps on the timeline that I have going. one thing you will learn if you ever attempt to build one and want to be accurate. You will quickly find that no truck...

Had a good first chat before the new year with one of the drivers of BRUTUS in 1970. We talked about many things about the truck and I got a few stories as well. One of the convoys the crew noticed a tractor that had a trailer with brand new 11.00x20 rubber. So always on the look out, he...

I updated myself on this thread from page one. Guess I can fill in a update with some news. The mentioned "Sgt. Bilko" in the first post is named Wayne Prescott. Wayne lived in RI where he grew up and left to serve his country. He would be one of the builders of Brutus, be awarded a...

Were doing the best we can with what we have.

Obviously my security staff did not check and confiscate any electrical devices before entering the compound.:funny:

Are you not entertained?????

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I am sure that there will be some welds in Mig but I would like to have the bulk of the visual welds in stick. Ive seen some pretty good closeups of the n armor on some of these GT's including the Brutus Gun box. Pretty they were not, just functional.

The plates were originally 3'x4 that were 3/8" thick. Where I have cheated is I am using 5/16" plate. The reason I am doing this is that I am making a actual Gun Box that will be built separate from the truck. The ones in Vietnam, these boxes were removable and could be transferred from one...

Two years ago I was able to bring a few guys together at the Living history show in Ft. Drum NY. Here is Bob behind the wheel of my M-52A2 that has has his unit numbers and truck number on the bumper. Bob not being the shy type, demonstrated how he and other drivers would relieve themselves...

Please find your friend!!! Brutus had a initial problem with its mounting!!!! Small world if its the same.

Thanks brandon for the offer. I got 2 sets, one will make it on Brutus and the other will eventually find a home on the M-62. Thanks for getting me up to speed on the ENDT...............I found out why you like em so much a couple of weekends ago. They really do like to get up and go.

The Build: Oh about 2001 I bought a 1968 Kaiser M-54A2C. This was going to be my gun truck but with life and other trucks such as 3 deuces and a M-37 and the M-151, it kept getting on the back burner. It would not be until 2011 when at a event in June where I got to drive behind a GT in my...

History Lesson #1. The Gun Truck Brutus was built in early 1969 in the 359th Motor Pool. The maint officer who was known as a SGT. Bilko who could get just about anything, wanted a Gun Truck with a BIG GUN. He originally set out wanting to find a 20mm Vulcan gun from a downed jet but with...

One of my fellow SS and local MV club member has been hounding me to start this thread. For a long time I have said that I am not doing this for the SS membership's entertainment. Recently I have changed my tune on this for now as maybe some might learn a few things about historical...