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Ah! So nice and clean. But it will be more fun when you're putting parts back on.

Tires FWIW, this is the quote from a 1967 factory brochure. The chevrons are very similar to a farm tractor tires'. In fact a brand known as Mohawk Chiefs is a recognized substitute for the now-51 year old originals.

North America has quarantine rules to protect food and agriculture production. There is a well recognized vector of soil, bacteria, fungus, spore, insects, reptiles, critters, etc arriving in US and Canada and devastating some biological slot in the ecosystem because there are no native...

Now, not to doubt anyone, but is there a period reference document for this? Statistically, this group may seem significant, but there were high hundreds of V100s delivered. (As one commentator messaged me, a lot of contemporary photographs were brightened by flashes or sunbleached.)

Two things - I went to the link equipment provider's page. Why the 4" tubing exoskeleton on some vehicles? Do the operators expect to push down buildings or move trees? Secondly, the loan vs ownership dilemma is well known to Cadillac Gage V100 owners. The vehicles are wheeled, but are 1/4"...

What would have been the factory colour for sn 10799, delivered March 1969? Green or white? It is apple green now, but has been through unk number of rebuilds in its life. Private conversation with another member here asserted by that date, green was specification. He referenced another...

Dunno. I suspect the original transfer case can handle the load. It is four big gears sloshing around in a wet sump box. That alone has are some fundamental mechanical advantages. If it breaks, well yeah, you are on your own. But if so, I suspect a careful machinist will be able to...

Other than 700 horses and bragging rights, is there an advantage to this engine in a V?

The transfer case is a Rockwell Standard Model T-275- D. The company still exists, but no one there would recognize the vehicle. It is possible though, that the components still exist in the parts catalogues. Worth some flashlight detective work and notetaking, then a trip to the nearest...

YIKES! People running into the parade route to collect tiny candies. Did you drive in 1st Low?

The defroster kit is something I remember seeing installed on someone else's truck. That was a long long time ago. But hey, whatever works and passes the road safety inspection. I suggest keeping it simple. The restoration urge is to make everything back to specification, regardless of...

The fuel fillers on the V100 are caps that look like a barrel bung recessed under a flat 1/4" plate cover. Nothing realistic about their placement either on the front nose slopes. So, the filler and its vent are nestled in a cup below the plate. No wonder rain gets in. Jump ahead to the last...

After viewing a Youtube of the Ontario Regiment Museum's XM706 open-top (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6QUxHSpUU4), I noticed it has chevron style tires. As most V100 operators know, the original tires are now 50yrs old and as consumables, more scarce than imaginable. A message to the...

The other answer is to bypass the internal tanks completely. Two ways come to mind for vehicles that don't burn a full tank between outings. Number one is to plump a flex line to a jerry-can mounted on the backend that snakes into the interior through the cooling grill. Number two is even...

What? You couldn't find the Johnson Rod? It's typically installed with two grapple grommets and a left-hand thread straight bit screwdriver. And you call yourself a restorer? BTW, no idea on the crash pads. But it makes me want to look at the battery insulation pad on my M151A2. The...

The Canadian MLVW family is an M35 variant, which was introduced in 1982. Straight six diesel with an automatic transmission, hard cab and single wheels.

The Dragoon is a different vehicle from the CG-Textron clan. A bit like Ford and Chev.

I have never touched a drivetrain swap anywhere near this scale, so my points are not fully informed. To learn a little more about these things, I goofled the engine and transmissions you posted. One thing that jumped out was the electronics for some later vintages of the 700R4 transmission...

Hey mosquito swatter! There might be enough space in the engine compartment, but don't build something that the brakes will have trouble stopping or the suspension holding up. The Canadian M37 had a bigger engine that the US model. So, sadly unless you can find a stash of Canadian parts...

The Royal Air Force Regiment is an unusual organization, part Regular and part Reservists. One of the reservist squadrons patrolled the perimeter in Kandahar when I was there. They lost one Land Rover on the way back into the wire because there weren't many alternative routes through the...