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Mike, I have been working on "details" and posted progress from time to time (I don't care for threads with hundreds of pages, so my reports are usually single page jobbers). For example, the tire chains, the MEP018 genset, the fuel burning heater, some mention of the NiCd cells used for "house...

Starting to look seriously at the GA rally now...need to get some cash together, this fixed income retirement situation is not going well, got stuck in a rut it seems. Adrian is working near Atlanta at the moment and might attend regardless, although his M37 is up here. The 757 runs so nicely...

Yes Jon, it shifts nicely, but sometimes a little rough shifting down slowing down on a down hill run. All gears "lock up", so there is always some engine braking available.

Give me a little notice and we'll go for a drive when you are in this part of the country.:beer: As far as MPGs, it shouldn't be much worse than a loaded deuce in the bobtail config...it weighs about the same and some drive shafts have been removed for "highway" driving.

A radio operator with the Pershing 1A days in the '70s, stationed in Germany, Calvin ("Trapper") stopped by for a visit during the week. He was tickled pink at a chance to drive the old 757, which was very familiar to him, but had never driven while in service. We took the truck for a 2-mile...