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Ken those covers for the M105 trailers are to die for. I first saw one on an M/V parts sellers web site sometime back, but the few I came across were out on the east coast. So, I ended up with an S250 shelter I found on GP out in Barstow, CA. Guyfang gave me some good ideas on how to modify it...
Forgot I had this number. Fleet Care Roadside Repair (775) 636-3465. He's an independent service. He changed a flat tire on my M105A2 trailer last year when we were stuck at the Loves truck stop on 80 just West of Fernley.
I'm about 150mi South of Reno. Just a thought, the Munitions Museum here in Hawthorne has an M1078. But I'm not sure they are open tomorrow, if they are I might be able to borrow the spare off their truck, if the person with the flat hasn't gotten help. Will follow this up first thing tomorrow...
Todd, when I clean under the hood it's mostly hi way dust. I don't think my deuce has been off road in 10 years, and then just fire roads. Considering it spent time at Ft. Irwin in its military career, it's had a pretty soft life in the 15 years I've owned it. BTW I really like you tires and...
Thanks Maverick. I have a good friend with a pointless conversion on his 56 Studebaker Champion. Works good. I had never heard of the pointless conversion for the M38A1. It came with a new distributor cap and rotor, and the coil looks new as well. The shaft in my current distributor wiggles...
I found this Prestolite M38A1 distributor at the MVCC Spring meet last April. The seller was asking $15.00 so I purchased it for a spare. The distributor was as you see it except the cover was on. I had some free time, so I thought I'd open it up and take a look at the internals. When I removed...
Touch and gos in the NASA Super Guppy?!? - YouTube Nice walk thru video from the NASA Super Guppy Crew. Fly from the cockpit of the worlds ugliest aircraft. :D
Ahab' Stratolaunch is designed to carry a rocket to high altitudes and then launch the rocket. The smaller rocket can then reach the same orbit as a larger more expensive rocket when launched from a higher altitude, making the cost to launch a satellite cheaper. Stratolaunch was the idea of the...