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Well, I'm out - have to work this weekend and can't take the time off at this point. Have fun guys, enjoy MTA, I'll get up there someday...

Amazing what a new coat of paint will do to the appeal and value of a classic MV. Great job so far! Now time for the finishing touches and accessories....

Once again, had a great time - almost didn't make it, broke down on the way up with a coolant loss issue, trip back was uneventful. 345 mile round trip. The trucks had a few minor issues on the trails, one CUCV with a fuel filter issue, 215dave's truck lost all brake air pressure on a gnarly...

Wow, that looks like it hurt bad. Prayers out to ya, hope you mend quickly! And limping there is fine! Take your time....

I just noticed a trend - seems to happen at every RC rally. 40 people say they are going to go, and 20 show up. We're glad we have the 20, and they are the regulars that we are glad to see! But just a trend I noticed, lotsa I-can't-make-its at the last minute. Hope you can't-make-its can...

Turns out I have to work Friday morning - will be getting there normal time, late Friday afternoonish.

I'll say it again, If you're in a military truck and you're doing more than 60 mph, something is wrong with it. If you're in a military truck and you're doing more than 70 mph, not only is there something wrong with it, you're probably going to die in it.

No dice on the CUCV this time around - just too little time to shop around and all I found in my area so far are overpriced beaters. The search continues, but my ass will need a shotgun position again.

Yay! She is gimpy no more! (no offense to gimpyrobb intended) Where did you source the replacement rear frame crossmember?

I had a couple for sale recently in the SS classified section for $20 each. And no, I don't have any left. :(

Sad to hear of another SS member's passing. Prayers out to his family, and I hope he is enjoying wrenching in God's motor pool...

You didn't say specifically what the duct tape was stuck on, metal, wood, glass or plastic. Be advised, some of the products that will remove sticky residue will melt some plastics. I learned that the hard way.

You're looking at a truck. Congratulations, you win a cookie. I think you are referring to the angled piece of metal in picture 4? I think that's the spare tire carrier.

Chemical agent detector. Here's it mounted to the fender of a M151 jeep. They were common in the 1970s and 1980s at the tail end of the Cold War.

Were they sold to other nations, or just scrapped?

True - time will tell if 3D printing solves all the problems we have getting parts. 100 years from now when all the original Willys MBs are either gone or only billionaires can afford them, maybe if we want to bop around town in one we can just print one off. Amazing times we live in.

Oh, okay. I was just going to "borrow" them from PENNDOT on the trip up. I figured there's always a thousand work areas along I-81, who's going to miss half a dozen cones? :)

Not specifically - there are yards that have some leftover WWII armor in them, and dealers with some WWII armor parts, but armored vehicles are few and far between anymore in salvage yards. There are lots more parts available for them than there are vehicles to put them on. And like you said...

And I thought I was the truck packing expert - that's a heckuva load mushed into that Blazer....

Okay, great, thanks! What about the post-war jeeps I mentioned? Are the body tubs swapable for the most part, between them?