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On most USMC Humvees the markings are painted on, some had stickers but they tended to peel. For unit repaint, the USMC stencil comes precut, with the letters closer together than can be done with brass stencils, and a different style M, but regular brass stencils are sometimes used. Number...

Kenn, since you indicated you are applying for a FMV plate, this isn't necessary for you, but I'll add it anyway for other folks who might read the thread. Texas will let you register a military vehicle by any number/letter combination painted (or stickered) anywhere on the vehicle if it is...

The other-than-authorized "reassignment of Government assets" is very common amongst the services. ;) It is also possible that the Navy actually legally acquired the Mule, but that doesn't sound like nearly as good a tale. Usually, to get the truth of the matter you'd have to find the actual...

How about 383 with new safety tape and door decal? Maybe yellow tape? That would look cool and less civilian. ;-) Cheers

The best ride I ever had in the M813 was when the Guard donated some surplus bottled water to us, because they didn't have room to store it. At the end of a show on Camp Mabry, they asked "Hey, can we donate some left over water to y'all to get it out of our way?" I told them "Sure!". They...

Yep, the way Lemay set it up, SAC tended to have their own world! The "dots or not" are both in period active duty photos, I never fully trust restoration photos because folks often don't do proper research. ;-) Unfortunately, that goes for museums too. :roll: East Texas, same state but...

On the topic of dots/periods - that is one thing the Air Force was inconsistent about on application - roughly half the vehicles I have collected pictures of are marked U.S. and the other half are marked U S Tudorp, whereabouts in Texas? Cheers

Chevpol's M151 is so very nice, he got my vote. I really like M151s, and I drove them in the Marines last century. I hope to see it and the M109 (M185?) in the running on here again. Thank you to those who voted and commented on the V100. That vehicle took 3.5 years of my spare time, and was...

Most welcome! Here is some more information. The Air Force always amuse me on how absolutely detailed they get on this kind of stuff - the markings manual runs 114 pages! I don't have a copy of Mil-STD-1223, that may be where the font type is to be found. Cheers

Here is the marking size direct from the USAF vehicle paint and marking manual. I'll root further into it, I believe I read the font type, I just need to find it again. Cheers

I saw Comets, both long-nosed and short-nosed flying over every day back in the early 1970s in Ireland. Our house was under the approach path, and about seven miles from, Dublin airport. I always thought they were a graceful looking aircraft. The French Caravelle was another attractive plane...

Me too! That is Earl's paint booth at his shop. We did most of the heavy restoration work there because of his knowledge and the well equipped shop. My own "paint booth" is a Rube Goldberg affair of PVC pipe and tarps that I wrestle into submission when needed. :roll: Cheers

M882 is an M880 fitted with an additional generator and a radio equipment kit. Basically an M880 set up to carry and operate radios. Cheers

Scott/Reloader64's comment brings up the nickname, which is Nessie. When I first started working on the V100, I was very optomistic about how long it would take to get her done, turns out I was off by about two years! A while after I had met Scott, several of us were sitting in a group when he...

Some items, like the spent brass/link collector that goes under the guns, proved impossible for me to find an original of. So based on what photographs I could find, and the little diagrams in the parts manual, I made a replica of the .30/50 collector. There seem to have been multiple...

I saved/used as many original V parts as I could, rather than use NOS parts. A lot of these are generic military items used in many different vehicles, but I wanted as much V100 originality as possible. This first aid kit bracket came out of another V100 (mine didn't have one in the parts...

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A little of the known history of my V100 - She is a fairly early V, as evidenced by having two vision blocks/gun ports ahead of the side doors, later Vs just had one there. She was originally part of an ARVN contract, thus set up with a .30/.50 turret; and built in Feb/March 1968. Experience...

Yep. I'm a cheapskate, always looking for a good deal! :ROFLMAO: M1165A1, yes, the A&K M240s are great too. I have a regular M240, and one I am converting to an M240D (aircraft door-gun version). My son was a gunner on V-22 Ospreys, I have a set of real spade grips I am installing in his...

Our guns always looked pretty worn! But they were mechanically in great shape (reliability being high on the list of desirable traits :giggle:). I was an M60 gunner in the Marines last century. My gun is an A&K, I like them because they are almost all metal, and are very good quality. I...