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Keep in mind that the numbers I have do NOT include over ten years production by Studebaker, Studebaker-Packard, Curtiss-Wright, Utica-Bend. Nor do they include the 1949-1963 production in Lansing. So, the grand total will be a good bit higher. Nevertheless, despite its almost global use and...

The family of vehicles including the M35, M35A1 and M35A2 (and a host of others) are the vehicles from Standard Nomenclature List number G-742. The first G-742 truck was delivered in 1949, it was a M34 (gas, single 11.00-20 tires). This was followed in a matter of months with the first M35...

Yep, sure was, used by the USMC. The XM62E4 - I know of one survivor, there may be more. DD

I once had a customer (when I was in another line of work) who was a paint chemist for Sherwin-Williams. His words of wisdom were that most of the paint being sold into the MV hobby at that time (10+ years ago) were "Industrial enamels" - which all lack the additives needed for UV protection...

I'm gonna disagree with almost everyone here - for the serious preservationist, 14K for a all-original truck with less than 100 miles is a deal. The catch is - keep keeping it indoors, and don't drive it (to speak of, if at all). Think about it - if this were a 64 Ford Mustang with 76 original...

I've got news guys - this pilfering has been going on long before GL even existed. Not to sound callous, because theft is theft, but this is part of the risk we assume by not buying from a dealer. PRE-GL, I lost off of various trucks - towing shackles, chocks, in-tank fuel pump, seat cushions...

I'll be there beginning Thursday afternoon. I have a vendor spot in the shed - but if it is pouring down rain, I'll be vending in one of the buildings. I'll be the guy with the many many books for sale! Best wishes, David

Mr. Merritt is pretty far up in the food chain at NHTSA (enough so I am surprised that he took the call on this). People that far up the food chain have a lot of clout, and I would suggest that anyone contacting him have a very thorough, polite, and well thought out strategy.......it would not...

None of the prices for armor are meaningful any longer. Too many things have changed - State Department rules, interest levels, exchange rates, inflation, etc. We are at the point now that if it is in the US, has a clear chain of ownership, and is recognizable as a US-built armored veihcle -...

One of the most significant enemies of half-track tracks is moisture.....much like rebar in concrete. Once a crack in the rubber reaches the steel cable that form the core of the track, the cables begin to rust....the growing rust forces the rubber away from the track, widening the crack...

You are absolutely correct - fire trucks are governed no lower than the others. I have a Class 530C myself, with less than 1000 original miles on the original engine, and it will easily pull away from my other trucks (and, to my knowledge, there has not been a wrench put on the engine since it...

The vehicle on Ebay is part of the LCC-1 Overland Train, also known as the Overland Train Mk. I, was developed in the mid-1950s by LeTourneau to deliver large quantities of supplies to remote army bases far from road networks: in particular, to personnel building and manning the Defense Early...

IMHO, that price was a steal. ALL the other HMMWV parts are cheap on GL, the body is the key to creating a HMMWV. And, what is the going price of a nice HMMWV? DD

I am bringing books - lots and lots of books. Denise and I will be in spaces 126 and 128 (in the front door of the Stadium). I'll have the various Squadron Walk Around and In Action books that I have authored, as well as the titles I've done for Ampersand. I have a few copies left of the...

There are specific requirements (established by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) as to what a VIN is (number of digits, and the significance of each). Also, the VIN plate must be permanently attached, not screwed on. Military trucks, at least the older ones, do not meet...

The above statement is correct.

While those are tough, there are survivors - and there are survivors of the engineer contact maintenance truck on the CCKW. But, I think the hardest one is the mobile armored observation tower (yes, a CCKW variant), water purification truck, short wheelbase airborne dump - I don't think there...

That would flame thrower SERVICE truck..........

As far as make goes, a real, bonafide Diamond-Reo (not Reo Motors) from 1972-1974 - only 5802 trucks were contracted for, and Diamond-Reo went broke (because of the fixed-priced deuce contract) before the order was completed. 747 of the trucks were unbuilt when the lights were turned out in...

Well, there is the decontamination truck (passed on one of those when I first got into this a few years ago - didn't know what it was - it was then scrapped - I also passed on a V17A/MTQ - same thing). Then there is the topographic reproduction truck, the previously mentioned darkroom truck...