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In other words, they are not going to make it easy on us.... :/ I wondered, because the mounting points differ on different shelters, and on the dollies. A friend has a shelter similar to an S280, and it was set up for the M720 dolly. He wanted to load it on an M832, so the tire size would...

Already am! ("Ouch! Stoppit! Ouch! Stoppit!") Cheers

On the topic - is there a manual or a list somewhere that says what dolly goes with what shelter? I have searched diligently for that information, but it evades me. Cheers

The Michelin XL looks the most like the original Commando tires, but they are all getting a bit old now. The Goodyear tires were used by the military after the Commando tire, so correct for a late use V100 (post-Vietnam). That is what I am running on mine. They look good, and drive great...

While you can make the vision blocks out of lexan/plexiglass, it's not original. It is definitely an option, and one I'm pursuing on my other armoured car. But there are very few V100's in private hands, and doing the restoration "properly" is usually important to the owner. It would...

The folks who make custom armoured glass are very proud of their work! The blocks themselves are made of 13 layers of glass and plastic. Most original vision blocks have de-laminated inside with age, they become almost impossible to see through (think pool of muddy water), so new ones have...

A worthy project, you have a labour of love ahead of you! Keep us updated as you progress, please. If it's any consolation, many of the currently restored ones looked as bad or worse when they began the process. I've sent you a PM about parts and pieces. I'm sure the other V guys will too...

That's why I changed out the military 5th wheel on one of my M931s for a civilian slider unit. It was a direct bolt on swap. Dropped the plate height by close to 8" (which took my M129A4 and the TSS from 13'9-10" down to 13'1-2". The slider also allows me to tow short necked trailers like the...

And when you get to my age, you will say "What??" a lot! ;) And it's not drama. I started out in the Marines as infantry, then moved on to helicopters. Plenty of hearing damage as a result. Louder noises now are not just unpleasant, but can be physically painful. Ear plugs help with that...

Outstanding! Cheers

It is indeed! TB58 gave a good description of GCA. I'll just add that the radar operator knows all the terrain and other obstacles near a field. They will guide the pilot to a point to safely begin the descent onto the approach path. This is a a bearing that lines up with the runway...

Some of the best have been mentioned already. Personally, I prefer first hand accounts rather than novels, I'm more interested in the history than entertainment. Sticking to aviation only, since that is the thread topic- Phantom over Vietnam by John Trotti Going Downtown by Jack Broughton...

The Central Texas folks (which extends all the way to Corpus for some :) ) get together every year at the Temple airshow. Here is a link to this years show in May (it's always the first weekend in May) - http://www.lonestar-mvpa.org/events/2015/temple.htm We do a lot of other events, come play...

I find the CUCVs to be unpleasantly noisy at speed. The best and cheapest sound deadening method I have found for CUCVs is foam ear plugs! I use them anytime I'm driving over about 35mph. They cost 99c and take about 15 seconds to install. Removal time for maintenance is even quicker. ;)...

It was a joke.... Cheers

And a SUMB, forefront in pic 1. A capable, if not lovely, MV. Cheers

Am I missing something? Photos 3, 4, and 6 in the first post show the seatbelts attached to their original locations in the back of the cab. Cheers

I don't see it pointed out earlier - the US Air Force uses a lot of vehicles contracted for solely by them, that are not "standard" military vehicles. They will have off-the-shelf civilian type vehicles modified according to their desire. Yours could very easily be an original USAF vehicle...

They were still using CCKWs and WCs (that all looked showroom fresh) when I was stationed there with the Marines in 1980. This is past the period you are asking about, but it shows that they were still using them then, so we can probably safely presume they were using them 5 years earlier. ;)...

Here is a rough drawing of the part my buddy made, front and side views. Hopefully clear enough. When I mentioned drilling the rear (B) rod from home depot, I did so just inside the two mounting point ears, to keep it from coming out, and to limit side-to-side movement. Cheers