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Good luck with the thrust bearing, sorry to hear it dropped out, bad timing , but beter to find it than to run it till it went not knowing. All packed headed at 0800 3 hour drive from here,

nice Job

You will be fine. In the same boat, M109 paint touch up not any where near done and refresh on Goat paint is stalled for now at one fender, You have done well, will be nice to see it as it comes from the grave reguardless

Oh you must have seen a guard or reserve launch truck ( the term we used for flight line vans) LOL Regular AF launch trucks were used until they could be fitted in to a Volkswagen ash tray,In 1994 we were still driving some trucks purchased in the early 70s, Some dodge models were from the 60s...

Nice Pics

Looks great! don't worry all REAL goats have dents in the front end

Wonderful work ! looks great, Are you going to have it Done For Weare

Thanks guys, lot to think about, My deuce is about on par with that

Hey guys and Gals a quick question, wondering what a comfortable sustained speed on the interstate would be in A M-1088 with the cat /Allison drive train . manual says 55 governed, BUT we all know how that works, Is 65 comfortable with say a rolling load of 20 k and what is the best approach...

Believe it or not The Postal Service LLVs still use the goat wind shield wipers they are just modifiying them now, Would love to have you look at my radio install kit, But its on the goat I plan to leave at home. Iam just an hour away from the meet and on your way to Maine. You are welcome to...

LMAO, yes BAQ was nice. Everything was geared to aircraft, we were always way behind the Army in personal gear, I went to the first gulf war with a 1958 steel pot helmet and liner, we still issued FLAK VEST from the Viet Nam Era until well into the ninties, and most of our common gear came from...

I have an antenna mount on my Chevy 400 small block powered goat , would be easy enough to template and fab. use a 10 x 12 heavy gi tarp for the carrier, I recently picked up an end tarp, NOS to use as a pattern to make more, haven't fitted it yet, Would be more than happy to lend it to you...

Are you still missing any items for Weare ? I assume your going to trailer in , ?!

Glad you found it, have been reading your efforts , IMPRESSIVE !

Did you ever solve your starter noise / engine binding ?

Rock Maple, sometimes called birds eye maple, or Ipay pronounced E-Pay a relative to mahogany

wish i had realized you were working an old Half track mount, The fron pin only reqires a small reduction on the left from the rear side, , beld sander and paitience takes two min

what you really need is a good multi meter, Wires only toast if they have voltage when the shouldn't, or a SHORT. good hunting, fix electrics is easy once one finds it , its the finding that takes time. Great looking project!

get rid of the old CB extingushiers , get some good Halon s and some use training .

Its not an M 109 A3 or 4 if it isn't shake , rattle and while rolling Humm could be it has had the retro muffler bearing up grade, If the shoes are good and pedal is satisfactory , blow it clean and leave it, Most didn't get a lot of heavy use, Shack trucks spent a lot of time in the yard ...