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Thank you! I was going to start bugging y'all next, we were trying to do it the 'right' way first. Cheers Edit- He was up and happily viewing pictures that night. Good job, and thank you!

Excellent! Thank you. [thumbzup] He is Texan1650 I have recently subverted him to the green side (that's what he gets for sharing an office with me :twisted: ). Wants to fix up an M151A1 mid-60s Vietnam style. He has a screen-shot of one from The Green Berets when John Wayne is on the...

Still slowly adding all the details inside. At this point, amongst other things, I have the seatbelts in, made some of the clips that the canteens hang on, the VIC-1 in and wired, the winch controls restored (working on the winch still), the fuel tank sight lines in, made a gun firing button...

First- yes, I did a search, didn't find the answer. Buddy of mine signed up on SS several weeks ago, still can't see pictures. He gets links in the post, but if he tries to click on them he gets a message that says he doesn't have privelages. It also says something about either having his...

I wouldn't have made it from Georgia to Texas! My M185 had a box seat when I picked it up from Ft Sam. Due to back/leg injuries from a 'non'-standard' helicopter landing in the Marines back in antiquity, sitting straight up causes me a lot of pain. I made it about 50 miles and was seriously...

Yes. Added next to the old style composite lights. The very early ones seemingly didn't have turn signals from the factory. That is a cool video, I have it on a disk I bought long before I had a V myself, been drooling over it for years. Did you notice the Elmer Fudd moment when the narrator...

The loops on the front bumpers are usually referred to as 'paper clips' for obvious reasons. Oddly enough, I have seen quite a few Army trucks in recent years with the remnants of cut-off paper clips on their bumpers. Maybe when the Marines went to an all 5-ton medium cargo fleet, their deuces...

Took me a tad longer than expected, but here are your measurements. All are inside measurements, as in usable space inside of one bar to the inside of the other. Note- the dimensions on the bars under the headlights are actual length. Since they angle back, if you look at it head on, the...

Welcome aboard and Semper Fi, Brother! Cheers

It was nice when we showed up this morning and Mark had already done all the tires, etc. Very decent, sir! All we had to do was chat for a bit, and drive the vehicles back to Sam's place. The boy was grinning when he got in the 1028, grinning the whole trip home (I was following in his 1009...

Good job! I love seeing the old trucks getting this kind of treatment. :beer: Cheers

If someone doesn't get the info before then, I'll measure it for you Tuesday (my 813 is out at the farm). Cheers

Hopefully it won't be 111* in the morning when we go back! Cheers

Research a colour called Sinai Grey. It is a greyish tan, or a tannish grey depending on how you want to describe it. Quite attractive really. You could always put the Six-Day War marking on the hood too. It is like a white T edged in black, with the top of the T toward the front (does that...

Outstanding. [thumbzup] Semper Fi! Cheers

Here are a couple of the 5-ton MRAP trainers from Ft Irwin when I was instructing out there last year. They are based on 939-series trucks. I have painted out a few pieces of equipment on them before posting, sorry. Those would make no difference to what you are doing anyway. :-) For those who...

It depends on how you read that. If everyone is annoyed and expects the relationship to go poorly and nothing can be done about it, they have 'managed' your expectations to an acceptable, to them, level. If you can't do any good by complaining, you don't bother, and they then claim...

One of my M1009s had "Diesel fuel or JP-8 only" stenciled on the fuel door. Cheers

I'll talk to him Wednesday and get him to PM you. He has changed the name to 'Bad Ass' (referring a donkey, lest anyone be offended by the word!). Cheers

Vietnam-era Marine trucks would be painted in 24052 or 34052 green (the 2 indicates semi-gloss, the 3 indicates flat paint) with the markings in yellow. Since the Navy provide all medical services for the Marines, it is possible they may have painted it grey at some point for non-tactical...