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  1. 1943ht

    Deuce in the wild...

    Great pics ... love the grin on your sons face... bet he loves riding in the truck with dad. you are building some great memories with your boy ... still fondly remember all the adventures my dad took me along on when he was restoring his Model A (60's) and we would go parts hunting. Well done
  2. 1943ht

    Deuce in hibernation

    Deuce I H Very nice ride .. Thank you for sharing
  3. 1943ht

    HELP! MadDawg has a credit card and can't stop bidding!

    Can you say "Red-Headed Step Child" .. probably on your MTOE but it was filled by a ERC-B (Substitute) item. Had the same issues when we were armor... ie., pipeline trucks in lieu of 5 ton vehicles .. just not enought stuff to go around
  4. 1943ht

    Military Vehicle Museum Location? Temp home for a Half Track

    Museum Camp Roberts has an actve museum site
  5. 1943ht

    Look what followed ME home.

    Sweet ride .. don't know much about the power-train .. but when I was an armor officer and overseas, had an opportunty to climb into and play with chieftan, challenger and leopard tanks ... would agree that the cannons on both british vehicles were outstanding on the ranges as were the gunners...
  6. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Jason it would be great to see some of those pics... Have asked my mom for some of my dad’s pics ... she has some when she met him and they started dating at Ft Carson Co when he was drumming out of the Army. She told me that he was so good looking in his uniform and she fell for him right...
  7. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    SGM No breather in place when I found it .. the rubberhose between the airfilter and the carb was missiing ... butterflies were frozen in closed position so that kept a lot of crap out of the engine .. carb had to be soaked for a couple of weeks before I gould get the linkage loose enought to...
  8. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Karl .. she is a beauty .. what configuration are you looking at putting on the back? Is she running? Tim, my only goal is to keep her as original as I can ... lots of $ trying to find all the small pieces (Right Karl?)... Still need to purchase radios, and plan on fabricating my own 50cal...
  9. 1943ht

    HELP! MadDawg has a credit card and can't stop bidding!

    Frank, Roger and good copy! I knew that the trailers that Mike picked up were not Ben-Hur's .. but were the ammo trailers we used to see towed with the 105's or 155 Howitzers support vehicles .. appreciate your message traffic .. will look for and purchase a Ben-Hur when the time is right...
  10. 1943ht

    HELP! MadDawg has a credit card and can't stop bidding!

    Mike well done! My next purchase will be an Ammo Trailer to go with my HT .. the 2 you picked up look like they are in great shape. Was this a DRMO auction or other?
  11. 1943ht

    WWII Quad .50 trailer pics

    Mike thanks for taking the time to stop and take the pics and to post for all to see .. I would love to get my hands on those 50's :wink: They look great ... notice that the mount is set up to be fed out of regular 50 cal ammo cans vs tombstone's .. would have meant more change outs for the...
  12. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    Track was found in the Horn of Africa, Djibouti desert... it had been driven out to the sand and abandoned by the French Foreign Legion in late 50’s or early 60’s ... French stated that they received the track from US in Korea in 1954 (Records confirmed that 4 M16A2’s and several M4s were...
  13. 1943ht

    WWII Quad .50 trailer pics

    What armor? That is a 1943 White Half-Truck (As an old Armor Dawg I know the difference between a Truck and a Tank and thankfully Customs agreed) and she was legally cleared by a customs broker :-) .. Queen was recovered in Djibouti Africa .. found her abandoned in the desert sands .. lots of...
  14. 1943ht

    a terrible sight for a man to see

    Regards cutting those jeeps in half .. was on acive duty (Army) when the 151A2's were being taken out of the inventory .. my PBO's (Property Book Officers) told me that the government did not want to assume any liability for civilians being killed because of roll-overs in those babys so they...
  15. 1943ht

    African Queen 1943 M16A2 MGMC Half-Track

    My ride ... Recovered from East African Desert APR 07.. Preservation Pics: http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff194/mkoloc/?action=view&current=HT4thofJuly.flv http://mkolocsM16A2HT.MyPicGallery.com
  16. 1943ht

    WWII Quad .50 trailer pics

    Just starting preservation of my Maxon M45F Quad Mount. Got the B&S Model N generator running .... SSGT Frisch would like an opportunity to talk to regards the M45.. Turret is pretty complete but been sitting in the African desert for 50 plus years ... wiring etc wil be a challenge and Im sure...
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