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Even though it may be rough, it is still nice to see one that has not been sporterized and turned red, yellow, or green. Good luck with the restoration.

Replaced the shoe string type material on the Jumper port cap, with 6" of tan para cord. Used a couple of electrical connectors, ground the plastic off of them, spread them, put in the cord and crimped them with the electrical crimpers. It made for a nice clean up of something that has been an...

We will meet at Taylor Station on Hwy 101 at 0700 for breakfast. Then meet the others in the group at 0800 at the park n ride at the first Shelton exit. If the weather does not cooperate a couple vehicles may drop out due to no top. But we will still go. we are becoming a staple of that...

Nice looking job on the engine. You aren't one of those, I am going to hone the cylinder and put a kit in people are you? Had a lengthy discussion this week with a guy working on an M38 for another person and he is a honer. You can buy new cylinders, probably on here or the E*** for a...

Hello Team, Sorry for the late notice on this. Was asked at the Hawks Prairie event on Saturday. They are looking for a few military vehicles to add some color to their event. Food will be provided. I told them that we work for food. I can't make it, Quillcene parade that day, but look at...

Mission went well. Three vehicles in attendance. 1943 GPW, 1973 M151A2, and 1984 M923. Only casualty of the day was the 1967 M715, which flipped off the positive battery terminal, shorting to the battery box and frying the alternator. The Army was a no show due to budget cutbacks so they...

What a shop. Is this your start of a ground up restoration?

NDT, disconnected alternator. Reconnected batteries, truck fired right up, so was able to get it back in its slot. Will pull the alternator in a couple days and see if it can be tuned up. thank you for the tip.

Will do NDT. Thanks for the tip. I have owned that truck for 20 years now and it has always run great, so this was a fluke. Something I missed. Sounds like a deal Frank, although I did go look at one a while back that the guy wanted 1000 for it and it was so beat that I couldn't justify the...

This is a question for you electrical wizards. What the heck did I do to my 715? Got it all greased, lubed, polished and took off this morning for a display for the USO. Hit a bump and the positive lead on the back battery, came off and shorted between the terminal and battery box. Once I...

Looks to be a good weather day, 70-73 on Saturday. Just lost the 813 to a car show closer to his house. Don't know how he could go to a display 5 miles from the house when he could have gone to one 45 miles away. Just because he gets 4 to 5 MPG ! At this point we are down to a 43 jeep and a...

Bonsai, sorry don't think I could do anything for you at this time, with work schedule and distance between us, it is not feasible for me. There has been a towbar on CL, up in that area for awhile. Not sure if it is still there and thought the price was a bit stiff, so I wasn't paying much...

It ran fine yesterday. Sounds like the story of my life.

That is quite a ways up there from my house. Maybe some of the northern crew will chime in. Is it in good rolling condition, where someone might drop a towbar on it? Probably from the ferry cost, to get it to your side, you are going to want to pull it around the sound and back up.

Hello Team, if you would like to do a nice small town parade on 17 SEPT, let us know. You could convoy up from Olympia with us, meet along the way, or meet us in Quilcene. So far we have 6 vehicles committed from WW2 to M923's. The parade is short, we usually go and park at their carshow for...

Hello Team, this next Saturday 10 SEPT, is Military Family Appreciation Day at Cabela's at Hawkes Prairie, WA. The event will be in Cabela's parking lot. We probably need to be there no later than 0830. Parking is tight and we will most likely be sharing the area with a Stryker or two from...

That is an interesting historical sidenote. My 68 M54 was brush painted CARC woodland camo and it had a yellow bridge plate in the grill and the one on the right door had been obliterated. This was an original truck. It probably went out of service sometime in the late 90's. It did go to...

The stencils look good, but you are a glutton for punishment. The 1/2 inch machine was made in 1915 and last weekend at the McChord Airshow, the kids probably punched out over a hundred names with it. The 1" machine is a 1914 with a Marine Corp inventory tag on it. I use cereal boxes for card...

Great stuff team. Since it is downloaded, you must have had a successful completion and return to base. Is hearing protection an upcoming must for that beast. That is one thing that most of the guys that drove those, tell me. Very neat.

it is a good thing there isn't much left to do. :-) If you need any particular 1" or 1/2" stencils let me know and we will get them cut. P