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Someone had a nice paint budget for that truck. What a great looking rig. Here was my contribution for the Christmas parade. 1984 M 923

Heaven help us if we drop a 5T into that ditch. They had timbers across the bridges and some of them were spaced just far enough apart that a jeep threaded the needle to stay on them. I fell into the middle on one. Fortunately they had pan decking underneath, but it was a pretty bumpy ride to...

We had our annual Battle of the Bulge run yesterday. This run takes place on the logging roads up out of Shelton, WA in the Olympic mountains. It was commemorating the 70th anniversary of that battle. We usually camp out but the weather was so nasty that we decided to pack up and head back...

repaired the drivers door handle, which was failing to engage the door mechanism, so you couldn't open from the outside. Tech advice from another thread on this subject. It was very good advice and the repair went smoothly.

Thank you for the excellent pictures in this thread. The repair did not take long, but I did not anticipate taking the door handle assembly out of the inside too. Once it was figured out that it all came out together, it did not take five minutes to do the repair outlined in the pictures...

Thank you for the excellent pictures in this thread. The repair did not take long, but I did not anticipate taking the door handle assembly out of the inside too. Once it was figured out that it all came out together, it did not take five minutes to do the repair outlined in the pictures...

Thank you for the excellent pictures in this thread. The repair did not take long, but I did not anticipate taking the door handle assembly out of the inside too. Once it was figured out that it all came out together, it did not take five minutes to do the repair outlined in the pictures...

Found a nick in one of the extension cords and think that it was causing a bit of a short, causing the breaker on the converter to trip. The converter was pretty warm too. I ended up propping the converter up for more cooling and disconnected the big wreath on the front, that seemed to cool...

We ended up with 5 vehicles. 43 MB, 53 M38A1C, 67 M715, 84 M923, 86 M923A1. Sorry for the picture quality. They were taken in low light with not that great of a camera, and less of a photographer. There were 65 other units in the parade and one stray M715 that was painted red that a man had...

Anyone coming out to play? We lost one so it looks like about 5 or 6 vehicles tonight. We would be happy to have you if you can make it. Call me. 360 870 0706 Peter

parade tonight Centralia, lighted Tractor parade. If you are coming, call me. 360 870 0706. So far it looks like about 5 vehicles.

Go for the truck. From the photos, you got a pretty nice one. There will be a way to get it titled. Your state doesn't title older vehicles with a bill of sale? I bought an M54 from the city and they had not gotten a title from the government, so they wanted to void the sale, but I took the...

Don't know for sure, but of course WA goes by the rule that they haven't ever seen an environmental law that they don't like. It will pay to keep a look out, maybe we could sway a legislator to come to their senses. Have to go put a sweater on before global warming overcomes me.

Anyone want to tag along on 13 December for the lighted Tractor Parade in Centralia. I put the information on upcoming events. You will need to bring a generator or power converter and a lot of lights for your rig. We will meet at my house about 1400, light up the trucks, have a hamburger and...

Looking great Coug. I have one more inexpensive mod that you could do to the instrument panel. Home depot has a battery powered LED light, about 12 bucks that has a magnetic base, that fits at the top of the instrument panel and when turned on gives a light that you can actually see the...

Any takers for the parade this year? So far it is looking like a couple of M923's, WW2 jeep, maybe the M38A1C, and a WW2 1 1/2 ton Chevy. I will turn in registration tomorrow. Let me know so I can plan for food. I am going to practice Saturday at the regular Christmas Parade in Chehalis. It...

Northwood, that is great that you are going to be able to preserve the unit history of the truck. Do you have any time line of where it came from when it left the service? Keep em runnin!

Yes, that does show the shorter bow in the front and it looks like the bows have a crown to them as well. Makes sense as maybe the water will run off better unlike the truck cargo tops that often times sag and hold water.

Did you get your brake issue repaired? How is the truck coming along? Any progress?

Now you will have the fun and opportunity to do some Marine Corp research on proper vehicle markings. You might also find a friend or relative that you respect that served in the Marine Corp and paint it in their unit markings as a tribute. Sometimes you can have some success finding the...