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The left one looks smaller than the right one too. They were trying to show that the vehicles were bodged together from spare parts, I think they succeeded.. In one scene they found some bombed out vehicles and went scrounging for tires because they had no spares left

Whatever they were, they all got blowed up:( Where did the flat wheel on the MB come from?

UNDERSTOOD, it is a long trip...

I was thinking of members bringing vehicles, that is how you slipped through, and Tim is cooking! (I didn't forget him...) You going the Deuce it up there?

Welcome aboard from Austin! You should come up to the airshow in Temple next weekend, you can fondle all sorts of Green Stuff AND meet several CenTex SS members face to face. We will be there from noonish Friday all the way through Sunday evening. We would love to see you! a somewhat incomplete...

They appeared to have a LOT of halftracks to play with. Here are some more vehicle pix from the movie:

Yep, life will suck without that registration receipt. And the first traffic light inside the main gate is Tank Destroyer Ave (love that name...), you will need to take a left there so be sure you are in the correct lane for that, turning around is a pita, ask me how I know...

I never have pulled the bearings, don't know. Should not be an issue for you though. FJ will do fine.

And BE SURE to bring your registration receipt for the tow vehicle! You WILL need it to get on base, along with a valid TXDL and insurance card.

I looked at them too, they all seemed road worthy. Take a laser thermometer to check hub temps periodically on the trip home (looking for bad bearings), be sure the lights work (onboard ones, or magnet type you brought with). If the trailer lurches when stopping put the pin in the lockout hole...

They made several of them, I think I saw three together in one scene. They rolled one down an embankment and the front did not come off or fall apart, so it was real steel (at least the "fall guy" was), they bashed them pretty hard. There were also some MBs, halftracks and various assorted...

Here is another vid:

The Military Chanel is showing the movie "Play Dirty" with Michael Caine, made in 1969, about British commandos in North Africa in WWII. I guess the studio could not afford real German trucks so they fabbed some up from M37s. Pretty good film too...

Here is a video, more tomorrow

Here are some Hero Shots I took today:

When I want to secure my M416 to the truck I pass the hook all the way through the securing loop on the truck and pass the lock through the chain, off the truck I use a separate piece of chain or a commercial lunette lock.

I have the same long/big leg issues (6'2, #300 ish) and a bad hip so my right leg does not bend like it should, I cut off the back of my box seat so I could get my hips all the way back against the cab, that helped a LOT! The other thing I discovered is that sneakers allow more ankle flex than...

I found this in a Google image search for "Erickson Skycrane", I think it sums my feelings up nicely:

I know they can't ALL be saved, and they can't ALL stay in service... but it makes me sad to see the old Gals put out to pasture...

That looks like the one that was used to lift the replica statue onto the Capitol building back in 1993. I was working an E6 line at the time and processed a BUNCH of photos of it, and the Guppy it was transported in...