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Welcome from the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia...

Awesome work, mortarman! Those 5-ton from the Vietnam era are getting hard to find in nice shape, even in USA. Thanks for saving a piece of history, it took a lot of effort on your part... For those who say, "this truck isn't worth all that effort, find a nicer truck to restore", remember...

I have seen a bunch of tires like that on M939 series trucks, I just thought they came from the factory like that...

I look forward to that! :) Less than two weeks to go, can't wait.

I go up I-81 the whole way up from Front Royal. If you want to meet up Friday and head up together in case you have any mechanical issues (safety in numbers) I'd be happy to do that.

If it turns out the inside of the tank is rusty - and you can't find a replacement tank for cheap - you might take it to a radiator shop and ask for him to blast and line the inside of the tank. I had that done with the gas tank for my old M725 and whatever he put in there sealed it and would...

Or the hoses are slightly dry rotted and fuel is leaking through them, or air getting into them. Best bet is just check the entire line network and see how they are. When I bought one of my deuces, the truck started up and idled fine in GL's holding yard, but the second I tried stepping on...

You're right - the pic of the adapters threw me off. I saw the skinny pin on the bottom and I said, too narrow for a 1" pin, must be a 3/4"!

Not with a truck - but about 8 years back I bought some surplus electronic equipment from GL. I believe it was a pallet load of AN/GRA-39 radio control set residue. They were pretty shot, I think out of the lot of 15 of them, I managed to build 2 working one out of the lot, which I promptly...

Not sure how laws are written in Florida, however in most places the law is there, not to prevent people from having sound devices and light bars, but to prevent people from impersonating a law enforcement officer, or to prevent people from thinking that you represent same. You could mount one...

It looks very rough, but I have seen worse come back from the dead. With your level of knowledge Kenny, I'm sure you can make it happen.

I believe the M715 series uses the 3/4" pins, though they need special feet for their weird bumper/shackle setup. M880 series uses 1" as well, requires special adapters underneath the front bumper assy. Pics of each adapter:

Don't have a CUCV, but plan on it - when it finally arrives, the doghead relay conversion will be one of the first mods I do.

Good tip. Is there any cure for aluminum/magnesium corrosion that has already started? Something you can put on the corrosion to remove or at least stop it?

Hey Tim, Thanks for all the great tech info! However, some of that gear I haven't really thought of incorporating into this build. I see no need for VIC-1/3/4/5 communications in this rig, if this were a crew setup where there was a driver up front and someone in the back, maybe. But this is...

Yes, they change the oil every 6 months. Replace it with used oil from another truck.

Went to Colemans Surplus on Friday, out in the 17 degree weather walking on crusty ice over 4" of loose snow. Very cold. Worth the trip though, in addition to some other things, I found these lonely panels that came out of a telegraph relay shelter there, that had been attacked by a...

Looking for someone who can make brass stencils in small sizes (like 1" tall letters). Yes I know you can get sets of individual letters in brass all over the place. Looking for someone to make reusable brass stencils with entire lines or multiple lines. Imagine you had to stencil multiple...

Are these the brackets you are referring to? If so, yes, they are towbar mounts.

If you want them to look new and original, depends on how much work you want to do. But if you want to go all out, here's what would restore it. Pressure wash the entire crate. It will remove all markings, and make the wood look "new". Let dry. Then lightly sand the entire crate to fix any...