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i just thought id share this...last weekend i set about the task of removing the van body from M109a3 for resto purposes. ill add some pix later when i get home. anyhow, i bought 4 2K lbs heavy duty camper jacks for this that have a 36"-60" lift. they have tripod stands at the bottom with feet...
i love those old AMGeneral 915's...got close to 100K miles in them in Germany.
(66th Trans CO, 28th Trans Bn, 37th Transcom 2003-2007)
i think for full fenders, youd have to fabricate your own, and keep that boxy-hard angle look to them just to keep the style...i remember wanting fenders on...
im 29...i have 14 yrs driving experience and have a valid california class A CDL with tankers/ doubles and triples endorsements. ive driven semi trucks on 3 different continents and many different countrys, including 2 tours in Iraq. all that dont matter to the ins companys when you have 2...
yup... 2 thousand. im sure its cuz i have tickets and none of the ins. companys i talked to even knew WTF i was talking about when describing the truck to them lol...they said since it weighed so much and wasnt registered as an RV that i had to have a commercial policy (750/1mil payout) ...once...
i live in so cal...near the desert. i inquired about historical plates and yes it is cheaper and less hassle, but i do intend to drive the truck to other then "just parades and carshows" as the DMV explained lol..too many restrictions on the HP's so....but once i get the van box converted into...
SOOO i bit the bullet and went to the CA DMV yesterday. all in all wasnt bad, i got a month-long moving permit for my 109, and paid all the fees to get it registered and titled. although i do hate CA for its rules and sneeky ways of getting more money out of anyone that has anything other then a...
little update: after some further ivestigation (with a prybar) ive discovered that the roof supports seem to be fine except for one..and that one just has some minor damage..some reinforcment will do fine...so all i have to do it re-skin the roof so it does'nt seem as daunting as it did before...
so i just got my M109a3 home last tuesday and after a thorough inspection, i found the top of the roof of the van body has some pretty serious rust/cancer along the roof support beams. im not that great with sheet metal but i dont know how difficult it will be to replace the supports. anyone...
heres my new M109a3...just got it home. picked it up in barstow at the Marine Corps depot. its a 1966 Kaiser Jeep Corp. its in fairly decent shape...some rust but looks fixable...we shall see where this project takes me.
just joined the ranks...
...of Deuce ownership. i just purchased a 1967(68?) Kaiser jeep corp M109a3 shop van. the VIN# is C13211484 the NSN is 2320000771636 the bumper numbers are 40-540 MSB HQ8. other then that i dont know much about it as i have not taken possession of it from GL yet...