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Once its formally sent to the Governor, any time before he has to sign it or it get signed automatically? (I know it was mentioned somewhere earlier, just don't have time to read all posts again to find it)

I have a VIN with nine numbers, first four, than a space, than 5 more. Starts with 5123 but its mentioned as a 1973 Kaiser Jeep. However, the engine may be from 1965 and was overhauled in 1973, so the entire truck maybe is a lot older than I think. Unless they put an old engine in a new truck...

:ditto::ditto:

Had to look that word up, but turns out we have several of them in our blacksmith workshop and in our museum, for horse and ox-drawn ploughs or wagons. Pulling is not that much the problem, and a wiffletree would work good. The problem is the braking: how to do that smooths without the towed...

Yep, that's humans for you alright. :cookoo: :carnac: In the end, it is almost never about the money but all about emotions, the good ones (proud memories, love, honor) and the bad one's that make people little like spite, greed (still not about money), envy.

Nobody said the current owner is a "I'll restore it someday" type. Maybe for them its just a heirloom with a story that has a very practical function as well. They enjoy it and use it so why sell it? My late brother was like that. He inherited an over a century old cylinder desk (American...

For those interested in special air force planes, keep an eye on the two-week international air forces exercise Frisian Flag 2014 in Friesland, the Netherlands. Lots of different planes from several NATO airforces together.

Count me in for a T-shirt, probably XXXL (I'm a little bit over 6'2 or 188 cm) and I hate tight around the neck T-shirts. How did last year's T-shirt look? How's the Skype stuff coming along? Until now no early participants for our Newcastle of the World conference, so I actually might have...

Swiss, Zout, what does this mean, on top of the "tracking the SB 392" link: Note: This bill or resolution failed to pass the Georgia General Assembly during the 2013-2014 session See more at: http://legislativenavigator.myajc.com/#bills/SB/392 What the Heck?

Anything happening here? Signed or auto-stamped?

With that around and you did not take a single pic? That's pure sadism to us out here in the dark?

Never saw those lift systems, amazing trick. That's probably why modern trucks - certainly tractors - often do not have these old type of front coupling anymore. These triangle pulling systems, those legs are fixed or they vary in length when turning?

Ron and Zebedee, spot on. In Europe, its either a tow bar or a wrecker with spoons to put the front tires in. Never saw a truck being pulled with this double leg thingy. In addition, these center front hitches are very handy for taking a trailer "head on" for better maneuverability in yards. For...

That's why I brought this up, even I can see that this front part is weak. Some newer European trucks without the standard coupling jaw use a special reenforced part which is mounted in front of the actual bumper and sticks out further forward. It would cover the whole bumper part from frame...

Looks like something somebody thought up on a dark night with lots of beer as part of the defense if somebody ever tries to land and conquer the USA. Would have been a cool prop in the old English serial Dad's Army

Standard European trucks have (or used to have) a front coupling jaw dead center in the bumper. This mostly is just a re-enforced opening in the bumper where you can put the tow bar in and lock it with a pin. Farm tractors have them also. The Daf army truck at right has both the two towing...

I would like to know how that works out for you, if possible with lots of pics and engineering remarks like connection to power steering pump, effect on power steering while braking in corners etc etc. It is one of the options I am still looking at to make our 5-ton safer but I did not find...

Congrats! Maybe put a link here to your posts on these two gun truck sites so we can see it? Did you ever wrote down the story on Proud American and your replica on SS? That's why we need a history thread!

Good looks alone is not enough, and can be voted for every month. +1

That is something I would like to build as well. I probably will never have enough money to get something like a Peterbuilt or Mack with sleeper here in the Czech Republic but this looks like the second best thing. Unfortunately, my dump-tractor trick with its short M51A2 wheelbase does not...