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The Chinook has had a very long and distinguished service record. Still serving today. The more famous Spookies are the c 47 (DC 3) aka Puff the Magic Dragon or the C 130, but the CH 47 had some "Death from Above" mods as well.

Thanks for the memories. That sounded like something my Drill Sargent would have kindly whispered just before his right number 12 made a hard landing on my LZ Brown. No worries though, as I will be a#*holes and elbows into the day in plenty of time. As they will likely have main street closed...

Thanks for posting this. I will try to make it. Been a few years since I was out Bennett way. I will probably need to be up early though.

Howdy and Welcome from Colorado. Hope you enjoy your new post. And building the "get to Alabama" vehicle.

Now that is one nice cover solution to working outdoors. I suppose those heavy roof corners won't need to come off to get to the bad roof panels. Is your "creeper" on wheels or do you just push it from a ladder or something as you need to move down the roof?

Kind of amazing and somewhat comforting to know that at least it kept running even if under less power. I suppose for a military vehicle this would be a good thing in combat. I wonder if it was designed that way for that reason?

Howdy and welcome from Colorado.

Definitely like to see more video. As Marchplumber said, some of us will never get to see it in person as much as we would want to.

Awesome video. That MV is not hard to fall in love with. When you watch it moving under its own power you feel lucky to have seen it. Kudo's

Howdy and welcome from Colorado.

Sorry to hear you are bowing out. Hopefully we will see you in a future MV of the Month.

I also seem to recall someone mentioning that the piston lubrication is different in the LDT versus the LDS. With the higher HP in the LDT, keeping things lubed and cooled is likely a high priority. Sounds like you are doing some fairly thorough research on these options. Kudos

Just from outward appearances, it would seem more is different than just the IP. For instance, the air intake. It likely pumped more air and needed a larger filter so that may be why it was moved out to the fender. Not an expert, by any means, but as a nuts and bolts matter, a few other...

I seem to recall reading something about in the time of war etc etc, that the mechanics would do what they had to do to get the fleet rolling. even if that meant replacing a bad LDS with a LDT in the field. Probably not very common though. At least the engines are close enough to each other...

I would keep bumping it up the chain of command. Besides, the federal highway system was built for these military vehicles. petty bureaucrat BS.

Howdy and welcome from Colorado. The TM's (Technical Manuals) and the search tool will help you significantly.

Thanks Clinto. That helps. So its clear from the photo in the OP's avatar that its an M51 model of the M39 series truck. So it would have come with the LDS engine. However, as it was fairly closely related to the venerable deuce is it possible some had the LDT? Seems like they would have...

Thanks to the OP. Wish I could have been there.

I thought those 5 ton trucks in the 800 series came with an LDS rather than the LDT. That was throwing me a bit. I know the LDS makes a bit more HP than LDT and a few other differences. Can you provide any background as to the motor that was in it originally and perhaps how it came to have a...

Howdy and Welcome from Colorado.