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Below: M211 converted with a M50A1/A2 or M49A1/A2 tank modified to sit in bed .. . Truck was otherwise immaculate .. Pictured in local fire service 2008
Below: XM211 working for local highway dept , pictured early-70's. (the cckw was set up with an air compressor or genny, I don't...
Below: GMC CCKW outfitted with Bantam shovel .. pictured in 1977 at a VT highway dept .. Had been used to load trucks at gravel pits as well
as ditch and embankment work
Below: CCKW half-cab that had been a seabees crane truck .. pictured in 1986 at a stone quarry
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Below: 4T Model 972 (edited : thanks Jeff) ... It was a rock hauler up into the 1980's, replaced by bigger-newer, and he wanted to preserve it anyway.. Had been sitting about 5 years when I saw it.. Owner said a little fresh gas and grease and it could go right back to work
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I have yet to see one in the M880/890's, but I bet this obscure fact blows a lot of minds out there ..
Call me crazy but there are some things you cannot un-see once you see it .. Since 1983 I have owned a 1977 plymouth trailduster some friends called "The Beast"... I plowed...
Not 100% sure which armor models these are for , bought them as a package deal , intended to use whatever fit the M114 I was to purchase but didn't // Numbers can be seen in pics ..
Quan 5 : single-pole / momentary contact , appear used. .. Tested, operational (M35/M54 preheat, plus...
Has anyone out there ever discovered whether there's a 24V version of the intake heater plug? ..
Been round and round a bit on the web and on the champion site, wasting a lot of time and finding conflicting/incorrect info going against what most of us on here already know about the 12V plugs...
years ago I went round and round between 4 different auto parts stores whose books or computers said this or that were exact fit replacements, and most of us on here know just how that story goes .. just wanted to share something I did, having parts from scrapped trucks laying around and a...
Pic shot in 1986 // Here I have already "hit the pin" but still get out and get under to check things out visually before taking off .. At the time, I was working as a trainer and head of BN licensing, but occasionally still got away to do my old jobs with the fellas.. In the military...
Mack-powered (M52A1) with downswept exhaust .. Note the blackened rear fender .. I drew this truck for ammo hauls for a time in 1980... It was extremely smokey, fogged out everything at ground-level :LOL:
M52A2 multifuel with downswept exhaust .. note blackened fender on this one too. ...
have done a search on here for "LDS465-2 " and all i get is a ton of Dash-A1 hits and not notice any peep about the Dash-2 ... Every one of the 5T multifuels here in the yard have 1A on the tag if I recall correctly.. And I don't recall seeing a Dash-2 in the army either, but at this age I...
After the war my father stayed in Germany almost 3 years .. He was former Cav.. As was his older brother who eventually made his way home after being wounded during the push into Austria following "the Bulge.". After the surrender, members of certain Cav units were among those tasked to stay...
It all comes down to physics, which was a high school subject I only spent two weeks in .. It was not that I couldn't grasp it, but it became obvious it was going to suck up all of my allowable homework time. There is little time for school work when you are raised on a farm having little...
just a few of my personally-taken pics from back when. .. the last pic illustrates what happened to a minty-fresh butterbar Scout in his M114 who fed the Tankers misinformation :ROFLMAO:
just a couple pics from back when. .. the last pic illustrates what happens to minty-fresh butterbar Scouts in their M114 who feed
Tankers misinformation :ROFLMAO:
Hello all, keyword searches did not yield anything specific .. Am looking to add a spin-on ahead of the OEM canister without altering the original lines, need to keep this particular M817 original and uncut for a quick return back to OEM when we are done with a project's numerous upcoming...
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