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M-37 A Frame Rig Here are a couple of pictures of the A frame rig on the front of an M-37. This outfit was photographed at the June 2009 Dodge Power Wagon Rally in Iowa. The owner is from Baraboo WI and the rig is as he used when was assigned to an engineer unit that specialized in POL...

New in Sparta WI Hey Eagle, Don't pull the panick chain just yet. We have been working this MV license issue for about 3 years now. The New HMV law that we created with the state legislature and became law on Ocober 1 provides protection that we owners of HMV's in WI did not have before. It...

The instructions for making the modifications to provide a field mess set up in a 2 1/2 Ton truck is a standardized operation. Locally fabrictated. The detailed instructions are in the mess TM manuals. Early closed cab and late open cab WWII GMC CCKW's, then GMC 211's and later manuals show...

MVPA 2012 Alaska Convoy As of Nov 1st there are 30 MV's signed up and paid to make the trip. That includes at least three M35A3's and several M35A2's & M109 Vans. Also several 5 Ton's and trailers. Plenty of people also getting WWII trucks ready. At least One WWII GMC CCKW is being shipped...

Wis DOT When we crafted the Historic Military Vehicle bill in WI , it looked like municipalities would be prohibited from using former military vehicles as emergency government vehicles. We didn't want to eliminate a source of used ex military vehicles for private collectors in the future. We...

WI HMV issue I'm glad to hear people like the new plates. The design was by the MV clubs in WI. The DOT aggreed to let us design it. We asked owners and came up with several designs, narrowed it to four and then two and voted on the final. It took a while working with the DOT to get a color...

The new Historic Military Vehicle law became effective on October 1st. Please pass this information on to other military vehicle collectors you know. By Wisconsin law, privately owned former military vehicles may now be registered and will receive the new Historic Military Vehicle license...

2012 Alaska Convoy On the 2009 convoy across the US several people expressed similar concerns about the slow pace. Keep in mind that the convoy IS THE EVENT. Getting to Fairbanks as fast as you can is not the point. With the greater distances we'll likely pick up the pace a little, but from...

MVPA Announces 2012 Alaska Highway Convoy To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the building of the ALCAN military highway thru Canada and Alaska during WWII, the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA) will convoy our historic military vehicles on the famous Alaska Highway in August...

Man, You guys are good! Watching like hawks. The Old Cat Man was going to post the WI DOT link on Friday morning which would be October first. They put it on line late today. Remember this is not over yet. This is phase one. We got some protection. We will now work toward amending the new law...

Spooner WI Fall Event The rally at Spooner is always a good time. No vending so lots of time to visit with friends. This is my time to get dirty with Kevins WWII Cat D-7 Dozer. This year we had it loaded on the Rodgers Low Boy and pulled it to the work/play site with the M-20 Diamond T. Now...

Wisconsin Title and Registration One of the good things that we were able to build into the new Wisconsin HMV law is the elimination of any reference to vehicle age requirements for registering US manufactured military vehicles. So any former US made military vehicle qualifies as a Historic...

WI Registration of HMVs Jeff, The new Wisconsin Historic Military Vehicle law past last spring takes effect on October 1st 2010. At that time you can apply to the WI DOT - by mail to Madison for a Historic Military Vehicle Plate for your CUCV. Yes there are restrictions under this law. The...

WI Trans 123 I did contact the SEMA Action Network (SAN) today and also the (new) Historic Vehicle Association and the Wisconsin Car Clubs Alliance (WCCA) with information about the Trans 123 issue. All have large mail lists. While this does not affect the military vehicles which are covered...

New Addition to the Herd The CCKW's are great trucks. Yours has lots more than what many of us started with years ago. There are a great bunch that hang out over at www.cckw.org Check that site too. Lots of great info and help from CCKW owners. Cheers Cat Man 1945 CCKW Dump Truck...

Oregon To Michigan WC52 Call me Monday morning. We are working on getting a load together to retrieve a WC21 from Southern Oregon to North East WI. We need another truck to make the load and split the cost. 920 863 8656 Jeff Cat Man

Cat 7155 Transmission Acouple of things to remember. The 7155 operates with air shift and requires clean dry air to the shift valve pack on top of the transmission. The transmission has two clutch packs one in front and one at the rear. When they shift, the forward cluch unlocks, the rear...

Cat Engine installed Don't sweat the exhaust connection. The turbo flange is an SAE standard and mates to a standard Marmon clamp - there are a zillion different combinations. And vendors with catalogs full of mating pipes. As far as the Cat 3208 vs a Cummins 6B. Remember there is no...

Block repairs Chem John, Yes I have experiance with all the methods that have been discussed. The unbreakable law of business (And Automotive Repair) says you have three options: "Fix it good" , "Fix it cheap" or Fix it fast" Unfortunatly you can only pick two of the three. If you try the...

Here are the dimensions from the M36 Ring mount. The WWII mounts fit the M-35's all same same. The sketch was done for the CCKW guys but I have had this mount on the M35A2 also. Each leg is different. There are different styles of "arms" at the top as well. Hope that helps ya, Cat Man