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Got some more done today. Fixed broken ground for the RH fuel tank and installed the the RH fuel tank deck plate. Surprisingly, it fit with minimal swearing. And I took some pics of the installed parts plus the repair on the LH fuel line.

More pics. Patched the fuel line on the LH tank, found out that when hanging the fuel tank shields, the brackets get bolted to the shield, then install the assembly onto the spare tire carrier.

Thank you for all the info, I’ll look into those references.

Truly a sad day. May he Rest In Peace. Psalm 23: 4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my...

Thank you for the info. I won’t be able to tow anything with this truck for quite a while, no trailer. Also, there’s a few missing parts on the fifth wheel, which renders it unusable at this time. I do appreciate the info though, one of these days I hoped to find all the pieces and parts to make...

I’ll get some pics and post them tomorrow. Too bad the distance is so far. I’ve got quite a few pieces of a M931A1 spare tire carrier.

That sounds like a perfect setup! It takes big iron to straighten big iron! With the older 2 1/2 tons and 5 tons disappearing from the surplus market, we have to get physical to make replacement parts.

I got rained out yesterday, didn’t get anything done. So today I drilled the holes for the rivets to pass through the deck plate. One I find a soldier B, I torqu the bolts down. The fuel tank protective plate mount brackets were damaged when I bought the spare tire carrier. No big deal, cleaned...

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Took some pics of the 5th wheel installation and the spare tire carrier. The 5th wheel plates came from a M818 and the spare tire carrier came from a M931. The adapter plates for the spare tire carrier came off a Big Foot M931A1. Not all a perfect fit but with sharp drill bits and a bunch of...

Eastern makes a brush truck:

My search is finally over. No, I didn’t find a set of M52 spacers. Hendersonj found a set of M818 spacers. They weren’t a direct fit. The rails on the M52 have rivets sticking up. The M818 does not. So it took many, many, many, many..... trips back and forth from the truck to the drill press...

Two M52 reactors were converted to gun trucks in the Vietnam War. That’s all I know about anyway. Both used M35 beds. They didn’t keep the spare tire carriers. Not sure if they used the M35 carriers. For the most part, as near as I can tell, the spare tires were carried in the bed and integrated...

With your truck being a 5 ton, your imagination is the only limit. I’ve seen pictures of gun trucks in the desert. A tribute built around Iron Horse’s legacy would be the stuff. Can you put a deuce bed on the back? I was going to go that route with my M52A2. It was more than I could handle so I...

Looking good!

Cheyenne Christmas parade Toys For Tots. For the past 7 or 8 years I’ve lead the parade with my truck. We put the word out to the community that if they wanted to, they could bring toys and we’d pick them up as we travel along the parade route. This your we filled 7 big boxes of toys and a...

I’ve got a pretty good list. I have a Gun Truck I’ve built, the War Wagon. It’s built on a ‘70 M35A2 w/w. Right now my armament is three M2 replica .50 cal MG’s, a M60 replica, a M16 replica, some grenade replicas, a LAW rocket tube and a bun load of ammo cans. I’m planning for a forth M2 which...

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I was reading a book, “Vietnam, A Complete Photographic History” by Michael Maclear. Photographs edited by Hal Buell. On page 12, I found a picture of a pre-Vietnam War Gun Jeep. The picture is dated January 1947 and has the caption: “With a building burning in the background, French Soldiers...

Looks like a ladder off a M109 or equivalent 5 ton.