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Nattie, you are correct. After WW2 the US ARMY left behind a lot of equipment in the Philippines mostly Jeeps. The Philippine people were very good at modifying the Jeeps into a type of Taxi called a Jeepney. They could carry 5 or 6 people and were small enough to get around the narrow streets...
Here is one for the M37 experts. While on a trip to the Philippines, I ran across this MV that I think is an M37 hauling a load of concrete from the harbor to an inland construction site. As you can see the truck suffered a flat rear tire, we came by a couple hours later and the crew was...
The wife and I spent a couple months in the Philippines visiting family and friends for the first time in 4 years and took some pics of the Philippine Army Base on Siquijor Island. The Army has replaced their M715 trucks with the newer KIA KM 450 trucks. There are at this time no longer any...
Ken those covers for the M105 trailers are to die for. I first saw one on an M/V parts sellers web site sometime back, but the few I came across were out on the east coast. So, I ended up with an S250 shelter I found on GP out in Barstow, CA. Guyfang gave me some good ideas on how to modify it...
Forgot I had this number. Fleet Care Roadside Repair (775) 636-3465. He's an independent service. He changed a flat tire on my M105A2 trailer last year when we were stuck at the Loves truck stop on 80 just West of Fernley.
I'm about 150mi South of Reno. Just a thought, the Munitions Museum here in Hawthorne has an M1078. But I'm not sure they are open tomorrow, if they are I might be able to borrow the spare off their truck, if the person with the flat hasn't gotten help. Will follow this up first thing tomorrow...
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