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I'd like to use the words "just take a hydroboost of an 80's GM 3 ton and plumb it in" but I'm on the learning curve too. Since all the brakes get fed from the air-pak, it complicates just tying a line into a hydro-boost and running it to the front end....unless it provides the required pressure...

Thanks for jumping in with the info trucknut. That bike is a show stopper when Claude does the penguin run to get it started. He'll likely be at the Red Deer show in August next year so book some time! We found some time to let the trucks out to graze at the G749 farm. They've been penned up...

You didn't swap the carb but I see a new gas tank and dashboard. When the add attachment window comes up...and I click on the 'select files' box on the bottom, select a picture, I can watch the fuel gauge go up on the new panel!....... Fancy! Have we told you lately how much we appreciate what...

Mass loading I had trouble loading 10 pics at the same time so I load three, type a little, load three, type. 3 pics load fast, in 15 seconds or so, and I don't resize anything. If I knew anything about computers I'd say the manifold that sucks in the pictures to resize them is stalling the...

1st Annual Prairie Motor Brigade in Red Deer Alberta Only the bravest hockey fans go to Winnipeg in the winter. Keep us posted on your schedule. It's so busy we didn't have time to build a shower to go in like they do at other rallies. The trailer carried the jeeps 100 miles to Red Deer...

1st Annual Prairie Motor Brigade in Red Deer Alberta I should have posted this sooner so our Texas buddies had a better place to go for the Harvey Hurricane Weekend. We're thinking about you folks. After coordinating a pile of shows this year, I'm taking tomorrow off and hauling 2 old jeeps to...

That's a good reference point that I need to follow up on too, thank you. I didn't have any luck with GM Canada. I did get a chance to educate the young GM lad that replied to my inquiry into the G749 built between 1951 and 1956. He stated that GM didn't have any records on trucks built during...

We're really enjoying the "human story" that goes along with the G749 trucks. Stories about the men or women who drove them, where they went, first missions, last missions, the Love put in by the individual mechanics who would Rob parts off other trucks to keep them running. Special missions...

Mo pics I just traded my smart phone for the old style flip phone again so I know just how much it sucks using a phone for your first post. Don't worry about it and give it another try! My previous post would have been a great story if all the pics worked out. I'm just glad I didn't break...

We set up a musty smelling canvas tent at the airshow a few years ago and could not believe the number of people that thanked us for bringing back their childhood memories. Maybe you're on to something! I just need bacon scented febreeze! Keep those progress pictures coming!

Edmonton Airshow 2017 Turns out Goose is a girly truck. We sure had some beautiful ladies turn up at the airshow. If they weren't climbing in Goose, they were riding the bus. The flags were perky all weekend, worse on Friday night and Saturday, calming a tiny bit Sunday. We set up 10'x10'...

Goose and a P-38 Those are the 'little' stories that should be saved. That is just cool, I'm driving a Goose Douglas MacArthur. Thanks for sharing it. Goose needs transmission maintenance so we're going to a party...first. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, ladies and uhhhhhhhhhh...

G749 at the Airshow We had Goose the M135 going 70mph today. She was on the back of the Ironside tilt deck, but it was doing 70. It's time to pull Goose apart so for one more kick at the can, we're going out with an airshow! Moving the 67' bus onto the runway with the the 56' Deuce tomorrow...

I thought I was going to see a couple of 5 tons stacked on top of a deuce, going down the highway. :-(

Lockheed Ventura twin engine bomber This will become a road trip story shortly so I'm going to drop the info here instead of the aircraft forum. This aircraft may never fly again but it won't be for a lack of effort. The original story of this Ventura and the energy placed into preserving her...

You still haven't moved all those toys out yet? If it hurts getting in, out and under, it's time brother. Throw the Steel Soldier team the cash to upgrade if you haven't already. You need to upgrade to discuss sales. There's a big market across the border so getting a for sale add up with all...

Trees can be a battle, especially that Quercus macrocarpa as the boys have said, Take plenty of pics of whatever process you try that works. You're in for a fight! I clear and grub with a cat and the worst one I did had a dead top. Just touched it with the bucket and half of it came back on top...

That sucks, thanks for making everyone aware. I checked out a few news reports and it's not as uncommon as one would hope. First time I've heard that method used so it's good to know. Dash cams could help but if you don't get a letter for 35 days and your camera loops in 30, a guy is outta luck...

Stuck 302 GMC blues, What plate do you want measured? Found 3 M211's recently with engines that were all locked. Really hope you'll show us how to get one rolling again. Found some capacity, spec info all in one place in a 53 year old operators manual......a little more info in David...

USMC 00-08 kicked this thread off and we need to stick a paddle in to help row this canoe. https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?134364-G749-VIN-amp-Military-Registration-Database Maybe we can bump it and dig up some more truck data from more of those big hearted G749 owners. If I say I...