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Just curious, why do people ask a question, then not come back to see the answer that others spent their time putting together for them? It happens a lot! :unsure: Oh well, hopefully someone else will find the information useful in the future. :) Cheers

I second the skid plate check. It took me a while to track the buzz on my M1028 down to that, because it really sounded like it was coming from somewhere else. Cheers

I had figured the lollipop lights were a forest service/volunteer fire department thing (mine appears to be former forest service). I'll have to go back further through my photo files, so far I've found several of M715s with clearance lights on the fenders, but no military 715s with lollipops...

Excellent! Thank you! So, not the first one to come up with the idea. I can do it and be correct. :) Makes me wonder now if that is why those lollipop lights got put where they were? Cheers

Thank you! I was going to make them today. :) Cheers

Seeing your side marker lights made me think "Ooh! That's a pretty good idea!" And since the M715 I am currently 'decivilianizing' will not be going all the way back to original stock condition, why not? The previous owner had drilled holes and put some mickey-mouse lollipop turn...

Those are actually M41s. They served alongside the M54s when the Army had the philosophy of having a rough terrain and a more highway capable truck (the M41 being the rough terrain version) at the same time. That philosophy changed, mostly due to cost, the Army (and other services)...

It may have the two front turn signal brackets I haven't had time to make for you yet! Cheers

WR CARC 7/12 means it was painted with water reducible CARC July of 2012. I'm no help on the EXER code, I asked my Marine truck driver son too, he shrugged his shoulders and said he was not familiar with that one. Cheers

Okay, hopefully this helps. Note that the M715 has vertical strengthening frames at the front of the bed that do not come all the way out to the edges, so the bed looks a tad shorter than it is, or if you just measure it from the sides. Those frames are included in the length measurements on...

I did some measuring of the M715 and M101 beds. The answer is you could make it work, but an M101 bed will not drop straight on, the problem being that from the center of the axle to the front of the bed is just over 9" longer on the trailer (7" if the bed front frame wasn't there). To make it...

No, just a footman loop on the hood for a strap. Yours has the loop. Cheers

While I was doing my restoration, a Vietnam veteran V100 operator from Chicago was following along. He showed some pictures at one of the 630th MP reunions and said "This crazy guy in Texas is restoring one of our cars!". Shortly afterwards he asked if some of them could come look at it. I...

I've got both here, I'll do some measuring for you later today when it stops hosing rain. We'll see how one might fit the other. ;) Cheers

To add to the above, if you do buy one that was 1033, no matter how pure your intent or that of the agency that sold it to you, if the Feds come take it back (which they very likely will) they will NOT refund your money! I've driven ones owned by the city I worked for (ours were ex-USAF), they...

A labour of love over 3.5 years. :) Cheers

The front turn signals started out as the early style (smaller diameter) composite lights, later they switched to the standard larger composite lights, same as deuce and all the rest. They sorta fit the holes, and no trim rings or anything! It looks like you are missing the bracket that the...

I haven't tried putting one in a truck bed, but I have an M416 sitting outside that I can measure various dimensions on for you. Just say the word. ;) Cheers

Two common vehicle-mounted radios during Vietnam were the RT-524 and the RT-246. They are very similar in size and appearance, the -524 has dial tuned frequencies, the -246 has push buttons for pre-selected frequencies. A lot of vehicles (for instance the V100) had a second receiver, the...

Gotta love an M715, high on my list of favourite vehicles! Looks nice and complete, with only a few civilian embuggerations to undo. Lucky you got that hood-mounted blackout light, that's usually one of the first things fire departments do away with. Looking forward to watching this one...