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  1. M813rc

    AN/ VDR-2 deuce installation

    I have one of those too (looks new) that another member gave me. I'll be interested to see what it mounts to. Cheers
  2. M813rc

    Dragoon - New Paint

    Very nice. [thumbzup] Those are sweet vehicles! Cheers
  3. M813rc

    Do your PMCS!

    And don't be afraid to deadline it. I missed an important Vietnam commemoration event with the V100 because, though everything had been fine the day before, on the morning of the event the brakes were soft, and wouldn't pump up (the brake booster was failing). Very reluctantly, my son and I...
  4. M813rc

    Hidden deuce finds

    When I picked up my M185 from the auction, there were about seven boxes of parts locked in the back, including a turbo, a new radiator, loads of hoses, new filters, an alternator, a couple of hydraulic jacks, and numerous other bits new and used. And a nice boarding ladder! The tool box had a...
  5. M813rc

    New owner in TX

    Welcome aboard. Nice truck! Cheers
  6. M813rc

    B-47 Stratojet Bomber

    I looked at my picture files, and have pictures of three different B-47s in Navy markings. Two are the EB-47Es, 52-4100 and 52-4120. A third is 53-2104, which has obviously had the USAF markings cleaned off and Navy applied, don't know anything about that one. Cheers PS - a net search shows...
  7. M813rc

    B-47 Stratojet Bomber

    In the mid-70s, I lived on the approach path to the Corpus Christi NAS, and was lucky enough to see Navy B-47s landing there. I thought them beautiful planes. (For a plane-mad kid, that was a great place to live!). If I recall correctly, these were EB-47Es, and though the Navy said at the...
  8. M813rc

    Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

    Rotary engines. The end of the cam was attached to the firewall, and the engine spun around it. Simple and light weight for the power it produced, and self cooling. One of the biggest issues in getting an early aircraft off the ground was coming up with an engine light enough, but with...
  9. M813rc

    Ran into a currently in service 1-1/2 T CUCV PU at Lincoln Home today!

    There are still a few CUCVs running around Ft Hood, and the Guard have a few on Camp Mabry. 70mph in an M1031 translates to "I don't have to pay for it if I break it". Cheers
  10. M813rc

    Show us your Military Trailers

    What JuanP said - it comes apart where those two uprights are. There is also a flatbed "pallet", but the only ones of those I know of are in the museum at Camp Mabry. I admit to casting a rather covetous eye upon them. When not attached to a shelter, the two sections bolt together and can...
  11. M813rc

    Katrina Deuce Story - MUST READ

    Couldn't hurt. :) It'll be a while before that one flies again, though... Cheers
  12. M813rc

    Katrina Deuce Story - MUST READ

    He doesn't get on here much anymore, but I'll pass on y'alls regards. Speaking of flying, haven't seen Sarge since last night. Around 11pm, he decided to give me a "UFO moment" with a well-lighted drone. Turns out a large cedar tree resented the drone's presence and swatted it from the skies...
  13. M813rc

    Would you pay $17,000.00 for a M1009?

    "I'm starting the auction at $17,000....." Good luck with that, fair chance it will end with that unmet. That's more money than I have invested in three 5-tons, two M1009s and a slew of trailers. So no. Cheers
  14. M813rc

    Working On The M561 Gama Goat

    When you run into a green that is "almost 383 green, but not quite" on equipment, it is likely 34079 Forest Green. It is the normal factory green for antenna bases, gun mounts, and other equipment (post-OD period). It is the dark green used in the MERDC camo (also USAF aircraft, and airfield...
  15. M813rc

    1955 International R-160 4x4 ... Navy Crash Truck

    Sounds like an MV to me! Lets see it. ;) Cheers
  16. M813rc

    1955 International R-160 4x4 ... Navy Crash Truck

    Looking forward to watching your truck progress. It's a beautiful machine. This is my buddy's restoration-underway truck. It's a later model than yours, but shows what one Navy IH fire truck looked like, and the data plate shows how the Navy registration number was written out. Yes, I...
  17. M813rc

    Weasling in with an Army CJ5 rebuild

    As far as our club is concerned, (and fortunately, in Texas HMV registration law) most any vehicle once used by the military is an MV. Your jeep certainly fits. Is the fire gear going to be part of the restoration? It is an interesting vehicle, I'd love to see a few more "before" pictures, if...
  18. M813rc

    Working On The M561 Gama Goat

    And if he had done a painting of a Goat-engine-radiator-test-rig-done-in-the-southern-style, that's what it would have looked like....right? ;) Cheers
  19. M813rc

    M109 vs m185

    If I recall correctly, if you have low-mount headlights, they can all be flipped (to allow "seeing" over a winch), but not all high-mounted headlight panels can be flipped to low. Everything you need to change around is bolted on. Now, some of those nuts and bolts may have been together for 40...
  20. M813rc

    M109 vs m185

    1966, Kaiser. Paid $752, including fees, for it on the GL auction, at the height of the deuce glut. It was not very pretty, and listed as "does not run". Turned out the batteries were flat, everything else was in excellent condition, including eleven brand new tires, and a full fuel tank. I...
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