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The OP says he has no problem with digression! This thread wanders about some as it is. :) And yes, this is all cool, and fun when you find a picture like that last one. Cheers

The plot thickens! I know the USAF Security folks had M715s in Vietnam (with gun mounts!). I saw those quite recently on a Vietnam vet's site. I'll poke in my picture collection and see what I saved. The attached photo isn't clear enough to definitively identify anything (for me, at...

That's just wild! :shock: Cheers

Interesting. Then we have received bad information! :| I have read it several places, and even seen b&w pictures of Aussie and US troops and equipment together, including the Ferrets, that were reported to be in Vietnam. It looked right, so... Now I am going to have to see if I can find...

The Aussies used Ferrets in Vietnam, and that one apparently represents one of those. I'm not familiar with the camo, and the pictures I have seen were mostly black and white, so I can't comment on the accuracy of the colours. Of course, my V isn't period correct paintwise either. But the...

Next on the agenda was the Central Texas Airshow in Temple. This is a three-day event the first weekend of May, and our club (Lonestar MVPA) participates in the airshow every year. With both my sons away in the Marines, and my college-senior daughter off doing school stuff, this was the first...

After the Vietnam Memorial run, I noticed a small amount of oil or grease grease in the right rear wheel well, and suspected that one of the wheel seals might be failing. I also noticed the next time I drove it that the brakes felt a little soft, which is not a good thing when you are driving...

Everyone is doing well. Patrick is still "enjoying" Marine bootcamp. From the tone of his letters, and the little jokes he includes, his mind is in the right place and he is doing fine. Davey is in the ramped up training cycle for their next deployment, he just went through demo school, and...

I think you're probably right. Maybe one day I'll have an M1117 and say, "Hey, there's a guy who has some parts in his garage..." :) Cheers

Doesn't look like anything on my V100. Steering arm part # on a V100 is 201668. Cheers

Okay, went and did some measuring yesterday on my M813's original markings for Bob. All markings are 2" tall. The letters in USMC are all spaced 1/4" apart, so closer than you can get with brass stencils. The measurements for the M are diagrammed on the attached picture. It is NOT a scale...

You must be referring to the O-2! :) One not so good pic. She was our FAC during the show, a really good pilot. I have some better shots of her plane from last year. Cheers PS - that picture got really shrunken down when uploaded, I'll see if I can make it smaller myself and repost it...

Nossir, I moved to the US when I was 14 in 1974, joined the Marines in 1978, earned my US citizenship (and fiercely proud of it!). Both my sons are currently serving in the Marines. My V100 is a Vietnam Vet though, documented as serving with the 720th MP out of Long Binh in 1968/69. It also...

Here are some from the Temple (Texas) airshow last weekend. We were supporting their Vietnam part of the show, doing a downed pilot rescue scenario. Unlikely choice of vehicles for that particular job, maybe we can say the pilot came down near a highway. The crowd loved it, and that was the...

I suspected it might be a conversion from an M54 because of that tag. I don't know how to find out what was rebuilt and what was new build though. Mine is dated 1973. That is not my ID number on the tag, of course, I changed it before posting. Cheers

On the deuces, M809 series (including my own M813), and M939 trucks I have looked at, the USMC ###### on the hood is also what is stamped on the data plate (including the USMC) under "Identification Number". See attached photo for an example. Sandcobra, I'd be interested to see an example off...

:shock: At shows, a lot of folks actually don't believe the V is as old a design as it is from it's exterior looks, they think it is much newer. You have an interior to match that modern look! Looks like driving buttoned up will be a breeze. Cheers

I'll measure the M for you today. I use the brass stencils to lay out the USMC on posterboard, then modify the M and cut the whole thing out with a sharp Xacto blade. This allows you to also tighten the spacing between letters, and you can reuse your stencil many times! Cheers

He lives! :) Actually, that wasn't really directed at you, nothing personal meant by it. I've just noticed several times lately folks getting answers to questions, but never logging back in to check them. No kidding on the rain! The only painting problem I have had lately was the wind...

M116A3 is the nomenclature for the chassis. Once you put that cargo box on it, it becomes an M101A3. You'll find them listed both ways, and some chassis' will have a data plate, some will not. Clear as mud? :) Cheers