Search results

Buy several, and keep them in your truck. The new one will break in a year or so (at least they do on the M813, and I do not drive around with the parking brake on). Most of the deuces/5-tons I have been a part of recovering had this spring broken. Cheers

If you want an "accurate for your truck" scheme, since 1987 the USAF have painted deuces in 3-colour (383) camo; the overall green from that scheme (34094); or tan. OD and Strata Blue were long since obsolete when your truck was built. If you just want to paint it a cool colour regardless of...

With Isaac inbound for the Gulf coast, it makes one think of this story again. I talked to Sarge an hour ago, he had just got off the phone with Tracy. All Tracy is expecting is 18" of rain (:shock:) and not much in the way of wind, so there shouldn't be any need for Sarge to repeat the...

Depending on the condition of the vehicles, that could be a fair trade. A decent 404 is worth about the same as a decent 813. The diesel Mogs in good shape are worth $$ in the teens. Of course, there is nothing wrong with having a Unimog and an M813! ;) Cheers

They are usually referred to as convoy lights. Try a search using that term and see what you come up with, I know I have seen lots of info on these in the past. I will also look and see if I can find the PDF of the instructions for mounting the kit and I'll post that. Cheers

Jpinst, sorry you got burned. Don't stop trying though, there are still options to pursue, as suggested above. I have quite a bit of Clansman kit, most purchased through Ebay and have had no problems. I was very selective about who I bought from though. As a general rule, the Brits and my...

Nice! [thumbzup] Most interesting thing I have found so far in a newly acquired generator - a 9/16" open-end wrench in my MEP-002A fuel tank. :cookoo: Cheers

This seems common. A buddy of mine who sells surplus has barrels of lights that only partially work, hasn't found a reasonable way to fix them yet. Cheers

You are correct, Field Drab is a brown. One way to know is the FS number of 30118, the 0 indicating a brown. And remember, anything painted MERDC was last fully repainted in the 70's, so it is going to be faded! If you are not familiar with US Federal Standard colour codes, the first number...

Yep, drivers door. Stationary when some locals took offense to their presence. Lets hear it for armoured glass! He is so nonchalant about it, but that picture made my hair stand on end. :shock: Cheers PS- shooting at Marines who are in armoured vehicles and have .50cal's is a life...

My boy Davey on the left of pic one. Although he probably looks like a grown up Marine to others, he still looks like my little boy to me. On the second picture the comment is - "You have to admire the shooting, though a man could take this kinda personal". All I can say is I ask blessings...

For clarification, the M931A2 has the 14.00s, CTIS, and the 6CTA. The M931 and the M931A1 have the NHC. Stock, the M931 has 11.00s, the A1 has 14.00s. The M931A2 will easily do 65+ without a trailer, though I personally don't feel comfortable driving it at that speed. Cheers PS: while we...

I guess we need a 'chain being yanked" icon now... :) First question, why would you take a Mule on a patrol? Second, if you were carrying a Mule around, that is pretty much all you would be thinking of or looking at while stumbling and crashing about the place, which would pretty much negate...

Understood, wasn't thinking in UNIS terms for an M416. Looks like you could be right though. Unless it is just Kilroy.. :beer: Cheers

The 4th MarDiv emblem is a rather unimaginative red diamond with a gold 4 on it. Divisions 1-3 are the current active duty Marines. 4th MarDiv is the Marine Reserve division. The 5th MarDiv was deactivated after WWII, but was reactivated from 1966 to 1969. The 6th was deactivated in 1946...

Umm... yeah.... :-P You are right Louie. You have seen some of the old stock parts of that one though, they reside comfortably in my V now. Thanks Gerald! [thumbzup] Cheers

That pickup was indeed comfy (and since it was 107* Thursday, I was thankful for the A/C), but glad to see Pinky back. Looks like they did good work, the bumper seems nice and straight. [thumbzup] Cheers

Looks somewhat different than mine inside! Cheers

He is well. Talked to him a bit this morning (his evening, they are 7.5 hours ahead of us). They have been doing heavy maintenance on the vehicles in preparation for a long deployment off the FOB. We may not have any electronic contact for the rest of his tour until they come back to the...

And now, the V's. There are loads more, which will be shared in time. The usual legal caveats apply, all pictures are copyright by their owners, who gave permission to share them here, and can only be used for personal reasons, etc, under penalty of various vicious and cruel punishments...