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You need 100 posts to sell something in the classifieds. This cuts some legitimate low-post count folks out, but there is a valid reason for it. The few problem children always spoil things for everyone else. You can buy from there with whatever you have. There are many, many posts on this...

Glad to see they did the right thing and set them down when things were bad. Many birds get lost due to "get-home-itis", pressing on for home pad regardless of the odds stacked against them. Grampa Pettibone would be proud of this flight leader! (Lets see who knows what THAT means..:razz:)...

Yours would be the exception to the mileage question, and there are a few. It is usually obvious when you look at the vehicle. In general, I think most folks who buy a CUCV and think they are getting a 6k mile truck (a recent SS example) because of the odometer reading are fooling...

My aeroplane pictures are too poor to bother with, but they included a P-51, B-25, PBJ (Marine version of the B-25, not the sandwich), and four T-6's. Cheers 1- Overview. Teaching about camouflage on the right. 2- Mitch uses the M185 as a backdrop for his uniform and equipment talk to the...

We (Lone Star MVPA) do a military vehicle and equipment display for a local school district each year right before Veterans Day. The school does it right before so the kids have a better idea of what they are honouring on Veterans Day proper. We did ours yesterday. Being Texas, the first time...

Thanks Dave. I have a couple of boxes of stuff packed up for you that I have been meaning to send off- the fire bottle cable, battery heat shield, smoke launchers, etc., etc. And I don't have overseas to use as an excuse.. :oops:

Plugging along on the details. I thought I was almost done, but when I actually wrote out a list of the little chores, as well as some big ones, it filled two notebook pages! Sigh... But I do enjoy working on it, and frequently catch myself grinning like a 'possum when I think about where I am...

M810 refers to a chassis-cab, you can put whatever bed/box/whatever the user wants on the back. Cheers

Darwin, that is one VERY nice truck! [thumbzup] Cheers

At least two of the MJ's are left hand drive.... :drool: I have wanted one of those since I was a youngling (and that was a while ago!). Thanks for posting these. Seems your bean-counters are bound and determined to sell off your entire military. Rather like when old Duncan Sandys tried to...

Nice truck! Welcome to Texas. Gotta love that law! :jumpin: In Texas the registration can be painted anywhere on the vehicle consistent with accurate military markings (and they do not have to be the vehicle's original service or markings, or something already on the vehicle). This includes...

14.00s are too big for you truck. 14.5s are roughly the same height as an 11.00. And no, I am not suggesting replacing 14.5s with 11.00s (they won't sit properly on the rims) it is just a size reference. Cheers

I agree with DR, don't modify the original EET trailer. I personally would get a commercial trailer and drag stuff on it. Now since the EET isn't doing what you want it to, you should really just give it to me to haul my V100 around on, for which job it would be perfect! :-P Cheers

The picture below was borrowed from one of the many M35 pages on Olive Drab, actually shows a USMC M35 in Vietnam. It is possible that the source on there confused the M35A3 with all M35's perhaps. The A3 (and A4 in M109/M185 guise) were only used by the Army (to the best of my knowledge!!)...

In Texas as a Preserved Military Vehicle, $10 a year. Currently insured through State Farm, but I will be changing that. They have been reasonable on my other MV's, but have decided this one is a "tank" and jacked the premium way up. They said it was because of the weight. I said "You...

Yes, the Marines used gun trucks, in Vietnam and Iraq. Cheers

Welcome aboard Jason, and Semper Fi! During my time (late-70's/80's) we had lots of M35's running around. Also their M109/M185/etc. kin. Most were painted in Merdc camo. If you are doing Merdc, the later 383 3-colour camo, or the 686 tan, the markings would be the same as for 5-tons...

Tim, your gasser came out really nice. [thumbzup] And it is much appreciated that you come so far to take part in events with not one, but TWO deuces! The V's life as a target was not an easy one, she got hit several times. There were cannon sized holes through her nose, right side, and...

Now with the complete handle on. The various hydraulic lines hook up where the two plugs are on the bottom and one on each side. The second picture gives a good idea on how, though on a slightly different controller. Between the flash and digital camera, it makes the green look all kinds of...

I don't have the pictures of when the V was taken off the firing range, my first one here is the bare hull after the holes were patched up, then sandblasting and priming. Hopefully it looks junky enough! http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cadillac-gage-v100/23235-new-v-100-a.html Cheers. .