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I wouldn't have made it from Georgia to Texas! My M185 had a box seat when I picked it up from Ft Sam. Due to back/leg injuries from a 'non'-standard' helicopter landing in the Marines back in antiquity, sitting straight up causes me a lot of pain. I made it about 50 miles and was seriously...

Yes. Added next to the old style composite lights. The very early ones seemingly didn't have turn signals from the factory. That is a cool video, I have it on a disk I bought long before I had a V myself, been drooling over it for years. Did you notice the Elmer Fudd moment when the narrator...

The loops on the front bumpers are usually referred to as 'paper clips' for obvious reasons. Oddly enough, I have seen quite a few Army trucks in recent years with the remnants of cut-off paper clips on their bumpers. Maybe when the Marines went to an all 5-ton medium cargo fleet, their deuces...

Took me a tad longer than expected, but here are your measurements. All are inside measurements, as in usable space inside of one bar to the inside of the other. Note- the dimensions on the bars under the headlights are actual length. Since they angle back, if you look at it head on, the...

Welcome aboard and Semper Fi, Brother! Cheers

It was nice when we showed up this morning and Mark had already done all the tires, etc. Very decent, sir! All we had to do was chat for a bit, and drive the vehicles back to Sam's place. The boy was grinning when he got in the 1028, grinning the whole trip home (I was following in his 1009...

Good job! I love seeing the old trucks getting this kind of treatment. :beer: Cheers

If someone doesn't get the info before then, I'll measure it for you Tuesday (my 813 is out at the farm). Cheers

Hopefully it won't be 111* in the morning when we go back! Cheers

Research a colour called Sinai Grey. It is a greyish tan, or a tannish grey depending on how you want to describe it. Quite attractive really. You could always put the Six-Day War marking on the hood too. It is like a white T edged in black, with the top of the T toward the front (does that...

Outstanding. [thumbzup] Semper Fi! Cheers

Here are a couple of the 5-ton MRAP trainers from Ft Irwin when I was instructing out there last year. They are based on 939-series trucks. I have painted out a few pieces of equipment on them before posting, sorry. Those would make no difference to what you are doing anyway. :-) For those who...

It depends on how you read that. If everyone is annoyed and expects the relationship to go poorly and nothing can be done about it, they have 'managed' your expectations to an acceptable, to them, level. If you can't do any good by complaining, you don't bother, and they then claim...

One of my M1009s had "Diesel fuel or JP-8 only" stenciled on the fuel door. Cheers

I'll talk to him Wednesday and get him to PM you. He has changed the name to 'Bad Ass' (referring a donkey, lest anyone be offended by the word!). Cheers

Vietnam-era Marine trucks would be painted in 24052 or 34052 green (the 2 indicates semi-gloss, the 3 indicates flat paint) with the markings in yellow. Since the Navy provide all medical services for the Marines, it is possible they may have painted it grey at some point for non-tactical...

All I know about the RUC numbers on the doors is that they will tell you who owns a truck if you know how to read them. One of the guys on here can read them, but it is apparently not just a simple x=y thing! I suspect the first number is the division the vehicle belongs to (1,2,3 for active...

383 actually refers to the green/black/brown camo pattern (also referred to as 'woodland'). The paint codes are green 34094, brown 30051, and you can use any flat black. Rapco or any of the other military paint sellers will be able to help you get what you want. The pattern is usually sprayed...

Sorry to hear about your museum Dan. Do you know where your V100 is going? Cheers

This one maybe? It is one of our newest LSMVPA members, works the same place I do. It is an extreeeeemely sweet former-USMC truck. This one is from the July 4th parade, he is working on applying the full markings. Cheers