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Okay, glad you thought that was funny. You sometimes have to be careful pulling the leg of someone you haven't actually met! The axles are indeed basically the same as those on the deuce, they just added a couple of extra splines to make them a bit stronger since there was an issue with...

You might try these guys in Ft Worth, they used to import Unimogs from Switzerland and had quite a few spare bits last time I was there, though that was a while back- American Surplus Company - [Home] These folks are great to deal with also, might have what you need- Swiss Army Vehicles - The...

My biggest problem with swimming the V is just plain chickeness. It took me so long to find one, and then to restore it, that the prospect of inflicting serious harm on it, no matter how low the risk, just plain gets my feathers all fluffed. :oops: That and the axle maintenance that goes...

EZ, I added a trolling motor to the pic for you. For those who don't know EZ, here is a picture of him on a recent trip to Toledo Bend. The M79 is for gator gar fishing. Cheers (Once again, my apologies all around, I don't know what's come over me! No animals were harmed in the creation of...

Here are a couple of pictures that show the flexible rubber seal on the winch motor in another V, and the passenger side footrest in mine (old pic from early in the restoration). Pic 3 is probably sacrilege, poorly done, and I render my apologies now to all involved, particularly B3.3T but I...

No, just the two pumps. I guess they expect most of the leakage to be from the doors, and anything that leaked in from the winch can only get so high before it goes over the axle hump and starts flowing toward the back. Just enough to get your feet wet but not cause flotation problems. Maybe...

Sweet! Thanks for posting that. Photos of US V100s swimming seem to be few and far between (as in- that is the only one I have seen!). There are some nice pictures of Guatemalan Vs swimming in the Osprey book, but I haven't seen them in electronic format to add to my collection.

I gather the Vs leak around the doors too. The two bilge pumps, one under the engine and one under the transmission, pump at 50 gpm each. Makes sense to just have a good water offloading system rather than trying to seal everything up. While I have working bilge pumps, I think I am too...

Yes, the front of the winch hatch has an opening with a fixed rub bar on each side, and rollers top and bottom. The winch hatch access cover is the grey one on top of the nose in the attached pics. The interior shot of the hatch is fuzzy, but shows what it needs to. You can see the ledges...

Welcome aboard! Here are some brief answers- 1) No, you cannot legally operate an M818 on a Class C in Texas; it is all about the GVW, not what you weigh at the time. For what you want to do, you will need a Class A 2) What you want to ask for is the Ag exemption. If you tell them you want...

S-l-o-w is the name of the game towing with these trucks. Experience with my M813 (flat towing deuces, etc.) and Sarge's M818 yields roughly the same, when you go up a hill, you are going to do it slowly (and loudly). Even minor hills drain speed fairly rapidly. They will pull a house off its...

Sorry Hardride, no info for you there. I finally had time to make the trip, so the g/f and I drove out to Georgia to visit Wgtactical and pick up the V100 winch last week. Now my V has all its major components! The winch is complete including the cable, chain leader and hook, controls, and...

That is one B-I-G MV Mark! Glad things dried up for you. Cheers

Funny thing is, several times the director had to cut the filming and say something like "Okay zombies, pleeeease stop grinning! Look mean!" Being covered in fake blood and ravaging the neighbourhood just doesn't come naturally to most folk. It really all is fun though, seeing how this stuff...

We did the pickup scenes, which entailed reshooting half the movie! Here are some selected photos. Cheers. Pic 1- Before the action starts. Mkcoen, JeffL and my son Paddy Pic 2- Sarge demonstrates his zombie technique Pic 3- Soldier Paddy tries to help the mom and baby (stunt baby) Pic 4-...

Having now seen Wgtac's M114 in person, I will say that is the standard for an MV restoration. The quality of work is superb and the attention to detail incredible. I must remember to bring a drooling towel next time so my shirt doesn't get so wet! Gerald, it was a great pleasure meeting you...

Maybe the pictures below will make it clearer. The M135 is the old slope nosed GMC type deuce, which yours is not. An M185A3 is an M35 style deuce with a box on the back rather than a cargo bed. If you took the box off an M185 and put a cargo bed on, you would basically have an M35...

Having just returned from visiting Wgtactical's place to pick up a winch and some other parts for my V100 project, I felt compelled to add a comment here. Often vehicles look better in pictures than they do in person, however that is definitely NOT the case with this one! Viewing the M114...

Ha! That's why I finally got out of the infantry and went to the Airwing! :-P I have the utmost respect for folks like Clinto who will restore something to the extent that he does, and I love looking at the products of their labour. My V100 is going to be as close to that as I can get(a...

That deuce was on Ebay about a year ago. I thought that if not pretty, it was definitely interesting. I wonder how well it steers? Cheers .