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The V150's that came with factory diesels and autos (not the Red River repowers) had a different steer unit CG part number 122262
Looking for info necessary to order one to put in the modified V100. Any help appreciated.
Been making some progress on the limited run of M73 fake receivers as well as located the M73 mounting parts for the turret in NOS. Finally I was able to get find a period correct M113 A arm to complete the field installed M113 mount for the M2HB. Evidently this mod happened shortly after the...
I had been looking looking for a pair of M73 dummies or parts kits for this restoration, and with parts being difficult to find (since most went to scrap I'm told) we decided to just bite the bullet and make a very limited run of high quality, non-firing replicas. The turret on this Blood Sweat...
Here is an edited photo that shows what the nose art probably looked like sometime 1969-70 while with the 504th MP's in Vietnam. If anyone has a photo of this V100 I would really like to hear from you.
Lost and found, more than 50 years later and after 30 plus years of searching. Honored to be one of the steps in this journey. Many of you know that we will be completing the restoration of a Cadillac Gage V100 that served with the 504th in Vietnam, but what very few people knew was that this...
Among the field modifications performed on vehicles in Vietnam was the addition of a weapon mount from a M113 cupola to the V100 turret as seen in the attached picture. The V100 we will be restoring actually had this modification as the mounting locations are still intact, and we are in the...
Was hoping to use photos and experiences provided by surviving crewmembers that would be helpful on a restoration of a XM706E1 (V100)
I remember Eddie Black was a great local resource for finding information relating to such things, unfortunately he has since passed away in 2007
Looking for photos, stories, names and interesting trivia relating to V100's with the 504th in Vietnam. Feel free to PM or email me and any help appreciated! Photo attached provided by R.Hill
That would be my understanding as well. Evidently some were better than others but of the many CG gearboxes I have worked on, I have seen no evidence that balancing had ever taken place.
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