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Well.... you've been missed around here!

Wondering... has anyone heard from JeepSinker recently? :shrugs:

I located this pic of a Marine paperclip. I'm wondering if this looks more like the one you had... and Jeepsinker now has on his truck? I forget where this pic came from (I downloaded several while searching and snoozzzzzzing :oops: and lost the link), but I think it was in an old SS thread...

Hi clinto... I'm more interested than before to find out about the paperclips on Marine trucks. If I find any printed, offical info... I'll let you know. I love the truck in your photo. Thanks for posting it! [thumbzup]

I've not seen one either. And... I'm no expert for sure. I'm just trying to learn as much as I can about these MV's. Your truck is actually the first photo of a Marine truck where I've seen them pointed down (winch, or no winch). From what I recall my friend said: The paperclips pointed up if it...

Hi NDT... I phoned a friend of mine who was a Marine based in California in the late 1960's. I sent him two photos and asked if he could explain why the 'paperclips' would have been on the bottom of the bumper on Jeepsinker's truck instead of on the top. The 2nd post I made was what he...

Paperclip bumper... Following my previous post, I've discovered a few things. Seems like on Marine trucks in-transport via ship, the bumpers were mounted with the loops all on top of the bumper. Once at their destination, winched trucks had the bumpers removed, flipped and reinstalled to...

Love the pics! It looks pretty awesome to me! Being rust free is a huge plus. Have fun with the clean-up and fix-up. About the Marine 'paperclip' bumper': I've seen a few of them around, but yours is the first one I've noticed that has the paperclips facing downward (with the 'loops' under...