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The trip to the vets parade on the 11th did not happen for the blue truck. On Sunday the 10th at 10pm local the state, county etc. all pulled their plows off of the road. As it rained, froze then dumped 6-8 inches of snow on all the roads between Custer and Rapid City. As we all know the NDT...

Got the tower signals decal Friday and here is a pic of one mounted on the truck. As mentioned it is not exactly like the one that Jeff posted (the correct one) but was the best I could come up with using my limited skills cutting/pasting/etc. of stuff already on the net. PB tried to send a...

Thanks Jeff for the picture. I will put my decal at the same location when it comes. Let me know if you want a decal for your AF truck when they come. Also let me know in a PM your mail address.

Will get one out to you when they arrive. Good job on the jeep. I have long wondered where the two we had at the Benning TACP in 64-65 went. Both M38A1s were procured off of a Marine contract and were VC-104 outfitted. (with MRC 108 type radios etc.). One was Strata blue and the other was...

Gave up on trying to find a tower signal sticker so designed one that sort of looks like I remember them. Should have them from the decal outfit in a couple of weeks or so. The cost was about ZIP so no charge PB. Send me a PM with your mailing addy. PB let me know if you want a couple for...

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Pretty much done with the truck. Have to add the remote brake fluid reservoir yet, new seat covers, and de-splined front axel hubs. As you can see the troop seats are on the truck. Firmed up that the truck will be in the Rapid City parade on veterans day the 11th of November. It will be...

I found that also Jim. It is close but it refers to aircraft and the old one did not mention aircraft only vehicles. I will see if I can find the old one if not I will have to use that one or either forget the decal. Thanks for the info however. I will be talking to a guy at Ellsworth AFB on...

Does anyone know where I can get the older decal that was used on most all trucks in the 50-60s that had runway access. It sort of looked like the one pictured below. I have found on the net the current information for the one used today but it is different. The current one has a lot of...

Got the troop seats done today. Should be the end of the major painting detail. As I have said there is always touch up you will see the need for in the next couple of months or so. The Rapco paint rattle cans blend in with the gallon can stuff very well and are a easy touch up deal. One...

Forgot to mention the yellow markings paint info for you folks wanting to do an AF blue truck. My earlier post about the correct FSN for the yellow is still correct. But when I used it I noticed it is exactly the same color as the recommended Rust-Oleum farm equipment color used for older...

Here are some pics from today. This truck as all my stuff is done in a MV "Motor Pool Class" detail. I decided to not do the "FOR OFFICAL USE" marking on the door. Only a very few of the trucks we had in the late 50s had that marking on them and the ones that did were civilian trucks and not...

You guys are right. Snuffy can get into the glove box in a quick moment. Heck if he has his big brother "cool dude" with him he can start and have the whole truck in less time than it would take him to figure out how the get into the glove box.

Here are a couple of pics of the truck. As you can see there are spots that need touch-up, always are it seems. Also I need to do the undercoating, axle painting, new wipers and new seat covers etc.. I think I have beaten out the cold weather so far as it has been in the upper 40s and 50s...

Finally found the correct yellow for the markings on a strata blue AF truck. It is FS33538 It is covered by MIL-STD-808A. Which is a updated MIL-STD-808 document from December 1960. I Down loaded the A version to verify the data. Info is located near the bottom of the web page listed below...

I did find a very nice Strata Blue truck on the net a couple of weeks ago. It belongs to Graf's collection. He has some very good MV items. It looks to be a earlier M35 gasser. Lower mounted headlights etc. The markings are just about as I remember them in the late 50s-60s, nothing but the...

Well after a long slow cleanup I finished the strata blue paint job. It seemed to me it is a little harder to get good coverage with the blue than other trucks I have done over the years in camo, Army OD or Marine OD. Darn painting is all about good lighting so I have a little touch up to do...

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It just took a long time to get to it. We should get to doing your van some day.............or better yet you should take my M818 camper van off my hands. In the pics the van is still on the deuce it now has a M818 5 ton under the van. The 5 ton fits perfect as far as spacing for wheel...

As I remember the markings on the 6927th RSM trucks at Onna Point, Okinawa in 58-60 they looked something like this: (this truck is a 1971 so it will be mark as a 71) doors: US AIR FORCE 71K xxxx FOR OFICIAL USE ONLY (SMALLER LETERS) front bumper markings: (as viewed from the front of the...