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Chevpol's M151 is so very nice, he got my vote. I really like M151s, and I drove them in the Marines last century. I hope to see it and the M109 (M185?) in the running on here again. Thank you to those who voted and commented on the V100. That vehicle took 3.5 years of my spare time, and was...

Me too! That is Earl's paint booth at his shop. We did most of the heavy restoration work there because of his knowledge and the well equipped shop. My own "paint booth" is a Rube Goldberg affair of PVC pipe and tarps that I wrestle into submission when needed. :roll: Cheers

Scott/Reloader64's comment brings up the nickname, which is Nessie. When I first started working on the V100, I was very optomistic about how long it would take to get her done, turns out I was off by about two years! A while after I had met Scott, several of us were sitting in a group when he...

Some items, like the spent brass/link collector that goes under the guns, proved impossible for me to find an original of. So based on what photographs I could find, and the little diagrams in the parts manual, I made a replica of the .30/50 collector. There seem to have been multiple...

I saved/used as many original V parts as I could, rather than use NOS parts. A lot of these are generic military items used in many different vehicles, but I wanted as much V100 originality as possible. This first aid kit bracket came out of another V100 (mine didn't have one in the parts...

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A little of the known history of my V100 - She is a fairly early V, as evidenced by having two vision blocks/gun ports ahead of the side doors, later Vs just had one there. She was originally part of an ARVN contract, thus set up with a .30/.50 turret; and built in Feb/March 1968. Experience...