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Bob, I actually have one of the foul weather covers, only one I have seen "in the flesh". It is headed out West though, to HellonWheelsV100. With the weather where he lives, it is more useful to him than to me. Cheers

And me!! And my home for some years afterwards, until I had the opportunity to come to the US. ;) Cheers

I tried that once. Wasn't a good option really. I mean it worked, but.... ;) No on the avatar, I thought I did, but now I don't. Cheers

Thanks Louie. The brake booster, fortunately, was available from NAPA (though not cheap!). The previous one was new when I put it in, but it sat for a couple of years during the restoration, and vehicles don't like sitting. I'll rebuild it and put it away in case I need another later. I...

Whilst talking of towing things - I had a static display to do with the V100 at a local military base about 35 miles from the farm. On starting up the V, I found the brakes mushy. They worked, but not well, wouldn't lock the tires even at low speed on gravel (diagnosed as failure of the brake...

Yep. I just let up on the gas and let it coast to a stop. I would never dream of taking this combo further or faster than I did, but I'm sure there are folks who would try taking it on the road (the "I can get my M105 up to 90mph behind my Mini Cooper with no problem..." crowd). I'd love to...

The question - Can you tow a V100 with an M1009? The answer - yes! (but very slowly) This is from back on July 4th of 2012, when I was fueling up the V on the way to the July 4th parade. The V had shed its alternator belt prior to pulling into the fuel station (that shedding problem is since...

Yes, I think it is great that Dave knows her exact identity and has many pictures of her in her prime. He was VERY exacting in reproducing the markings precisely as and where they should be. I do wish I knew my V's Army identity, but have not, as of yet, found that out. I have pictures with...

Going out, we had time constraints, so it was a marathon straight-through. I got back from California at 1:30am tuesday (due to a delayed flight) and Sam/Pawnshop picked me up at 6am! We switched off on driving and sleeping, with occasional stops for food/fuel/stretching. We arrived at Dave's...

More coming Louie! I am still on my marathon cross country drive from Oregon back to Texas. When I get home (tomorrow or friday) I will organize my pictures and post some more. Maybe we can get Dave to start a thread of his own showing his work on Proud Mary. Cheers

My good buddy Dave, aka HellonwheelsV100, debuted his restored V100 at the MVPA convention in Portland last week. She is Proud Mary of the 560th MP, carefully restored to her original colours. I was pleased to be present to witness the event. Dave and I have been exchanging parts, knowledge...

Patrick graduates MCRD One of our nation's newest Marines Friday, with his now-corporal brother and college senior sister. We had not thought Davey was going to make it to Patrick's graduation due to deployment conflicts, but he managed to get there in the nick of time. A pleasant surprise...

Thanks Scott. :D Missed ya at the parade today. Mark, I was surprised at the mileage, and thought I had made a mistake on the first trip's math. On the second recovery trip to Ft Hood (M270) I carefully monitored coming and going, and it got 10+ mpg both ways. Trailer unladen, of course...

While my M270A1 is a great trailer, it is 50' long which makes it a bit awkward to maneuver around downtown and other places where we go to events. The rather high deck also makes for difficult loading and unloading of the V, needing a dock or loading ramp. So, I found this one. It is an old...

Okay, one last bit on M715's, then back on topic- Found this picture while poking about, the M715 is another USAF one at NKP RTAB, 1970. Cheers

The OP says he has no problem with digression! This thread wanders about some as it is. :) And yes, this is all cool, and fun when you find a picture like that last one. Cheers

The plot thickens! I know the USAF Security folks had M715s in Vietnam (with gun mounts!). I saw those quite recently on a Vietnam vet's site. I'll poke in my picture collection and see what I saved. The attached photo isn't clear enough to definitively identify anything (for me, at...

Interesting. Then we have received bad information! :| I have read it several places, and even seen b&w pictures of Aussie and US troops and equipment together, including the Ferrets, that were reported to be in Vietnam. It looked right, so... Now I am going to have to see if I can find...

The Aussies used Ferrets in Vietnam, and that one apparently represents one of those. I'm not familiar with the camo, and the pictures I have seen were mostly black and white, so I can't comment on the accuracy of the colours. Of course, my V isn't period correct paintwise either. But the...

Next on the agenda was the Central Texas Airshow in Temple. This is a three-day event the first weekend of May, and our club (Lonestar MVPA) participates in the airshow every year. With both my sons away in the Marines, and my college-senior daughter off doing school stuff, this was the first...