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Got the brakes bleed out this morning - fired it up and rolled it outside in the somewhat sunshine. Not much else to finish up on it - thought I would give it a breath of fresh air.

Will...look back at Papabears K18 thread. All the original stripping down of the paint and rust was pressurewashing with this soap. It's in the pictures so you can get a visual on what it does. Flynn Distributing...ask for Steve..he sells it...770-714-8656 Hope this helps you in some way.

With the help from Carl donating 1 plug wire engine is fired up and running good after some adjustments. Had to rebuild the throttle pedal due to corrosion. Stencils arrived the other day but it was just to dang cold to work outside - but today was kinda ok - SOOOOO I threw on the eskimo gear...

Vehicle marking stencils due here late this afternoon. Looks like it will be tomorrow before I can paint them on. Did get the engine fired up Saturday and sounding pretty sweet after some adjustments.

Got all the troop seat wood sanded down and painted - chassis and interior of the bed all bedliner coated - battery box mounted up - some other stuff I cannot remember mounted up. Doing some final install of parts now - stencils going to be getting made so I can painted them in with BLACK...

Desert Tan. On Behr Marguee paint decals will not adhere. 1967...decals were not made...they were painted on.

WOW - realized I had not posted up in a while - so here is where its at right now.

I did get the floorboard fabricated in the 715. Couple more things to do at the hooch and then get back onto this thing. Rear of cab wall needs fabricating next...unit is about 1/4th sanded.

Baby bear was teaching me...he did a great job. It's hard not to scratch and pet my buddy while trying to screw around.

Everything masked off. Brush guard removed. Drivers side floorpans cut out and tomorrow will be fitting in the new replacement. Passenger side just needs a minimal patch. Still have to get a passenger side cab corner.

Got the second wash finished up while the owner lounges around watching the transformation. He never did open me a beer the rascal. Now to get the unit backed into the garage as soon as I can find someone not intoxicated and knows how to go in reverse while I chuck it in the garage. Here are a...

I stated the above wrong....sorry. Build was 67. What we saw by the Army maintenance pack it stayed in service till 1998. Benning held it and listed it as a M998...Humvee. Spring shackles and pins were rebuilt in 1992.

TWM...aftermarket body panels like Gimp knew. Maccus...great question...per the maintenance manual this wound up at Benning. It was in service until 1998. 1967 is its build on the data plate.

As always - a tad more

Got it towed over Sunday by that awesome Columbus Towing and Recovery. Just a quick clean out and water wash --- I have some Wild Dog soap coming from Flynn Distributing that will remove a whole bunch of stuff to save on sanding time - will also kill that rust. Needs drivers side floorpan - pass...