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Well, just got done painting my M813A1, so I had to take some pictures to share. There are still a couple pieces missing, and it's not perfect, but it sure is one heck of an improvement over what it was when I got it!!
Also I got my SF97 in the mail this morning, so I was able to go to the DMV and got it registered as a vehicle of historical interest since I allready had all the other paperwork filled out and ready and put it on my insurance last week. The DMV lady was quite confused for a while, but she didn't have too much trouble doing it. Cost me just $342 altogether with use tax and everything. Will be much less per year of coarse now that the initial expense is out of the way.
Insurance is costing me $63 a month which I can definitely live with. State Farm would not insure it as a historical vehicle for some reason, but that's fine with me. And I don't intend to drive it more than should be a problem with it being registered as a historical vehicle.
It's going to be in atleast one parade in a couple weeks. Possibly another one I'm not sure about yet.
I put the bumper guides on there so I'd have something to attach my flag poles to. I'm gonna have the American flag where it belongs on the right front, and a US Navy, And Seabees flags on the left side.
Notice, I started out doing a three color camo job, but after I got the brown sprayed on the front fenders, I decided that was as far as I wanted to go with the brown. I was thinking of just doing away with the brown altogether, but then I started kind of liking it just like this. But don't want brown anywhere else.
Here's a before and after pic:
![m813beforeandafter (Medium).jpg m813beforeandafter (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192353-4c7eb32b9643c9c176a2b33d0f9b3801.jpg)
![IMG_2546x (Medium).jpg IMG_2546x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192362-67753dc34bf9aae31dce6c11e94850b4.jpg)
![IMG_2547x (Medium).jpg IMG_2547x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192363-6f14307440a208f08b2761f94ac70bb5.jpg)
![IMG_2548x (Medium).jpg IMG_2548x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192364-187a7a4b234e1757e44cd79be4e16a8a.jpg)
![IMG_2551x.jpg IMG_2551x.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192365-bc3928aec3a598bf8b39ac10b1212559.jpg)
![IMG_2552x (Medium).jpg IMG_2552x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192366-164fb1e0db914f285f4c484567d3aa03.jpg)
![IMG_2555x (Medium).jpg IMG_2555x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192367-67bb13833d8ab2be4783ee7088cef021.jpg)
Also I got my SF97 in the mail this morning, so I was able to go to the DMV and got it registered as a vehicle of historical interest since I allready had all the other paperwork filled out and ready and put it on my insurance last week. The DMV lady was quite confused for a while, but she didn't have too much trouble doing it. Cost me just $342 altogether with use tax and everything. Will be much less per year of coarse now that the initial expense is out of the way.
Insurance is costing me $63 a month which I can definitely live with. State Farm would not insure it as a historical vehicle for some reason, but that's fine with me. And I don't intend to drive it more than should be a problem with it being registered as a historical vehicle.
It's going to be in atleast one parade in a couple weeks. Possibly another one I'm not sure about yet.
I put the bumper guides on there so I'd have something to attach my flag poles to. I'm gonna have the American flag where it belongs on the right front, and a US Navy, And Seabees flags on the left side.
Notice, I started out doing a three color camo job, but after I got the brown sprayed on the front fenders, I decided that was as far as I wanted to go with the brown. I was thinking of just doing away with the brown altogether, but then I started kind of liking it just like this. But don't want brown anywhere else.
Here's a before and after pic:
![m813beforeandafter (Medium).jpg m813beforeandafter (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192353-4c7eb32b9643c9c176a2b33d0f9b3801.jpg)
![IMG_2546x (Medium).jpg IMG_2546x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192362-67753dc34bf9aae31dce6c11e94850b4.jpg)
![IMG_2547x (Medium).jpg IMG_2547x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192363-6f14307440a208f08b2761f94ac70bb5.jpg)
![IMG_2548x (Medium).jpg IMG_2548x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192364-187a7a4b234e1757e44cd79be4e16a8a.jpg)
![IMG_2551x.jpg IMG_2551x.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192365-bc3928aec3a598bf8b39ac10b1212559.jpg)
![IMG_2552x (Medium).jpg IMG_2552x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192366-164fb1e0db914f285f4c484567d3aa03.jpg)
![IMG_2555x (Medium).jpg IMG_2555x (Medium).jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/192/192367-67bb13833d8ab2be4783ee7088cef021.jpg)