Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2021 - June VOTE HERE!

[patracy]

Welcome to the MV of the month poll sponsored by Consolidated Press. If you need decals, magnets, stencils, or anything printing related, please give them a call!




Now, onto the vote! Please vote for MV of the month! Feel free to campaign in this thread, but please keep it here and not via PM.

1. Hypnotoad

2. Tracer

3. Fuzzytoaster

4. kendelrio

5. Chucky

6. Migginsbros

 

[kendelrio]

As I stated in the nomination thread, not a whole lot done to her. Attached are before and after cleaning, after I got all the dash/marker lights changed and working, before and after recovering the seats and at a car show

 

[chucky]

 

[chucky]

 

[chucky]

 

[Guyfang]

Man! You guys are looking good!

 

[Tracer]

When I purchased this M38A1 with a build date of 12-53 several years ago. Then I found out how little I knew about Military Jeeps. I found out that my Jeep had a civilian F-134 engine that had no breather, and the wrong carburetor. The Jeep had been owned by a F.D. so the paint under the OD is red, and maybe that's how the civilian engine ended up under the hood. So I thumbed through the TMs, and found the correct part numbers for the breather tube, carburetor, and valve cover. I found most of the parts I needed at the Spring MVCC Petaluma show. I scrounged the fording device off e-bay. Here are some pictures of the engine with the engine getting upgraded to military spec. After two new batteries and a carburetor rebuild the engine starts and runs smooth. I will post some more recent pictures soon.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Gotta luv a MV of the Month Ballot that's enthusiastically campaigned!

Let's hear from our other candidates before my "twitchin' votin' finger" spasms on the POLL's VOTE-BOX.

 

[chucky]

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My first build first time the vehicle of the month . I bought the truck at FT CAMBELL the end of 18 with no idea what it was going to turn into i just wanted to have something to beat around in the woods never planed for it to see the blacktop at all and i had just retired from 31 yrs on the road and i knew i had better find something to do with idle hands before i got into trouble . Then my oid buddy told me about STEELSOLDIERS and ive been hooked every since and it felt like i hit the lottery all these folks helping one another that theyve never met it was like nothing id ever run into so 2 yrs later my beat the woods truck has slowly turned into a camper im finaly getting in the last months at my pace to finishing it up im installing a 12k mini split this week then move back outside for nerf bars and cab rack and bolt my winch on then start on the cab interior so hopefully by fall start on the 1082 trailer to put behind it with a jeep im guessing sp thanks to all of you for being the folks you are and all the help youve given me along the way hopefully i can pay it forward to the newbies coming in like i was 2 yrs ago and still am but im trying ! VAYA CON DIOUS my good friends

 

[Migginsbros]

This is our MAN Kat1 Truck build in 1977. Its a 5ton `4 x 4 with side mounted Rotzler winch with rope window at front and rear. V8 diesel direct injected aircooled Deutz Engine. F8L413F
12,7 liter 256 HP
A few weeks ago we lower our spare tire for the first time. Every time somthing new to discover.

 

[Migginsbros]

Some offroad pics, two years ago.

And....we´ve got some troop seats and a 7 step ladder with rail. Good for parades. But there are no parades in our area.

There is a curious feature. Because you have no rear window to the drivers cabin. Troops can give singnal with a switch plugged into the socket at the rear of the engine compartment. A buzzer under the dash will tell the driver to stop the truck if anything went wrong.

 

[Guyfang]

Thats called the G.D. switch.

 

[Migginsbros]

Thats called the G.D. switch.

and the clear text is?

O.K. meanwhile I think I find out.Forum rules .

 

[Migginsbros]

Welcome Hypnotoad,
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Cruiserhead, welcome to the club. Cn you post a few pics of your early Land Cruisers? I drove one across the USA in 6 days, love those things.

www.steelsoldiers.com

 

[Migginsbros]

Got some really good documentation with the truck.

 

[Tracer]

Having the TMs and the service history is like gold.

 

[kendelrio]

Recently removed, disassembled and cleaned up the rear sliders. They had been frozen in place from not being used... also replaced and repaired the windshield windows hardware for a true "5/50" air conditioning.

Also had the cargo cover repaired at a local awning shop in preparation for camping.

 

[Migginsbros]

First task today was getting the Kat out, ckeck the 4 x 12V Batteries and connect the charger. Today we try to find the bug in the charging system.

 

[Migginsbros]

Canceled any activities exept getting a cold one today. It's way hot for us today.

 

[Migginsbros]