What is this used for?

[WillWagner]

What is it for? The tube with pinch bolts by the door hinge.

 

[Opie]

Isn't that a mount for the machine gun ring?

 

[mangus580]

thats what I thought it was....

 

[doghead]

Oh,Great my truck has that too. I guess I need a machine gun, now!

 

[WillWagner]

There WAS something in there, don't know how long ago, but there is evidence of an object sliding in or out of the tube. I thought maybe an antenna. Can a MG be mounted with the top on? Anyone got an up close picture of the MG mounted?

 

[clinto]

Anyone got an up close picture of the MG mounted?

Several members here have them, it's the M66 gunring

 

[WillWagner]

That explains the holes on the passenger side, rear of the cab and maybe the same holes on the drivers side. There were 2, 1/2 x 2 1/4 stainless u-bolts only on the drivers side in the holes. I figured they were for a radio antenna mast. Maybe it had a MG mounted, then a radio mast. There was a funky mounting plate flopping around under the passenger seat when I got it.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Did the funky mounting plate have wires and connectors? Might have been an MT-1029 radio mount.

 

[houdel]

The tube on the passenger's door was for mounting the MG ring mount, also for mounting convoy flags. Here is a pic from an earlier posting showing the MG ring mount on a deuce in Iraq.