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ARMYMAN30YearsPlus

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Looking good, have you considered a winch and grill guard for it?

I travelled through Wausau way back in 1968 and was surprized how such a big city.. I was from the country... closed up exactly at 5 PM.

Any shots of it in action?
 

maddawg308

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Is this an Alfa Heaven truck? You're up that way and they put HMMWV tires on all the M880s they sell. Looks great!
 

m880guy

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ya, im gonna answer all 3 replies

yes, it is a new paint job
yes iam looking for an actual push bar not the one on the parts bin armyman30years plus i appreciate your service and come back to the wausau area if you can its now open to 9 i got a ton of action shots, i cant post any right now cause im at school but ill post them when i get home

and mad dawg yep its from alfa heaven great place to visit, tom zat is a one of a kind guy, a little pricy but my dad had a 77 custom 4 speed with a straight six, we saw this truck at the antigo freedom days military show, he pretty much bought it on the spot



If it matters to anyone My schools wrestling team, which i am part of won the state team championship last weekend YAY!!!
 

McGuyver

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Don't worry too much. My M880 never had B/O lights installed before I got it. The B/O lights were a kit that had to be installed on the unit level(?) after delivery to the Army. The quality of the installation depended on who did the installation. (Naturally then since I installed my B/O light kit, it was a superb installation. :D )
My truck did however have at least the notch out of the passenger side upper corner of the grill for access to the hood padlock, and since your grill does not have this cut out, I assumed that the grill had been replaced. Of course, if your truck never had the padlock stud installed in the hood (it extends through a hole in the radiator core support and a padlock is attched to it on the underside accessed thtough the cutout in the grill) then there would be no reason for the cut out in the grill.

P.S. Bob, not sure of your exact meaning, but I know for a fact that the B/O light kit I installed on my M880 was designed specifically for the M880 series trucks (including the ambulance)
 

m880guy

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the navy thing was a joke i dont mean to offend any current or former navy personnel, thank you for your service

ya i know my truck was used with the iowa dpt of forestry for a number of years, wouldve been great to know what that truck did in the service,
 

nattieleather

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RE: last pics i found

This is just my HO....but for me the 3 color nato cammo paint job just doesn't look right on the M880s....To me it looks out of place somehow.

Don't get me wrong it's a good paint job and who ever did the cammo did a nice job...just looks wrong to me... :)
 

m880guy

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RE: last pics i found

ya, if it was up to me it wouldnt have that paint job, i would love that truck plain od or carc black so it would get heat from the sun in the winter
 

chimesickle

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RE: last pics i found

I think thats a real nice looking truck. Mine didnt come with B/O lights, Camo, or 24 volt system either. They were M885 shelter carrier trucks, but I dont know what kind. Not communications huts, because the trucks dont have radio noise suppression gear
 

davidkroberts

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RE: last pics i found

Everyone has always told me an old dodge will pass everything but a fuel pump........ Looks like a great condition daily driver, and a very good start to a intresting uncommon and expensive hobby for most of us here. I personally like the Hummer tires and the three color camo job. Gives the old truck a good look without going overboard.
 
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