Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2025 - May 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.cobra5

2. Robo McDuff

3. Lothar

 

[kendelrio]

Looking forward to a great, clean fight, no obvious punching, kicking, biting, scratching or use of weapons.

Now let the politicking begin!

 

[Guyfang]

No weapons??????????????? Oh man...................................

 

[cobra5]

The nomination photo I used was from the DLA auction site back in March 2012 and was at Fairchild AFB in WA. After I won the auction I had to wait until May 2012 to pick it up and yes it was on Memorial Day that I picked it up. Although DLA was shutdown for the holiday, the individual that I dealt with told me to come down and he would release it to me. I drove the truck 4 /12 hours back to Missoula MT and parked it at work because the rear main seal started leaking and the clutch started slipping. I eventually nursed it another 30 miles to my house in the evening when traffic was light.

This photo is with the mutt I finished in 2009. You'll notice I added the cargo cover to it. This photo is from Feb 2013.

 

[cobra5]

Remember that leaking rear main well I ignored it for now because that takes time to accomplish. So I did the next best thing and bought a trailer for the truck. Don't worry the truck wasn't driven much with the leaking rear main. Bought trailer Feb 2014.

 

[cobra5]

Remember the leaking rear main seal? Well I finally got around to it in July 2015. I was looking for an original hoist to take it out but couldn't find one so went to HF and bought a transmission jack. Can't remember what we put the jack on to get it up to the transmission but I can guarantee it was sketchy. I have photos of the transmission job but not of it coming out of or going in to the truck.

 

[cobra5]

Well since that job was done, it was time to put it in a local old truck show in Jun 2017. The deuce didn't win but the mutt took first place. Since this is about the truck I won't post the mutts award. The truck has done other odd jobs since then but I'll have to get with my boy to share some of the photos of the truck positioning conex boxes and assisting with pulling a pickup truck and trailer out of a ditch.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Well, looks like we have one RUNNER in this month's three-horse race!
Hope that the others come out of the gate pretty soon.

Gotta LOVE the politicking part of these monthly "beauty pageants".

May the best MV win!


Carry on.

 

[cobra5]

Because you guys like photos. Here is one from my July 4th display and the other is my choice of license plates with the original registration number.

 

[marchplumber]

The nomination photo I used was from the DLA auction site back in March 2012 and was at Fairchild AFB in WA. After I won the auction I had to wait until May 2012 to pick it up and yes it was on Memorial Day that I picked it up. Although DLA was shutdown for the holiday, the individual that I dealt with told me to come down and he would release it to me. I drove the truck 4 /12 hours back to Missoula MT and parked it at work because the rear main seal started leaking and the clutch started slipping. I eventually nursed it another 30 miles to my house in the evening when traffic was light.

This photo is with the mutt I finished in 2009. You'll notice I added the cargo cover to it. This photo is from Feb 2013.View attachment 947025

Those two go together like Peanut butter and Jelly!! NICE!!

 

[marchplumber]

That brings back memories of me doing that to the "Raven" deuce! Except yours is much cleaner with less grass and twigs and such!!

 

[cobra5]

Seems like the less that is said the better. Anyway its all in fun and here are a couple photos of my big maintenance task of reupholstering the passenger seat. So if you keeping up I've owned this truck since 2012 and all I have done to it thus far is the rear main seal, clutch, oil change and seat cover. I don't drive it much because at 6' 3" with long legs its a bit to work the clutch. Back in the day when I first drove it from DLA, I had to grab my pant leg through the steering wheel in order to get my foot on the clutch pedal. Also when I raised my leg up my knee would hit the door handle and the door would open. I fixed that issue by repositioning the door handle 180 degree so my knee couldn't hit it anymore. Good thing the majority of the drive was on the interstate and the only time I had to grab my pant leg to shift was in town. Anyway back to my photos.