Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2025 - July 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. kendelrio

2. Lawdog734

3. sail78385

4. Joe Bertram

5. Migginsbros

6. WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

7. deank

 

[deank]

Pick me! Pick me!

 

[Migginsbros]

Hello to all MV enthusiast. This month we will introduce our
1975 build aircraft tug. Its a Unimog 406.145 with crewcap and the Mercedes
OM352 direct injected diesel engine. 6speed foreward and 2 reverse gears
with a torque converter for soft tugging.


More pics will follow

 

[Guyfang]

This will not be an easy month to vote!

 

[Lawdog734]

A lot of really good submissions this month for sure!

Mine is a 2017 Polaris MRZR (Diesel) I picked up from auction. The intent was to tear it down and blast/paint it back to factory condition, but looking at now, it's got good, honest wear on it and I can't complain about that. I mainly use it on the property and drive things back and forth to my range. About the only thing I plan to do with it now is to get the shocks rebuilt, as they surely need it.

 

[kendelrio]

My M1114 started life as an up-armored Marine Corps Slantback

Of course, we would all love it if the military wasn't so.... aggressive.... in the demil process, so mine looked like this when I purchased it from @fuzzytoaster

She had the roof and side skirts put on...

I added a fording exhaust, paint job, light bar and doors....

And then another paint job to get her to where she is now...

A full build thread is HERE.

I appreciate all votes for the girl...

 

[deank]

My M1031 has been a slow fun project since March of 2022. After serving in the Mississippi National Guard Army ( and it appears some time in the sandbox ) the truck was called to service in Mississippi at a volunteer fire department. Fire engine red when I got it, I have sanded and repainted it back to three color camo. With lots of help from all over this forum, I have gone over almost every component in this truck. With specific help from SteelSoldiers members I have resurrected b4thunders APECS controller for the generator, bringing mine back to life.

I am getting almost to the point of daily driving. I do use the truck with events with my students.

Full thread is Central FL M1031 project

Thanks for reading this far!

 

[kendelrio]

My M1031 has been a slow fun project since March of 2022. After serving in the Mississippi National Guard Army ( and it appears some time in the sandbox ) the truck was called to service in Mississippi at a volunteer fire department. Fire engine red when I got it, I have sanded and repainted it back to three color camo. With lots of help from all over this forum, I have gone over almost every component in this truck. With specific help from SteelSoldiers members I have resurrected b4thunders APECS controller for the generator, bringing mine back to life.

I am getting almost to the point of daily driving. I do use the truck with events with my students.

Full thread is Central FL M1031 project
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Thanks for reading this far!

I appreciate the ear worm... of to find my Huey Lewis and the News cassette!

 

[Joe Bertram]

This one's straight from the auction site, served as a NG unit sometime in its life. I bought it from a police department that acquired it and left it sit inside their storage barn. They claimed it didn't run, I put batteries in it and it fired up. It's the newest piece in the fleet of a dozen trucks mainly 50s through 70s