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Some friends and I took our MVs to Haspin yesterday and had a great time. It was a beautiful day and not as muddy as we thought it would be....although we all got stuck at least one time!
I remember applying camo colors with a paint brush on new M151A2s when I was in Germany... I remember thinking "Wow, I'm painting over this new O.D. with a paint brush! what a shame!" ..... I think I'm going to use a spray gun and paint my M880 with some Majic olive drab from Rural King.:-D
I recently replaced the alternator and starter relay.... and re-wired the charging system by-passing the ammeter and re-routing wires around some damaged/burnt bulkhead connections.
I never had the opportunity to drive M880s (or Chevy CUCVs, they came much later) when I was in the Army. The M880 series trucks were not sent to my unit, we had Gama Goats for 5/4s instead. I bought my M882 about a month ago from a guy that bought it from a government auction at Camp...