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I have a NOS roll of field telephone wire and several WWII EE-8 Phones. We'll be in N-27 and N-28 starting Thursday afternoon. Jeff

There is a rumor that tlmob1 has acquired a vintage M104 trailer to match his M135. Tons and tons of M105's around but them 1950's M104's are hard as heck to find. I hope Rob will post pictures here soon. The trailer looked pretty nice when it rolled out my driveway. Come on Rob show us the...

Hey Plow Boy, In the BIG engine business we always pre-lube an engine that has been in preservation and before start up. The easiest way to do it on your 6 cylinder is to get a NEW and clean 2 Gallon garden sprayer can. The ones that you pump up with the hand plunger pump. Put in about a gallon...

Hey Brad, She sure is a sweetie. The truck is nice too. Cat Man, Denmark WI

Butch is right. I was not making that up about those like itty bitty cork strips. It looks mor like grease that brake fluid. I would still recommend refilling the brake master cylinder and pumping up the brakes before you disconnect anything. See where its leaking first. But wait untill the...

Many years ago Dennis Spence compiled a cross reference for many different vehicles with civilian part numbers from various vendors including NAPA. It is still available from Portrayal press, but he is getting out of the business. The book is called "ARMY VEHICLE PARTS GUIDE". Done in the days...

Hi Gabby, There are lots of us that started out on M series trucks and worked backward into Korean and then WWII era trucks. The WWII Chevy's and GMC's are some really classy trucks. I have owned G506's and currently have a 1945 GMC dump truck. A couple of thoughts come to mind. There are a...

I'm glad to see these trucks going to good homes. Kevin would have liked that. We sure miss him. We have a CCKW Dump Truck that came from Kevin and Thea's. Here is a better picture of the complete rig. That's the Wrecker King at the helm with the trailer and the CAT D-7 in tow. That is my...

1953 M135 Rebuild Project I'm not too sure about the camera angle that captured my butt over the GMC fender at Robert's a couple days ago. I was putting the ignition system back together before moving on to the carb on the other side. My only regret is not having my camera when Rob made the...

MIlitary Museum Receives T-34 -85 Robert, Great job on getting the T-34 to a new home. If the tank is the one I think it is, I hope you will share the story of how it got to Wisconsin in the first place. Every vehicle has a story and this is worth re-telling. Keep up the great work. Cat...

M35A3 Caterpillar Engine The Cat Model 3116 engine has a geared valve train at the front of the engine. The intake and exhaust valve lifters are a solid type that require a simple CHECK on a schedule. They may or may not require adjustment on that same schedule. They are set with the engine...

WWII Dodge Pop UP Camper Photos from Alaska and the Yukon Cat Man and the B driver

WWII Dodge Pop UP Camper We drobve the Dodge with the camper and pulled a late model M101A2 trailer a total of 8732 miles in 55 days on the MVPA Alaska Highway Convoy in July and August. Stayed most nights in the camper. Hard Frost on 6 nights while in Yukon and used an electric space heater on...

WC12 Engine Options We just completed a build up in a WC21 model. Used a simple Chevy 350 V8 with a rochester 2 bbl Carb and added HEI distributor. Mated the engine to a New Process 822 four speed OVERDRIVE manual transmission mated with a CUCV 4X4 transfer case. Engine is about 175 HP The...

Alaska Highway Dave, GReat to see you in Dawson Creek again. WE had a great time in BC. WE are in Watson Lake. Heading up the Campbell highway tomorrow. What a ride Cat Man