Recent content by M813rc

Those new tires really do look good on there. I always think of that tread as "British pattern". Cheers

Oh, gee....another easy choice this month.... o_O Cheers

That first picture looks very familiar, it is one of my trucks! :-D I still have that 1009 with the Jetsonic, and my other M1009 has a Jetstream (same bar but has another rotator in place of the siren). Both are set up with straight amber lenses for legal running on the roads here. Both are...

David, thanks for adding the information. [thumbzup] Many of these type threads just end without the results ever being posted, so folks down the line get left in the dark trying to find answers. Cheers

They also initially had magnesium wheels. Cheers

It is not "junk", it is a single occupant mine detection and clearing vehicle, with an explosive resistant cab. Cheers

Congratulations Soupermike! No slouches this month, yet again. It would be so much easier to choose if there was only one nice vehicle instead of four (or more)! Cheers

Not one I was familiar with. It does look very similar. Cheers

Good looking truck! Were I a betting man, I'd say it had a winch bumper, which would explain the spacers and relocated star, and kept it when the truck sold, just swapping that other bumper on. While the majority of folks with "low mileage" M1009s are fooling themselves by not thinking their...

You can also try Erik's Military and Industrial Surplus. I have bought two sets of buckets for tail and side marker lights as replacements on trailers I was rebuilding, they fit perfectly. And they are inexpensive ($15 for tail-light buckets about 18 months ago). They are listed under...

Mules, in accord with their name, can be stubborn. Back when I drove Mules in the Marines, our standard start procedure was - Leave the accelerator pedal alone Full choke Ignition switch off Four pulls on the starter rope Ignition switch on 1/4" to 1/2" of choke (depending on the likes of the...

Interesting. Is it really only attached at the end bolts? The star in the middle of the Chevy emblem is amusing, never seen that before either. :) Cheers

That is so cool. :) Cheers

Why FDs do what they do to old MVs remains a mystery to most of us! One of my recent experiences was while fixing up my former-FD M715, there were something like 43 extraneous holes drilled about the bed, the seemingly random location of which defy comprehending what they had mounted back...

Thank you. I keep a file of USMC markings and try to gather information from as many types as possible. Cheers