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Please excuse me; I'm just home from work and exhausted and thus not as clear headed as I might otherwise be.
I'm wondering how much M38A1 stuff will interchange.
im not really looking to do a full restoration; just get into presentable shape and tool around in it during the warmer weather.
i...
There's a fairly decent m170 for sale so close to me that it must be a sign from the gods.
How much of the m38A1 stuff I see on the market will interchange with the m170?
i don't think I'd be looking to restore it to full military dress. I think I would just want to bring it close to what it...
I got my M416 trailer the other day.
I was somewhat surprised to find that with some care, forethought and a judicious disregard for some elemental safety rules, one can fit an M416 in the bed of a full size pick up truck.
The trailer is in pretty decent shape. The bed itself is a sheet of...
Well, I've given more thought on what to do with this frame and it's attached goodies.
My initial plan, and I think it was a good one, was to take the wheels and tires and scrap or sell the balance. Since this whole thing wound up costing me $240 or so, I'd say that my original plan was solid...
Being less than knowledgale about trailer market conditions I figured I would ask here: what is a reasonable price for an M416 trailer in good shape, good tires, no rust thru, needs a paint job?
Aslo, where could I find all the relevant spcs for an M416 trailer such as dimensions, weight, etc?
The rolling chassis I acquired for the purpose of salvaging the wheels/tires and scrapping the rest is becoming more and more intriguing.
When I got it there was an engine laying loosely in the engine compartment area. I didn't take a good look at it, nor did I care; I was here for wheels and...
One of the things I had been meaning to get for my M37 was a spare wheel and tire. It came with 4 very nice condition wheels and some rocking tires, but there were only four of them and I really wanted to have a spare.
Spare wheels for an M37 are not exactly something you can run down to the...
While I am usually in favor of skirting silly laws, this suggestion is like tearing of the laws skirt and ploughing it like a beast in the fields.
Knowing my luck I would get nailed for filing a false instrument.
I like the way you think though!:grin:
Driving my M37 which is Olive Drab but lacks military markings is usually pretty fun.
Lots of folks look and a few of the older guys look really hard. Once in a while some older fellow will see it and you can watch the set of his eyes change, his jaw will tighten and you can tell that for a...
One of the things I notice in my reading about M37's is that the brakes and their performance are often supposedly lacking.
I was tooling along the other day and noticed that my ability to stop was not exactly the greatest. Actually my ability to stop could be much better described as 'my...
I've dismounted the non military winch.
There are custom bumpers front and back that I can not remove because they are welded on and I a) dont know how to weld (yet) and b) dont own any welding gear (yet).
The only other stuff I could strip off would be the windshield and doors and I don't...
The way the DMV folks explained it to me, Historical license plates would limit the amount of driving I could do to a level below that which I had planned on.
I wish I could afford a commo shelter to put in the back. The cheapest one I've seen is $850 and that did not include shipping/freight.
The problem is that where I live the major thoroughfares are off limits to vehicles with commercial license plates.
Also, the municipality here and down in...
In order to get non-commercial license plates for my M37 I need to demonstrate that it weighs less than 5,500 pounds.
What I would like to do is remove the bed from the frame and then drive over to the local quarry, have them weigh the vehicle and then show the weigh tag to the Department Of...
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