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A softball, a RBF flag, and a piece of elektrical wire come handy when theres a need to plug the exhaust stack 8) The RBF flag is a original from the F4-Phantom, by the way. I got the idea when reading one of the posts here in SS.

Unthinkable, that she will ever drive the deuce. Or even ride in it. At least in the moment, and as long as it is OD. It's not so much the piece of machinery that it is, as its connection to the military, which is absolutly evil to her. Maybe she accepts it when she sees that people around...

Freq is 26.0 to 69.95 MHz devided in 880 channels, 10 are mechanically programmable. Mod is FM, 1 / 15 watts lo/hi. Historically it replaced the RT-66 to 70 units, and receivers R108 to R110. It also can communicate to PRC6/6 (german Version of PRC6), PRC-8 to 10, FSE38/58 and SEM35. The...

Somebody told me on the weekend that it is possible to mount the old Unimog (eg 404s,...) doorhandles to the M35. They seem to fit nicely, look almost the same as the originals and have a key lock! Anyone tried that before? Mark

Thanks for the kind responses. @armyman: the truck will have a historical title, so there is no need for complying with such standards as reflecting tapes or even current arrangement of lights on the truck, if that was not part of truck in the sixties. Only thing was that the licensing...

Hey recovery4x4 and other m108 fans, remember the post: ********** Hey Mark, was just looking at the frankenstein hood pics and realized that it was leaning on an M108. Can you post some pics of that? Love to see others M108s. ********** when I picked up my deuce today I took the chance and...

Hi altogether, "finally" says it all. I finally bought my own deuce. The first one, otherwise I wouldn't make such a fuzz about it :-) . Took it home today. 4 hours of driving, lots of time of contemplating (was it worth it? Was it worth the money spent? Was it worth the trouble with the...

That german thing is a SEM-25. I was trained on that thing back in my army-days. I remember hours of coding speech-messages which had to be transmitted over the radio, which was strangly boring and challenging at the same time. It was installed in radio-shelter on a Unimog 404s. Great vehicle...

What was the problem with blistering paint (silicone, paint type...), and how did you solve that? I'm curious because I'm in for the same task in a few weeks.

Great job! With a little luck I can post similar pics in about two months :-) What's the deal about the hole in the bumper, if I may ask?

Lanty, nice post. Says it all. Mark

That M108 was the subject of a post of mine a few days ago (TMs / OMs). He has two of them (one is dated as being from 1951 on its dataplate??!!). Unfortunatly, I don't have more pictures of it at hand, but I bought a deuce from the guy who owns the M108 and when I'll go pick it up I'll be...

Great looking rig, and a suberp job. Nothing beats a large work-shop, doesn't it? :-) Mark

@ m-35tom: that's right, the driver was a 48 year old woman. Apparently the truck wasn't going too fast, she just couldn't act upon the steering wheel hard enough and lost control over it. Maybe the front tires got cought in a furrow or such and this initiated the mess. I feel sorry for...

I too think that deuces are pretty safe, but some mistakes which can be trivial under one circumstance can be fatal under the other. I don't want to judge nor elaborate too much about the incidence since I was was not there when it happend. The official saying is that the person which drove...

@ steelsoldiers I saw one of those "frankenstein"-hoods a few days ago, see the pics! It truly looks like a field-mod! Mark

Hi forum, a very sad accident happened here on the weekend, which should bring deuce drivers and others to reflect a little on taking along people in the back of the trucks, expecially off the road. While driving on an offroad-parcour (private property) during an event a 2.5 ton loaded with...

2 videos with a deuce in action can be seen on http://www.garageoverlord.ch/VideoSchmittenhoehe.html Regards, Mark

Thanks for the thoughts. I inspected the frame for corrosion and such and it did look normal to me (not cut), but I didn't look at it under that premise. I'm going to purchase it anyhow! But the seller, who lives on selling MVs, must get a few things straight about the deuce first. So I...

A friend of mine wants to restore a M108 2.5 ton wrecker (he has actually two of them...) and is in search of a technical and operational manual for it. I had hoped that I could find one in the TM section, but I had not done so. Could someone please point me to the right direction (if there is...