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VIN is on the frame. See attached pictures. The 27 as the type-designator still wonders me. I suppose the dataplate is not original. Some of the numbers are written in european style ( the 7 ) and somebody put in 1945 as mfg-date, thats baloney of course. Regards, Mark

Hi guys, finally.... after a long time searching it seems like I found a decent deuce which I can buy. See attached pictures. I wanted an old style one, and it seems like I got it. Its VIN says 0127-10004. 01 seems OK, an old-timer (hehe, if its a 66 model its my year of birth), but the 27...

@ BFR: thanks for pointing that goof out :-) I corrected it. On pictures of my vehicles I would post the pictures unobscured, but you never know how other people feel about that.

Hi, a friend of mine saw this vehicle and wondered what it was (thank god that there are camera-equipped mobiles...). I tought its a 5 to (airfilter in the left fender, and so on). The rear facing clear lights must be aftermarket-stuff, or has there been a model on which these were fitted...

Bjorn, the Schirmventilverstellung had nothing to do with the breaking system. I remember that we used to put some pretty nasty stuff in the fueltanks of the MAN and had to to use the cranks to make the motors start more easily. It was also supposed to be used on starting when the temperatures...

I believe we had these engines in the MAN 630 military trucks, which still were in service in the eighties with the Bundeswehr. I enlisted in the army back then and did my service in a shortwave-radio truck of that sort. see http://man630.jein-design.de/ The motor was a little different...

Amber tinted headlights (not only bulbs) were common in Europe during the 50ies, 60ies and until recently mainly in France (seen also in Spain and on some italian cars of that era). It is said that the french took this as a measure during ww2 to distinguish their vehicles from the germans at...

I had an interesting conversation today with a technician from a company that services transformers and such. I can have as much used mineral transformer oil from them as I want to. The only drawback is that he said one has to be careful not to grab a barrel of oil which is marked as pcb...

Absolutly superb images and a great inspiration! Thanks for posting this! Cheers, Mark

Bjorn, neat installation! And a great project, the XM757! Thanks for the info. I think the data speaks clearly for the Racor unit, although it is really large and hard to position conveniently on the deuce. I'll see if I can find one over here... @ WillB: no worries, I was just joking ;-)...

That Racor unit looks mighty big! Where do you plan to install it, if I may ask? @will b: interesting background information, thanks! As for (quote) Germans stick together --> Hehe, not me, I have a pragmatic approach! Mark

Hi together, I think about adding a water- and dirt separating fuelfilter to the deuces fuel-delivery system and came across this product: http://www.separ.com/separ/about2000.htm One of the benefits of this system is the good filtergrade ( 2 to 30 microns ) and the claimed unsurpassed...

Wow! don't forget that crow-bar under the hood ;-) (Iraq-5-07 013 (Small).jpg) Stay safe! Mark

dunno about the buggy, except for that it was a typical type on VW-basics. Nothing military as far as I know, just a look-a-like. Wasted time ;-) Here are more pictures: http://www.freyhaven.com/tagebuch/koblenz2007/koblenz2007.html Regards, Mark

We didn't ride our deuce through these mudholes for exactly that reason. But it was prime time to watch! To me, the stars of that show were the M151 for driving almost submerged through the holes, and two small Unimogs for their unsurpassed offroad-capabilities. Unfortunatly they are not...

Hi all, some interesting pictures here: http://www.usmvc-koblenz.de/Schmittenhoehe-2007/ Lot of action again this year! Almost unbelievable how the M151 can go through those deep mudholes with 4 persons in it (maybe they acted as "floatation devices ;-) ). Cheers, Mark

Thanks for the input. I'll probably go for an original switch, we had those on our Bundeswehr vehicles, too. A little hard to find, though. @ acetomato: I live in the former american housing community, "Paul Revere Village" / Smiley Barracks, here in Karlsruhe. I think during your time...

Hi together, I want to add a main battery switch as a safety measure and for other reasons. I found a switch for marine applications with a crude removable plastic-key. The electrical properties of the switch are 100 amps sustained power and 500 amps peak. Would this be sufficient? Any...

> ... AN/VRC12 radioset with either the RT246 or RT526 ... sry, meant the RT 524, of course...

Hi group, I'm on the hunt for the correct location for installing the AN/VRC12 radioset with either the RT246 or RT526, as well as the R-442. I want to interface t with the VIC-1. Tried the TMs but couldn't find any infos. Does it fit under the passenger-seat? A few pics of...