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  1. dougimes

    Restoration underway

    Looks great. I made the same choice a few years back, changed a cj3a into an m38, if you go to http://wartimetrucks.com I have a picture of the finished product. You can get as close as you want to. I ran down most of the details, but stopped short of changing the bell housing, which...
  2. dougimes

    M38a1C picture of the day. In the news yesterday Still in Service

    looks like the link got hi-jacked, the picture was of an M38 a1c being used right now by the south Koreans
  3. dougimes

    M38a1C picture of the day. In the news yesterday Still in Service

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-korea-vows-fast-response-north-u-deploys-042219176.html Recoiless still depolyed in S Korea Hard to improve on something so fundamentally corrects
  4. dougimes

    slave receptical for an M38

    Finally got around to adding the slave recepitcal to the M38. Restored the jeep in 1995, still adding parts. Aint it grand?
  5. dougimes

    Carter Carb Rebuid - Caswell refinishing Copy Cad

    Dave, When you say zinc plated, do you mean electrolysis type plating or just chemical dip?
  6. dougimes

    m38 Recovery!

    Last of saw of the jeep. It was loaded today and is on its way up to Dave's place
  7. dougimes

    m38 Recovery!

    Notice the doors were not wide enough to let the jeep out. Pull hard enough, it will come out.....
  8. dougimes

    m38 Recovery!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uL4uLK0VEc&feature=youtu.be Moment of extracation. Who knows when the last time this jeep saw the light of day.
  9. dougimes

    m38 Recovery!

    Dave and I recovered Hood number 20943768 from a barn in Brunson, SC. The jeep had been there an indeterminate amount of time, at least 10 years. The only significant modification was the removal of the seats and the installation or a couple CJ5 seats. Normal rusted out floors, body dents...
  10. dougimes

    m38 Recovery!

    An M38 just surfaced in a barn in SC. Headed out tomorrow to recover it, We will post some pictures when we get there.
  11. dougimes

    WC-63 in action, video clip

    Gene Imes WC-63 in action taking hay to the buffalo on a snowy day in Wisconsin http://youtu.be/_TYHIN_TNV4
  12. dougimes

    New PU-286 Vietnam era generator project

    Just picked this baby up a week ago. right off the bat I am going to need a gasket set, head gasket particularly. The engine is hercules ZXA-56?? 56cubic inch 4 cylinder anyone know a source for gaskets and engine parts in general?
  13. dougimes

    WC-12 dually setup

    Nice looking truck, I finished a wc21 about 2 years ago. These are great trucks. enjoy the process!
  14. dougimes

    Snafu, good one.

    yup, this refreshed my memory. I knew SNAFU didnt start out as the acronym that movies depict it as. I have never associated snafu with a vulgar expression, in the same category as kit and caboodle, or greenhorn. just slang
  15. dougimes

    Snafu, good one.

    Where in WI?- Watertown, half way between Milw and madison Why did the wheel depart? - Its a bitl of a long story. We'll call it mechanical failure. Evidently lug nuts that weren't tight failed to keep the wheel on. There is a lesson here that we learn over again in different...
  16. dougimes

    Got a 105 cargo cover, need a 101a2

    Hey gang, I was up at aberdeen, and picked up what was marked as a 101 cargo cover, it appears to be 105 cover, looks like it is 8" too long, and maybe 6" too wide. I think that makes it the size of a 105 Anyone with a 101 tarp interested in a swap? mine is OD, very good shape...
  17. dougimes

    Snafu, good one.

    dont have a picture because no one had the presence of mind to take one. M725 driving down a farm road in WI, Rear left wheel departs vehicle, and rolls about a quarter of a mile before coming to rest in corn field. It took 4 people 3 hours to find it. Astounding how far it rolled...
  18. dougimes

    Free wheeling mule

    I remember an article in MV magazine about this, but cant find it. What is the best way to temporarilly make a mule's front wheels free wheeling, for operation on a hard surface?
  19. dougimes

    Low oil pressure- need advise

    Wo here is the paul harvey rest of the story dropped the oil pan, checked out the sump and oil pickup refilled with 20-50 petrolium based installed a mechanical guage When hot, shows 15 at idle, 45 at cruise. Electrica pressure guage shows 5 and 20. It was the guage, and the thin...
  20. dougimes

    Mule not very well shod. Need tires

    Where is everyone's favorite souce for mule tires?
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