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It's unfair for y'all to regularly introduce extra stress into my life - how am I to pick just one vehicle??!!?? Aaaargh!!!! o_O And Kendelrio, I can honestly say I never contemplated the need for a 12' skeleton until recently, now I keep eyeballing the d@&n things and saying "Hmmmm...."...

I'm very impressed with the accuracy of what you are producing. That transmission cover is a very complex shape, but you got it! Here is a comparison of your drawing to a picture of my spare cover. Cheers

Well, now that you mention those, this is my stripped DRASH trailer. ;) Don't know why that one didn't cross my mind with the original question, I suppose because I consider it more of an LMTV trailer than Humvee. I'll have to go measure how long/wide the deck is. I know it is 56" of clear...

It is not unusual for vehicles to change services, either when no longer needed by the original service or when immediately required by another. In the Marines, we usually benefited from other services' cast offs, but in a rare turn of events most of the Marine M35s went to the Army when the...

Nice truck! The Air Force operated M37s (and other tactical vehicles) in both blue and green. Picture from Greenland in 1960. Cheers

Very likely if it was on the side armour. :cautious: Cheers

Y'all sure don't make it easy to pick just one vehicle!! A lot of times it comes down to voting for one of the two that are running close, which seems to happen regularly. There isn't a one of the vehicles in this month's set that I would not have voted for, they are all great! Cheers

A good point, as you can have LEDs and still look period correct with older vehicles, on which the full LED faces just don't look right. Cheers

Here are some pictures from my older son's motor pool on Camp Pendleton a few years ago. M11400 is the UIC for 1st CEB (combat engineers) The side marking is in the most common place on Humvees. When I referred to your stencils as "non-standard", the Humvee and M1008 show what "standard" USMC...

British tires, it seems. I'm really enjoying these pictures. [thumbzup] Cheers

Chemical unit, judging by the beakers, looks like a dragon holding them. Possibly the Army 2nd or 22nd Chemical Battalion? Their crests have a dragon. The only reason I know those two is that they were on Fort Hood, where I used to consult for the Army. (I think 22nd was actually based at Fort...

USMC 606363 is the serial number and VIN for your vehicle. On your truck these have been applied with non-standard stencils. The marking on the front right of your hood is a partial Embarkation Code There should be a C/C at the top, which stands for Condition Code, but I can't read what is...

I imagine it was a typo, but a slight correction just in case it leads a newbie astray- Douglas connectors are the metal shell ones, Packards are the rubber ones. ;) Cheers

That is very true! I got the smaller one from a guy in Indiana for pretty cheap, the big one came out of a farmer's field near Fort Hood, paid $200 for that one. The "small" one now has an S788 on it, the bigger one I added Humvee fenders and a diamond plate deck to haul my M274 (Mule) on it...

What Mullaney said.... And that is one mighty fine looking 813! Of all my trucks, the M813 is the one I enjoy driving the most. Cheers

The two version I have are 5th wheel. Both were designed as shelter carriers for the Humvee, but I use my M1028A2 to pull them. The third picture is the frame and 5th wheel for a Humvee, by the time the trailer came to me, that part was long gone! Picture 4 is from the internet showing a...

The tub for the M416 is a single piece unit, four side and the floor. I think someone was making reproductions, but I last saw them a few years ago, don't know if they are still around. As rare as M762s are getting, perhaps sell/trade it to another collector and buy an M416? Cheers

Very nice truck! What are your plans for it colourwise? I'm intrigued by the 22mpg, does it have an overdrive transmission in it? One thing to replace, if you still have it installed, is the old coffin box fuel filter. They can cause problems and the filters themselves are getting hard to...

I use red Scotchbrite pads to scuff the glossy paint, clean with solvent, and paint. That has worked well for me in the past with Rapco paint. Cheers

They are actually pleasant and fun to drive. :) Cheers