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Welcome! Hi, I too have a G506. The best thing I did was getting a copy of David Doyle’s book “Chevrolet G506”. It has a large, okay huge, amount of information on these trucks. My truck is a fire truck, which was called a “class 325”. Please take lots of photos! I’ve been reworking mine back to...

I just saw your post and added my reply. Have you heard the engine 101 lecture? I’m getting pretty good at it. I no longer torque off all my listeners. I just torque off most of them 🤪

Change your fuel filter. Also check your fuel tank for debris.

Been a long time since I posted on the M37. Today my son and I swapped out the old tailgate and put a new-ish one in its place. Not much metal bending nor beating was required.

Installing the pin as a safety measure reminds me of our usage in the military. The military really likes extra safety devices. They required us to install a pin whenever hooking up equipment to a pointless hook. Same goes for jack stands. The specific type of jack stand is lost in my memory but...

I’ve mounted my RT 524 in the bed of War Wagon. Unless you’re building a gun truck, it might not work. That being said, I’ve seen radios mounted in the bed of the M35 underneath one side or the others troop seats. Having a soft top in the back would definitely be a good idea. Minimizes chances...

I support the local Harbor Freight. Just bought a random orbit sander from them. I read the post written by the owner of HF, who said he usually goes to the manufacturer of tools that are sold under a trade name, such as Snap On (not a critique on Snap On). They get the exact same tools but...

Some time ago, during a conversation, special tools was briefly brought up. I have a eclectic collection of tools, tool sets, tool kits, PMEL, etc. I would like to show one of my tool kits. It was an EBay purchase of a DRMO’ed tool kit. I think it’s important to have some documentation (DRMO...

While digging thru my stacks of stuff, I came across a mechanical jack. I’ve been moving it from one spot to another never really looking at it. I moved it today, yet again, and I felt etching in the metal. I had to dig out a steel parts cleaning brush to clear the old paint, dirt, oil and...

If you can find James Lyles books, there’s a very informative list of all 555 +/- guntrucks built during the Vietnam War. In some cases there are crews names, truck pictures (everything from the wood armor all they way through to the APC gun trucks). I have copies of all three books in case...

Thank you. I’m not a audio/visual type person. If I were, I’d try and set up a video for people to watch when I show the trucks, unfortunately that’s a bit outside my skill set.

It’s been a while since I got anything done on truck. Some things have progressed. I got a set of frame rails for the 5th wheel. Going to end up drilling some holes to make it fit. Also pick up a new head for the spare tire hoist. I had one that came with the 900 series parts I got but the...

My mind says I’m still in my 20’s. My back says “one more lift like that and yer goin to the hospital!”

Hmmm, I’ve done quite a bit of work on War Wagon. I’ve tried to incorporate a lot of detail that I’ve found in many sources. War Wagon, as I built her, has single layer armor, three .50 ‘s (replica), Vic 1, and much more. I’ve actually been working on her for about 10 years. Changing armor as I...

War Wagon is the name of my 1970 M35A2. When I bought it, I named it War Wagon, just because. I can’t recall when I decided to go out and do a full sized replica/tribute. Whenever that was, since then I’ve slowly built the truck to look like a later version of what I thought War Wagon would look...

I’ll post it on the truck. I’ve been playing around with an ideas. There’s a sign shop in town that can do up some real nice info boards. I want to get a good background not only of War Wagon, which is only a small story, but of gun trucks as a whole. With 550+ gun trucks, I kinda had to make it...

Thank you for your post! If I could, I’d like to copy it and put it in a scrap book I’ve been working on. Once all this brouhaha finally calms down, I can get War Wagon to the parades and open house at the AF base. It’s the fine details that help tell the gun trucks story. I’m trying my best to...

How much did the harness run you?

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You’d think a town that small wouldn’t have parts but it does. North Hill, South Hill, Down town and my favorite part: Sgt City.