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I got one of the pink M1009s from Tinker and was wondering, WHY IS IT PINK? I think the correct question is "why did they paint it red?" I know why it faded to pink:) I have been told that range trucks were red, just wondering if any of you ever drove a red truck in the military.
It looks like...
Is that the Honeywell hand crank 40mm? A friend told me they had some of those on his PBR for a while, he said he was never very good with it but some of his crew became expert "automatic" grenadiers.
Another Texas member! Welcome aboard, you will like your Deuce. I almost bought mine from a private seller but ended up with one of the FEW to show up on GL in Texas. You guys in PA, AL, OK and CA have tons to choose from, we down here in Texas have to drive a long way for a recovery or fight...
A Deuce is a Deuce, I will be up there living in my M109A3, Reloader64 will be there with his M35A2, M813rc is planning to bring his M813, Sarge usually brings his M820 and there will also be a M818, likely at least one other M35A2 and some little jeep thingies too...
Texas law states that it can be used for parades, shows and "items of public interest", which I read as "rolling MV show". As I understand it, Texas Former MV registration simply restricts commercial and daily driver usage, otherwise you are pretty much cool.
I think you are in for a lot of...
My M109 has the oil press in the top left pos as well, might have to change that so it matches the M35, and might be able to figure out why it is INOP at this time...
My M35 went through Toole in '92 and has the same arrangement, my M109 never did get a rebuild and it is different (though I can't recall the config right now) I will look tomorrow.