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So I burried my pickup at a radio station tower site a few weeks back, went the next day with the deuce to try to retrieve the pickup..too heavy, was sinking..ABORT ABORT !! THEN , after I get back on the tar THIS HAPPENS !!!!!! aua
I "Think" the logic is that ex military vehicles would "blend" into a military setting, they could "pose" as military, that sort of thing.
Be mistaken for the military..that applies to the current military equipmnet being liquidated by the military though, not all THAT stuff belonging to a...
nice engine...
Had a 215 Buick/Olds Turbo Rocket engine long time ago that according to the magazines achieved the one HP per one CI...had been pulled from a car long before I came of age, sat around under canvas, seized up and froze up by the time I got to play with it. It got hauled off...
Ya it was a great score, I am thinking those are 3 inch blocks , not foot !
The B-47 ? Well , I took a pic of that one on the side of I-95 in Georgia on my way back from Florida several years back when I was driving cars up and down the east coast between Maine and Florida...
A 6/71 Blower core...
Wel, we are at it again ! Towerguy1 Mike found this gem , a 55 Mack 5 ton, cut down to a single axle, 3' blocks added into the suspension and a 427 Tall Block Big block chevy gas in place of the diesel. Has functional power steering, duel glass packs, its a BEAST !!!!!
Had to have it, so ....I...
Buyer be AWARE. Thats all, maybe he has it all going smooth by now, maybe he doesnt. If you know that going in and are OK with it, then fine. I started a business too, it has not always been smooth sailing and as a business person you try to do whatever you can to keep business, sometimes it...
I am so sorry for the loss of your fellow firefighter, it really does bring home the danger of using any large equipment.
I have been guilty of driving on bad tires, driving with no brakes, and horsing around and posting pics of us "taking chances". I want to let everyone know I for one will...
Wow,
Adrian, I don't think you knew what you were going to learn by starting this thread. I think I have learned a LOT about all of you by reading this one, and ALL your advice was DEAD ON on this topic.
Like every guy on here I too have a story, a life long gearhead , the cars and...
OH< tractor racing ? And I thought I was whipping on ol Desert Rat....OUCH :)
I would like to see pics of the inside of that T case too, I'm interested in this one.
The color contrasts look strange in that pic...maybe its just my laptop..
One of those "ladies" is kinda big, apparently the military doesnt require tons of physical fitness anymore.....lol
I'd say no matter what or where...DESERTS SUCK, SAND SUCKS, GETTING STUCK SUCKS !
If only fuel had not just gone through the roof....*sigh*
Anyone know who used the Civil Defense decals [ IE Civilian or military branch ] and if anyone is reproducing them ? Every one of these trucks I find has them on it.