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MIL-STD TT-595 lists the color data for every military color. Check this out, and it should give enough data that a paint maker could work from the color requirements. Also, the US forces in Europe during the cold war got paint from someplace, so there might be a European source. Try the big US...

Just remember, any military truck in a movie is expected to run into trees, through buildings, and drive 40 MPH through a forest. You would need an agent to be sure that the contract covers you, and a separate insurance policy might also be a good idea. The simplest solution might be to sell...

TP Tools makes nice equipment - all the way from basic cabinets to heavy duty commercial cabinets. Check their web site since they go to car shows with cabinets. Be careful not to buy too small a cabinet. I sometimes buy grit from them as well, but shipping runs into $$, so I usually fall back...

See if you can borrow a DC clamp-on ammeter and see what's pulling power when you're shut down - you could have a shorted diode in the alternator.

I've always found that there is enough noise in the cab that the low air pressure buzzer isn't much of a problem. The truck's air compressor puts out enough air that it shuts up pretty quickly, plus the waiting time lets the truck warm up a bit, plus you have time to walk around and look for odd...

That is for slave starting either your truck, or some one elses truck.. The older slave cables were 2-pin, with them being side by side. They weren't offset from the centerline by much, so it was possible to stuff the connector in with reversed polarity if you really worked at it. The NATO...

Find a shop that does blasting for car restorers. Odds are that they will use soda blasting or CO2 blasting. Walnut shells work if you are in a cabinet-type blaster, but whole vehicle blasting is usually soda blast. They even use it stripping airplanes. Paint stripper (aircraft-type) would...

Gallons of paint are considered a harardous shipment - I'm not sure how they would get to Poland. It might be possible to ship by cargo plane, but the cost per gallon would go outta sight. I wonder if there isn't a paint supplier who ships to NATO bases? If you can track them down, whatever you...

Check that the carb's needle valve doesn't have some grit in it. Even with those large in-tank filters, you can get grit from someplace. Install an in-line fuel filter just in front of the carb as well. One other sneaky problem you can run into is the accelerator pump - whent he carb is used in...

The shear pin is usually just a piece of aluminum rod. You can cut the pin and reinstall the pieces (see ablve), but if you decide to use a bolt to back it off, be darn sure which direction you want it to move, or you could wind it up even tighter. If you stick a bolt in, back the winch off by...

You might find that some FOD is holding the valve open, but replace the "O" ring when you open the carb up, and also add an in-line fuel filter just before the carb. Older MIL trucks tend to have lots of crud floating around in the fuel tank. Mobileauto2000 is right when he said that there are...

The trick on rattle cans with a high-solids paint (like a CARC-equivalent) is to shake them, then shake them again, and then shake them some more and more and more. A freind of mine rigged up an adapter to hold spray cans in a hardware store paint shaker, and he runs them for about 5 minutes...

Based on the external dimensions of the tank, it is approximately 1130 cubic inches in volume. This equals 4.9 gallons.

These were installed on the truck side frames so they could be tied down on railroad flat cars for shipment. The old procedures for rail shipping said to use multiple wraps of heavy wire to tie the trucks down (multiple strands with a twisting bar: A Spanish Windlass). Steel banding could also...

Like any 1950's vehicle, it has a mind of its own. After a while, you'll learn how to play the gas pedal for smooth shifting. I never had any jerking on downshifts (in high transfer). When you learn how to lock the trans in gear by playing the gearshift, hills will be much easier, and speeds...

Years ago, Tom at Alfa Heaven suggested that I use 10/30 hydraulic oil in the trans instead of straight weight non-detergent oil. I changed to the hydraulic oil, and it really helped smooth out the shifts. They were always fairly smooth in high range, a little jerky downshifting, and low range...

Even though canvas is "correct", it also shrinks, rots, and needs waterproofing. I've had it in the past, and I don't miss it one bit. My first cab cover was ordered as being newly made, but it was New Old Stock and had shrunk in the package to the point that I couldn't install it. After some...

The S-250 is very popular, and they can be hard to track down. You'll see them on E Bay or Graig's List sometimes, but they are where you find them. Check with any ham radio operators you know who are into field trials, and they might know of an S-250 that is available. The weight should be...

Load them on a trailer for the trip - all you need is a flat tire when you have these on a towbar. If you use a trailer, you KNOW you will make it. When I rebuilt mine, I got it good enough to load, then a friend of mine did the trucking. When it was in my shop, I could work on it piece by...

It ws common for a shop with a CUCV maintenance truck to slave start M60 tanks with them - they would connect the cable, then let the CUCV charge the batteries in the '60 for a while, and the '60 would usually start. It is possible to connect the old 2-pin connector backward if everything is...