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The water cooler holders are the same. The truck is the same style. IR headlights in the bumper are another indicator of a NTC truck. Was your truck ever rebuilt? http://www.iyacyas.com/ntcaug.html
Go buy this book, you will see some good pics of O/C trucks...
Start the truck and heater without getting out of your O/C sleeping bag. They would run a LONG heater duct hose from the passengerside heater duct under the dash inside the sleeping bag. No kidding. Those who have been to NTC can verify.
The DRMO location is a also a HUGE #1 indicator of NTC use. It was a water cooler. The "rust" stains on the truck where the mount was indicates that. O2 or N gas wouldn't leave a stain. Figure out what the # under the eagle is and that will give us more info on it.
The logo on the rear is/was of the Eagle Observer/Controller Group at National Training Center, Ft Irwin. The water cooler bracket is another dead give away of a NTC O/C vehicle...
Found an old post of what I did with my M577 bootwall. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?107908-SICPS-Modular-Command-Post-Tents-with-bootwall-info&highlight=command+post+tent
I got section of a TEMPER tent with the window, cut it down, sewed Velcro to both the bootwall and the...
If you buy a used frame, MAKE SURE it is good and has all the parts. Lots of them are tweaked/broken/missing parts. They are repairable if you have 2 broken ones and can salvage parts from one to another. Don't forget the 2 separate poles for the entrance way.
The tent (back in the 90's) was a SICPS tent, Standardized Integrated Command Post System) with the special boot wall to connect it to the M577. The tent was later called the Modular Command Post Tent System. There are several available on a certain well known auction site right now, but none...
I wrote a LONG post on mil to civy wiring conversions post a while back. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?31824-Civy-truck-to-MIL-trailer-wiring-info
The M105 is WAY too big for a Jeep. Think M101 or M416.
in 1974/75ish, they changed 00 to 01. Any NEW part put in the supply system after then had a 01. Any part in the system being "used" before that was a 00.