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The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado, (MVCC), the 10th Mountain Division renactor group and different wings/groups of the Colorado Military History Center were invited to attend the Colorado National Guard's 150th anniversary ball in downtown Denver at the Convention Center. We had some...
What is the correct M37 engine color?? Matching era OD green, a gray or a blue I have seen on some motors?? The one in my truck that is being rebuilt had some blue on it.
The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Pinzgauer Club supported a local tavern's food drive on a real nasty day quickly turning into a terrible day. A few trucks from each club drove over to GI Jodi's tavern, a real strong supporter of the military community in the...
Here is bunch of pics from the 2009 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade. Lots more to follow. Huge crowd as always here. For info, Ft Carson, Peterson and Shriver AFB and the Air Force Academy all call Co Springs home. The Colorado groups, Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC)...
The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC) have added this nice water buffalo to its inventory. Aluminum tank, all 6 spickets are still in the two feed boxes and new tires. Just got back from bouncing around about 50 gals of water and bleach in the tank to clean it out. All clean on...
The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC, website mvcconline.org) supported a short notice event in Castle Pines, Colorado (30 miles south of Denver) with a few vehicles. The event was held in the support of the Marine Scholarship Foundation who provides funds for the sons and...
When I disassembled the front right hub for the first time between the spline cap and the hub body there was a paper gasket then a metal framed leather shaft seal. Should that leather shaft seal be in there? The TM's don't show it. I thought there was just a paper gasket between the spline cap...
Colorado Springs hosted a huge welcome home parade for the military returning this year from overseas. They called it the Red, White and Brave welcome home. Units from the 4th Infantry Division at Ft Carson made up most of the very impressive marching brigades but there were units in the...
Ever see a 5 ton cargo tow a 50,000 lb Navy E-2 Hawkeye!!!! Check the picture. We were 10 seconds from using the old iron to repostion the E-2 after a the wimpy tug in the first picture flamed out and died. The truck is from the Colorado Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC) who...
Colorado Sport International Air Show and Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In will take place in Denver, August 22-23, 2009 at the Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (BJC) just NW of Denver. The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC) will have a bunch of vehicles and equipment displays there for...
Not a Dodge from WWII but got a question for the old vehicle experts. Need any info you guys might have on the following. May have found an example of the predecessor to the International M-1-4, the 1/2 ton 4x4 used mostly by the Marines in WWII. No pics yet, didn't have the camera with me...
Here are some pics of the Highlands Ranch 4th of July parade. The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado, MVCConline.org, had about 18 vehicles most carrying WWII vets and their wives from a nearby retirement home. I had 2 Normandy guys and an Anzio participant in my deuce. We transported...
Anybody know what this vinyl cover might have been designed for?? I have an M101 with racks that had no cover. I obtained a bunch of vinyl tarps and vehicle covers from GL some time back and this one was one of the items in he lot. It fits the M101 perfectly except the bow uprights are about...
The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado will be meeting at the Walmart just north of I-270 off of Hwy 85 (east side) at 0830 for Monday's 2009 Commerce City Memorial Day Parade, the largest in Colorado. We will have 10-15 vehicles in this parade. If anyone out there is in the area, stop by.
Always looking for an excuse to drive he Deuce so we dropped off a bed full of brush to our local recycle yard and came back with 2 loads of a 3- 4 cubic yard bucket. Tried to use the hill and the brakes to slide out the mulch. Didn't work. Had to rake it out. Still didn't take long.
The Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado (MVCC) had a few of the bigger iron units out at the annual classic car show in Elizabeth, CO (SE of Denver) on Saturday May 2nd. Weather wasn't the greatest, about 40 and trying to rain. Good setting for the trucks. Played with the wrecker a...
Took my Cummins 250 fuel pump off to let the people at Marini's Diesel in Commerce City, CO do their magic on it. They specialize in Cummins motors. My M818 was getting harder and harder to start and had an messed up idle. Also after idling for a few minutes you could floor the pedal and...
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