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I've used Aerovoe in the past - right now, I'm using Gillespie. Aerovoe paint is good in gallons, but I wonder if some of their squirt cans don't spend too much time on the shelf before they get sold. The next problem is how long they sit on our shelves before we use them. I'm planning on...

If that is how you make your living, congratulations! You have the skill and the equipment to turn what some folks would call a major project into fun. If you like what you do, every day is good -- maybe some are a little better than others, but they are all good. You're building a really...

Very Very Nice! Your workmanship is absolutely 100%. That's the advantage of doing something for a hobby - you can take the time to do it the way YOU want it to be. Driving with your head sticking out of the hatch gets real old, real fast. The new front windows make this something that can be...

Any semi-gloss or flat paint is loaded with particulate, and it gets worse with any of the CARC-equivalent paint. Fresh paint helps - the longer it sits on your shop shelf, the more shaking ti requires. Like Angus said, heating the paint also helps. I use a coffee can full of warm water, and let...

Remove the weatherstriping first, and clean the area where it was glued down, If someone used silicone adhesive, like bath tub caulk, to try to fix it, be sure to clean off all the silicone or your paint will fish eye. If you are putting on new weatherstriping, wash the weatherstriping first...

If I want to re-use existing bolts, I run them through the parts washer if they are greasy, then I dump a handfull into a basket I made from 1/8" wire mesh and hit the bolts with a bead blaster. I shake the basket while I'm blasting to keep them moving. The bolts then get dumped into prep etch...

Alodine is the perfect solution, except you are stuck buying it in buckets instead of quart bottles. Check with an auto body supply shop for aluminum conditioner. It seems to run about $ 15-20 per quart, and a quart can handle a lot of aluminum. You can also buy it on line as well. SEM Company...

If you are thinking about headers, think about a different muffler as well. The GMC mufflers don't exist anymore. A friend of mine wound up cutting and welding the closest commercial muffler he could find for his GMC.

Check the stroke on your carb's accelerator pump - these carbs were also used for the M59, and were delivered with maximum accelerator pump stroke. My 135 stumbled at stop signs with a new carb until I found out about the difference in pump strokes. For a 135/211, set the plunger adjustment in...

Alfa Heaven in WI may have some decent used exhaust manifolds, other wise Memphis Equipment or Bryan Asbury in Canada

I was going to use Milspec Co's CARC replacement paint - its a water based CARC substitute urethane that they sell for very serious restorations. I decided not to since I would be repainting an existing paint job that was in very good condition - it just had a few repairs that I needed to paint...

If you ever sandblast a vehicle, there are a few tricks that help--- Mask off areas you don't want to sandblast with either plywood or sheet metal - you can use duct tape to seal the edges and for small areas - sandblasting doesn't do much to duct tape. You want to use new sand-trying to scrape...

Whale oil??? Lots a luck on that idea. Canada ran the GMCs longer than the USA did, so there are parts floating around in Canada that you won't find in the USA. I replaced all my wheel cylinders with NOS Canadian - they were 1 3/8 instead of 1 1/4", so stopping was a lot better. Asbury is a...

You did a very nice job. It looks 100% Maccus mentioned Jack Tomlin. It was too bad when his cancer finally finished him off - he was always ready to help someone with a problem or a question.

3M makes a self-adhesive sound deadener that comes in rolls about 4" wide. Peel off the backing and stick it down. I used this and it worked fine for me. The self-adhesive ice dam material used by roofers would be similar and probably work fine. When I rebuilt my trucks, I used cosmoline (cut...

Unlike some other vehicles, the M135/M211 fording kit rises from the dashboard. The cap on the dash air filter inlet is removed and reinstalled at the air filter so the only air source is through the new pipe. The exhaust already extends above the cab. For it all to work, the hoses between the...

The 135 looks great! A good OD paint job always helps, but you also paid attention to the details. It always amazes me how much paint a 2 1/2 ton truck can need, but it usually seems that you need just as much to do the odds and ends as to paint the rest of the truck. The hard top was also a...

And I'm just south of St Paul-

The center for Military History has been getting lots of calls from other museums, VFW's, etc - all want some of the FSMM's equipment. The FSMM was the ONLY museum in the US Army museum system that was authorized to restore equipment to operating condition, and everything that was done was as...

My shelter never had an AC, but I'm adding one. I'm trying to figure which location will work better - on the back side by the door hinges, or in the side like your shelter. In either case, I have to cut a hole through the side and build the mounting hardware. The end mount doesn't take any...