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  1. ROCKWELL-C60

    Making ole boy a crew cab questions

    A jig is just so you have something straight to work off. Your frame rails make for a good jig just level it and put it on stands and you'll be fine. If you want to come down and see how I did mine your more then welcomed I'm just in Racine. It's in the garage and I'm just getting done with all...
  2. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    So I've been trying to come up with a color to paint my green stuff for year's with little success. 383 is to light and when it fades its awful. So when I painted my m146 camper I went though several different od samples and decided on 33070 As soon as I started spraying it on my trailer it...
  3. ROCKWELL-C60

    Carc 2 available colors

    So l found this on carc 2 paints from Sherwin Williams apparently there are several other carc colors available I'm particularly interested in the fs34031. I haven't checked availability of it from Sherwin Williams but I think this maybe my new color of choice for my projects.
  4. ROCKWELL-C60

    Xm971 adventure camper

    Thinking of putting 365/80 r20 super singles on my xm971. Has anyone done this to something similar or have pictures.
  5. ROCKWELL-C60

    Air compressor quit on my M932A2

    I'm not telling you not to replace it with upgraded new one, I'm just telling how to get it going for now.
  6. ROCKWELL-C60

    Air compressor quit on my M932A2

    Take plastic cover off bottom of air dryer, inside is rubber puck shave plastic around where puck sits problem solved. I used sharp flat tip screw driver and carefully around the grooves till puck fits loosely, the puck swell's and sticks then leaks. The rebuild kit on fleebay includes new...
  7. ROCKWELL-C60

    CUCV DH478 Toro-Flow swap

    It has been done, my dad put one on a 1973 chevy 3/4 ton in 1978. Truck had 900.20 on front and big floats on rear. As a child we took this truck with the biggest slide in camper all the way to California pulling our modified 4x4 pulling truck on trailer. It sent me on a path with these trucks...
  8. ROCKWELL-C60

    Xm971 adventure camper

    Good to know, the floors are sprayed though.
  9. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    For the windshields I'm using 2-inch thick ballistic glass capable of stopping 308 rounds and for the side windows I bought some Humvee take off bulletproof glass windows but decided against them now I'm going to put plates on there that fold up like an old half track so l can use stock Windows.
  10. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    Okay so I've been working on the 5ton got the top of the door frames done. The top of frame is bolted on so Windows can be changed. Also used ar500 steel around door jam hold on weather stripping and protect occupants from bullet thru jam. From there l went to making overhead console which will...
  11. ROCKWELL-C60

    Carc 2 available colors

    Are there any other carc 2 greens available besides 383, don't marines use a darker green. Want to use carc to paint my armored m925a1. I've used behr on my m146 and a few other projects but it always seems to spit chunks when sprayed from paint gun or my Wagner airless sprayer. It's like the...
  12. ROCKWELL-C60

    November 2017 MV of the Month Nominations

    I'll try this once, how bout a m931a2 pulling my m146 mega camper.
  13. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    I'm more old school, if l can't pull lever on the engine to make it run it doesn't excite me.
  14. ROCKWELL-C60

    Xm971 adventure camper

    Sorry 4 delayed response, am using these cool 110 led lights from home depo. . I'll mount them on the walls and add some brighter led ceiling lights in the back.
  15. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    And l figured I've about 5000 to the truck with armor and 16.00 tires. The 8x20 1/4 ar500 steel sheet l used to make this only weighed 1600 lbs.
  16. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    Well I drive concrete pumps for a living and the old pump I drove weighed 106000 lbs at 300hp. The truck l drive now is 146000 lbs 425hp. So I'm quite use to slow and yes the 8.3 in my m931a2 is a dog when loaded with my m146 camper. That's why l went with an 855 Cummins in this build, it'll...
  17. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    Then I widened the spare tire mount for the 16.00s and added airlines for fifth wheel. . Also mocked up side window from humvee , there removable and will hang on inside of back of cab when not installed. .
  18. ROCKWELL-C60

    M925 a1 armored crew cab

    So I'm getting started again sorry for the delay but I was building my gasser this summer. . Well I decided to ditch the air bag cab mounts and added leaf spring mount on rear of cab also finished the exhaust and intake .
  19. ROCKWELL-C60

    XM200A1B1 Project

    Looks good, I was going to make one of these back when least thinking of pulling to m146's.
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