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It's not a M-37, its older. Looks a lot like the WW2 G-502 series. Yours has the same horizontal louvers as a G-502, but the brushguard is a little different. Also, I don't know if wartime production had "Dodge" stamped on the front. In any case it predates the M-37.
As far as the writing...
Anyone there last year remember the vendor who had all the cheap tools? I was told he was from Athens,GA. Maybe someone can invite him to the SS GA rally. BTW, when I say cheap, they were good used American tools,not Chinese junk.
Personally, I dont see where it's any more fake or pseudo than a bobbed 5-ton or any other host of modded vehicles and equipment posted here over the years. A forum section for replicas of rare vehicles might be in order. In the last issue of ARMY MOTORS, someone built a replica of a WW1 army...
The yard in the ebay ad is close to MRE Depot. Here's the co-ordinates off google maps. 33.456496,-117.590598 You can see the high voltage electric lines just off to the side. Looks like he has a good many vehicles stored there.
On pictures 2&4 you can see traces of the original olive drab. Looks like for the four color camo the base green was sprayed on, then the pattern painted on by brush.
I have a electric wiper kit as found on the M35a3, but no installation sheet. Any one have one or a link to one? I searched the site, but the only reference is in a thread in 2008 linking back to the manuals section of the old site.:roll:
On a different note, has anyone on the board thought of building a replica MRAP? Of coursse, money, proper fabricating tools as well as scrounging parts would all be issues. I would think a Navistar truck chassis would be the most direct route.
WarWheels.Net - Photos of the International MaxxPro...
I was in the Army NG in the early 80's through the early 90's and the TA-312 was the most common phone I saw. Most of the wire used was WD-1 twisted wire.
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