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I just pulled up in front of the house an hour ago after 16 hr. on the road, 12 hours of actual wheel time. I drove my ’69 Bronco out (480 mi.) and towed it back. We built a 5’ tow bar with a pintle. After mod’s, it worked great. Briefly here’s how it went. I got to GL at 9:00 AM hoping to...

RE: Re: RE: I need Info on batteries I just got my severance check. After deductions, etc. it is a bit short of what I was banking on. Therefore, I am going to snag a battery from a '96 Crown Victoria and a '98 E350 van, both heavy duty (as car and van batteries go) and install them in the...

RE: Re: RE: I need Info on batteries Before these postings came in I talked to Interstate Batteries because someone on an earlier post had suggested them, but I didn't have any idea what I needed. With this information I will talk to them tomorrow and see what I can get. If worst comes to...

I am going to Ft. Riley on Monday to pickup my deuce with a box (M109A3). The folks in the yard tried to start it today but, as I suspected, the batteries are dead. An M109A3 is the same as an M35 but with a different bed. Can anyone give me a part number, etc for the batteries? What are the...

RE: More pictures. 1968 Welcome home, brother. A. Whitchurch formerly SP-5; 15th Combat Engr., 9th Inf. Div.

RE: Re: Very lucky to get this one Good to see the pic's. I compared one of your pics with the one of mine in the yard and, sure enough, yours was parked next to mine. From what you found on yours, I'm stoked!! The day the auction was closing, I started my bidding from my computer at work...

My ’69 Bronco is one of the original small ones. It has a solid 289 cui engine and I have a 2 speed transfer in it. BUT that could be a problem because I am in the process of a rebuild/retrofit. The front axle in non-functional and the front drive shaft is in the garage. I can put it into 4...

Recently a 1954 M220 shop van went up for auction that was in a naval yard southeast of Washington DC. All glass and sheet metal was pristine. I almost came to tears because I couldn't find an economic way to get it from there to here. The lowest bid was $7800 because, being 11 ft. tall, it...

The time has come. See my posting at http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=13923

I received the EUC for the M109A3 “deuce with a box” Friday and am making plans to drive it home. I’m starting to feel like The Little Red Hen, if you are familiar with that parable. I can’t find anybody to join me or drive the chase car. This coming week I am going to Ft. Carson to examine...

I love GI ingenuity!! It was things like the “the snazzy fuel tank on the front bumper” that got the grunts through lots of bad situations. It goes well with that truck. I hope you keep the old beast rolling. My advice, if you don’t mind, if you can’t do body work, at least scrape, sand or...

Nothing, I mean nothing, sounds like a stick of 10 Hueys going into an LZ, unless its a runaway freight train.

RE: Re: RE: views from the maintaince shop Cool machines, guys. I love the command car! I drove an M37 in Vietnam. We had a command inspection once and I got dinged because of the lugs on the wheels. It seems that the hubs with the studs are interchangeable front-to-back. Someone had...

Hmm, you all have good arguments, but you forgot 2 real workhorses, the B-24 Liberator and the P-47 Thunderbolt. The B-24's stats beat the B-17's hands-down and the P-47 beats the P-51 in capacity and ability to soak up lead. The P-47 was super important in D-Day in attacking ground targets...

Hmmm, sounds like a convoy road trip! Maybe we should all converge on Hattiesburg MS and work our way westward. Perhaps there are some other trucks to grab up along the way, maybe even a trailer or 2!

oifvet, I'm in the middle of job hunting. I'll probably give you a ring later. I was an 82B (construction surveyor) and an 82C (artillery surveyor) in Vietnam and an 82H (instructor) stateside in the late '60s. Our best gun crews were NG. Read Col. Hackworth's Steel My Soldiers' Hearts and...

Cross Country in a Deuce SQUIRL, We've been having a very, very similar discussion on this forum and I've gotten a lot of good advice and info: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=13597&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 I found this posting by looking up guys in...

No problem, there's time on my side. My son and I have been comparing our calendar to the hours that the yard is open and we aren’t doing well. He’s on a new job and doesn’t have much flexibility in his hours. What model is your truck? Where in MS is it?

My apoligies, I think I put this under the wrong forum.

If you go to www.govliquidation.com and do a search for "willys" "any state" or go to http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=1296264&convertTo=USD you will find a 1/4 ton trailer with round fenders coming up for sale on 8/14. I did a little research and found that from its grab handles...