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Anyone?? Auction is going on now........ We'd be willing to cover gas to get and all postage costs. It's a fairly small lot..........

Names........ Nancy, Maverick, King Cobra, Brutus, Satans Chariot, The Red Baron, Lil' Respect, The information I had about the "dirt" was told to mwe by a Vet... I'm by no means saying it was Gospel. I was told it was TRIED out and then they just started using ammo as the Metal of the Bed...

IIRC he's talking about the M1077 with IRB......... http://www.primeportal.net/m1977/bap_load_side.htm

Re: RE: Re: Deuce Guntruck Some of the early ones in Vietnam that only had 1/4" steel wall setups...... some had twin walls and they added sandbags and sometimes ammocans of sand to add to the stopping ability of the armor. Now this is based on recolection from soem Vets and from Pics...

RE: Re: Deuce Guntruck I'm not saying ALL of them had it... Some did as it added Mine protection........if a mine went off..... and hit the ammo... it's even worse.............

Anyone near there? There's a few lot's My buddy & I are keeping an Eye on........ Hoping someone would be able to get the stuff and send it out...........

Yep, Ammo cans of Dirt............. they found that Sandbags.... Absorbed water... adding huge amounts of weight to the vehicle...... Vol I is out of Print. Mr. Lyles Financed the first book on his own...... used the procedes from Vol I to print Vol II..... I'm not sure how Vol III is...

Well, you get what you Get with Mapquest....LOL Yeah.... I'm still trying to find time to make it over................ Everytime I plan on coming over, Somethng else comes up... GRRR

Alot of the early trucks were on Deuces...... the'd keep adding Armor, Sandbags & Ammo then the Chassis were failing. I have both Vols 1 & 2 of the Above mentioned Boook. More info can be found http://groups.msn.com/VietnamGuntrucks/general.msnw

I think He'll run out of $$ first........

RE: works good Isn't Sometime between April and June????

RE: Here is what you need Westy it's called Yankee Ingenuity

RE: Bigger Snad Blaster Try using "Black Beauty" it's more agressive than Sand................

3M products or a Twisted wire cup brush mounted in a Angle grinder do wonders on light rust and paint!!!

I do know one fellow from Fla. who tries to go every year. Dave Williet.......... I know him from some Modeling Sites...... Very helpful gentleman...... I know he has several Model Displays at Ft. Eustis.

RE: Re: RE: brakes Sounds like an Alignment is in order................

Wasn't allowed to TIG when I went......... I got in a Fight with a Tablesaw............ I was in a Thermoformed Plastic Cast........... It Didnt; stop me from doing the machining on our final project....LOL...

I 3rd it........... I took Cad but we did Welding and Machining as well...... I wound up with a "Precision Metals" diploma for 2 yras of it in HS..................

if doing open air blasting.... Avoid Sand....... you can get siliosis http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000134.htm I Love Black Beauty........ one of the "small" in town hardware stores carry it... but then they have every short of Mil surplus trucks......

Don't think they'd advertize the transport of Nukes............