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Thanks Kenny any ideas on source of the wheel cylinder repair parts? or the NAPA number for them?

I forgot to ask the Site abot this, the axles on the M 52 are not Rockwell they have a tag that says they are DTA small D big T small A, Model 240 HX2# 6.44 ratio Can anyone tell me if these are Rockwell knock off's or a totally different animal since I have to fix a brake cylinder on one...

Ken That truck looks to have a lot less rust than mine but back in the 50's and 60's sheet metal was so thick that welding it is not a problem and I was surprised to find so many areas that still had the original OD green intact, ( photos to follow soon) I hope to have my garage ready to do a...

Ryan: We used to carry two M 113's on our M 915 / M 872 rigs and of course this required a loading ramp to get them on and off. The M 870 trailer would be a great lowboy for you and you could tow that behind a 5 Ton M 818 or M 52. A higher or lower fifth wheel will work it just makes the...

This is off of the web but the thing did happen the government came and took the aircraft for training pilots. My Grandfather never flew again although my Dad did get his pilots licence and had a Cessna 172 to fly around after he retired. The system was not actually applied to all airplanes...

All Right another ROKON owner on Steel Soldiers don't you love it? Where did you find the hinged can mount?

RE: Re: RE: Progress on the -725, ready for assembly Mike I can bring my compressor and blaster as well as the wirefeeder. I did not see this thread earlier or would have let you know I can help. Do you need sheet metal too or is that already there?

Kenny that sounds like a trip that needs to be ringed in prayer with the long miles on old chassis and driver. you know we will keep all the travelers in our prayers and that this should be a great Aberdeen.

I am hoping to make this truck my first real total restoration as my duece is almost exactly as I got it four years ago except for the bells and whistles I put on it. Since this one is kinda kin being a 50's baby I am taking it to heart. The funny thing about our farm is that when I got to go...

In the crisis of the Korean war when the Chinese came hurtling down on our troops transporters like me put over 20 tons of artillery projectiles on dueces and sent them to the guns that were firing non-stop to give our guys time to fall back. This was required because the train depot was about...

I worked on an old b model Mack in New York State and it had a Maxidine engine that was in the 3 million mile range still running on it's third body a garbage truck having lived as a tractor, dump and finally relagated to the garbage detail. The guy that ran it was a private contractor picking...

We code out lots of rims that look better than that take a look at the scap metal contracts on GL. Convert it to a project described above and get a new one. We had a blow out on a steering axle on an M915 going north on I 81 to I 84 and it blew a small car into the ditch and then crossed...

It is NAPA Never Seize. I worked as a truck mechanic on the New York Thru-way while I was in Bible College and all of us put never sieze on the lugs it saves the threads and they still torque right as you hear that charactistic creak and the lug grinds into the wheel. I have had lugs that...

We had a landgrant farm that my ancestors got in the early 1800's in Illinois. It was 640 acres of the sweetest land I have ever seen black earth virgin timber stands and the Little Indian Crick running right throu it. His airplane was one he built with my Dad in the 30's based on the Jenny...

I know having my class A CDL a diesel kicking out 400 ponies would be my choice in a tractor but on our farm in the 50's most everything we owned burned gasoline. From the JD A to the Case and Minneapolis Moline gasoline ruled the fleet. We had a 500 gallon tank high on a frame at the end of...

As many of you know I am getting the 1957 M52 gasser here are a few picts of the truck and I am waiting for the title to come in and a few more trips to make it roadworthy. The tank mounted on the toolbox is getting extra bracing and is one that Tactical Truck (Jeff) graciously let me use since...

That big Tatra motor looks like it is begging for headers, I think they would add some power to the beast especially if you hooked dual turbos to them I bet it would clean up the exhaust and really make that thing scream

Bjorn: The ramps are there to keep the tips up so the kingpin of the trailer does not wind up riding up one of the sides of the fifth wheel. They also stabilize a tactical fifth wheel since ours rock both port and starboard and fore and aft. Careful backing almost always results in a good hook...

Wow Nice fleet! I am getting a gas M 52 in a few weeks and would love to have the space you have there. The good thing is it is getting warmer and the sandblaster is dug out and test fired if the weekend is nice I will be finishing the first gas tank. Hopefully we can restore them on similar...

Thanks Jon That will come in very handy since I am getting an M 52 with that carburator on it. I hope to take delivery in April and maybe get it to Aberdeen