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I say scuff the carc and lay down a couple coats of high build primer, block it down, apply a coat of sealer and spray your strata blue.
Obviously stripping down to bare metal is best for any overall paint job. but these are military trucks not show cars.
Am I the only one that wonders what got the temp up to 220°?
I don't think I've seen any of mine go past 165°, even on a couple hour run in the middle of August.
every state is different, Here in the Great Lake State, progressive will not insure a deuce.
anything over 10k and or more than 6 wheels must go through their commercial division.
The comercial division will not insure former military vehicles.
Now, just because an agent sells you a policy...
Ok
1st pic my M884 plow / work truck
these springs were bad and had minimal clearance from the bump stop from years of plowing, so I added an "add a leaf" from JCWhitney to support the extra weight. the extra leaf is the 2nd from top.
2nd pic my M882 parts truck
original wore out springs...
Stock hubs should do ya fine then
here's another of ours my kid with 33 x 11.50's
& the next one with 36 x 12.50's
and one showing how we baby it :shock:
The amount of damage they inflicted seems a bit much for vandalism.
Who'd ya pizz off?
Print out some prices for deuces and cucv's from the major surplus dealers i.e. Eastern, Clark, WhiteOwl, Memphis, heck even OES and hand them to the adjuster.
I've been to Clark Truck, I toured their operation.
I seen the amount of work they put into their refurbishing process. Unlike other dealers that alledgedly "go through" their trucks, i.e. slap a coat of paint and a high price tag on them
I disagree with the rape & greed comments.
They are a...
Definately a WWII body
late war, both Willys & Ford used the same body, the ACMII
so you can't say for sure with the tool box lid style.
I'll put my money on it being a GPW or whats left of one.
hub upgrades?????????????
I've had M880's for several years & I have not had any hub issues.
Sure most of my trucks are babied but not all, this un works
Don't know if I 'll be able to free up the time to make it Saturday :twisted:
but if i do, I'll be looking for a couple Deuce winch shear pins, mine gave up the ghost today
but the loaded rollback wrecker is out of the mud :jumpin:
I put Saturday, no promises though.
Will be looking for M34/M135 wheels
'44 GPW skid plate
M880 skid plate and anything M880 really
bracket to support M35 passenger seat when a spring ride driver seat is installed.
canvas soft top for M35 cab
tires, always up for a good deal on tires! 16's...
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