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That's a shame about the older trucks in Iraq - most are being given away to the new Iraqi Army and wont be coming home. Guarantee they will never be allowed to be imported from said country either. Damn socialists in Washington....

Heckuva load there. Git er done!

The NO certainly was a high water mark for the Mack company, for sure. Though fairly rare today...

Great David! Congratulations on your new yard ornament! :) Hope you get a chance to paint it prior to going to Korea....post pics when you do!

Actually, it was just the coil. I tried leaving the old condenser in there and it worked fine, but I have two spare condensers in case the original goes south....

I'd guess $20K or so. Helicopters in any state of completion are worth their weight in gold. Even if they don't run. Remember though, the Choctaws were piston driven, not turbine. Not that much lift.

Kickin butt! You guys should write a Lego manual the way you show each individual step in the installation process. Thanks for the pics!

Okay - here's the video! Sounds a bit tinny, like it's off timing or firing on a wrong cylinder, but it's just the poor quality of my video - filmed using my dinky digital camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lezuYtOO-9o

I was surprised by this auction - lots of good trucks went for very fair prices, all across the nation. For under $2K, almost anyone here could've gotten a running, near complete deuce. Makes me wish I could afford a plunge into BIG MV ownership!

Good lord, I would've never thought it would be this hard to find a fan shroud. No repro stuff, noone with used ones in good shape, wow. Looking for a source of a good used M715 or Jeep Gladiator fan shroud, or something close fitting that I can mod to fit well. ANY help at all is...

There was some interest in a convoy forming for Haspin, IN, weekend of June 8-10. There were a couple VA guys interested in forming up, and hooking up with interested MV drivers in PA and OH on the way. I know FerroEquinologist and gilbert2-1/2ton expressed interest. Anyone else wanna hook up...

RE: New life for a Duece in Moab nopics

Hard to post a pic of a running engine to show that it is, indeed, running. The vehicle is still immobile, I haven't done the brakes yet, so even if I can "move" I still can't "stop". However, I will try and post a video of the running engine this evening. The water pump is leaking profusely...

I saw a similar idea on www.cckw.org, a section devoted to posting before and after pics of restos that the users had done to their military trucks. Think it may be a good idea here. What do you think?

Can you post a final set of before and after pics for us? That REALLY drives the hard work you did home....

Leave it to Jay Leno - he's got a hundred unique cars, all of them really rare jobbies, and this is probably the most interesting one I've seen yet.

WOW! That's all I can really say about his collection! If I had the money, and I don't, I'd be collecting all the old green iron I could get my hands on like he has. Look at all those meat wagons in that mess! Lots of Choctaws, I'm sure a warbird fanatic would love to buy a few of those...

Cool - looks like your M880s are breeding! This hobby sure is addicting!

Got a minute today to work on Gumby (weekend with my daughter, no serious time to wrench). After installing the new coil, and checking all the plug wire connections, a spurt of starting fluid and a short prayer, and.... wrrrrrrrrrrr...CHUGrrrrrrrrrCHUGrrCHUGrrrrrrrrrrrCHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG...

What's the highest milage you've ever seen on a multifuel deuce engine? I've heard someone here has 131K miles....