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@Migginsbros just curious but is that by any chance the big aircrafts "junkyard" in california? thought I heard something about that particular property some awhile ago

if I was a comedy kind of mechanic (not sure if the name mel brooks would be familiar to you? that sort of laughters either way) I would have had maybe said "ah to heck with it lets just grind it till it fits!" anyway back to reality..sorry about the order mixup, hope you'll get your correct...

interesting idea but even then if you don't mind, this is simply my own little opinion - if you aren't going to haul a big trailer of some sort then maybe it would be 'nicer' to use a pickup to start such project with instead? as diy 6x6 pickups actually exists there and there usa-wise (not to...

no problem @frauhansen and although its a different kind of diesel-water issue I still think someone on this forum might get a bit of 'what the..' face out of this nevertheless: I recall that some particular railroad diesel locomotives in the early days had a specific procedure for starting an...

agreed @frauhansen and..although it may sorta seem a bit offtopic I think another issue at times is that in a manner of speaking - some engines simply are too "modernly" extra-sensitive as well (well, I mean that in a rough anatomy of: dump the same old un-reprocessed oil fuel into both a 2020+...

@Migginsbros bit offtopic of a long reply but thats an interesting railroad army caboose, I won't be surprised if its actually a modified one (I'm no rail nuts but as far as I recall seeing them they never quite had that sort of small window bump-out in usa here, the nearest you would get is an...

heh thanks @msgjd and you know what, the flat fender tops on the m151 does look "more appetizing" for excessive humans compared to the cj5's much vertical surfaces instead. and I can indeed imagine 7 people coming to grief all at the same time would look a little bit messy thats for sure...

don't ask me why I am thinking of this now as I'm not so sure anyway.. my silly question is: how many humans (well, the 6ft-and-fit kinds that is) could actually had been carried by any one random conventional-form willy jeep?

@KKroger this is unrelated but considering that both humvee and old landrover share a bit of common trait with regarding to going far offroad..I'll give you this story my aunt told me by email a few years ago; By the way, many years ago when I was working in Montreal, our IBM rep drove a...

@thoner7 if you want worser then find one of these huge "fat-and-long brick" usa 'fashionable' cars from <1972, some people joking (but these 8+litre engine with massive carburetor(s) to match..were very much for real) say that as fast as the horizontal speedometer is going to the right the fuel...

@KKroger as I recall they were simply 'light vehicles' in the first place, so armour was only an afterthought retrofit which naturally added to quite more weight aka long-term mechanical issues (especially the chassis itself) as for #6 ummm are you sure you haven't confused the ford pinto?

nice job still, and hmm umm yeah sorry to possibly make you laugh at how absurd this idea sounds like: while being parked up somewhere, won't you love an automated tiny machine gun that would suddenly rattle away at any bird that came within pooping distance?

@kendelrio if you're going to mention that name again I only have one answer for you; moooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! (haha?) @M813rc well I can see why they did it, coping to a known hit then afterward try take that hit directly down versus losing a normal sortie to unknown hit from unknown location ...

sorry if I can't really help with the issue, but on the other hand I have to mention that I can't really blame JCT and anyone else as the fav unfortunately does indeed look like an offf-the-road-only vehicle at a quick glance at it (I know that sounds a bit like a stereotype but mm yeah)

hope you'll have a nice time on this forum indeed, and likewise if you hadn't yet look at if something would be relevant to you then go look at this https://steelsoldiers.com/forums/cucv-tms.114/ section of the forum too

@Mullaney yeah even I like the author won't have believed that his tractor was 'still running like nothing happened' but mm (even then this story shows a clear example of overbuilt engines, in non-military fact the early chrysler caravan had a rather stout engine block to the point you could...

you don't want to do this to certain engine blocks but mm anyway a trucking humour (real stories tho!) book I have he mentioned that when one 220hp tractor ended up running convoy with a few other 250hp tractors (one of latter being the author himself) it turned out he had monkeyed with the fuel...

kendelrio if you say "its a small world indeed" then..I may have to thunk you with an empty retail carton for lights (hey sorry I just had a big snack and I'm feeling a bit silly for awhile now..umm..yeah eventually I'm going to have to go into bed and sleep..)

@Guyfang yeah that reminds me of..well..I'm not sure of the exact wording but it was basically "there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers!"

agreed with @NDT but also on a slight silly (as sometimes is me!) note, another alternative to covering the turret hole is to..find a few pieces of small vehicle-durable flat glass panels and fashion your own "360 degree observation turret" with a simple low-angle metal roof cap to top it off...