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  1. M813rc

    708 finally under roof

    Those new tires really do look good on there. I always think of that tread as "British pattern". Cheers
  2. M813rc

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2025 - October VOTE HERE!

    Oh, gee....another easy choice this month.... o_O Cheers
  3. M813rc

    Emergency service lightbars/beacons on CUCV

    That first picture looks very familiar, it is one of my trucks! :-D I still have that 1009 with the Jetsonic, and my other M1009 has a Jetstream (same bar but has another rotator in place of the siren). Both are set up with straight amber lenses for legal running on the roads here. Both are...
  4. M813rc

    M1101/M1102 Bolts for Canvas Cover

    David, thanks for adding the information. [thumbzup] Many of these type threads just end without the results ever being posted, so folks down the line get left in the dark trying to find answers. Cheers
  5. M813rc

    M416 trailer: were there Magnesium wheels on the early ones??

    They also initially had magnesium wheels. Cheers
  6. M813rc

    MV of the month Oktober nomination 2025

    It is not "junk", it is a single occupant mine detection and clearing vehicle, with an explosive resistant cab. Cheers
  7. M813rc

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2025 - September VOTE HERE!

    Congratulations Soupermike! No slouches this month, yet again. It would be so much easier to choose if there was only one nice vehicle instead of four (or more)! Cheers
  8. M813rc

    M1028 with Extended Front Bumper

    Not one I was familiar with. It does look very similar. Cheers
  9. M813rc

    M1028 with Extended Front Bumper

    Good looking truck! Were I a betting man, I'd say it had a winch bumper, which would explain the spacers and relocated star, and kept it when the truck sold, just swapping that other bumper on. While the majority of folks with "low mileage" M1009s are fooling themselves by not thinking their...
  10. M813rc

    Tight tail light buckets

    You can also try Erik's Military and Industrial Surplus. I have bought two sets of buckets for tail and side marker lights as replacements on trailers I was rebuilding, they fit perfectly. And they are inexpensive ($15 for tail-light buckets about 18 months ago). They are listed under...
  11. M813rc

    Worlds hardest starting Mule

    Mules, in accord with their name, can be stubborn. Back when I drove Mules in the Marines, our standard start procedure was - Leave the accelerator pedal alone Full choke Ignition switch off Four pulls on the starter rope Ignition switch on 1/4" to 1/2" of choke (depending on the likes of the...
  12. M813rc

    M1028 with Extended Front Bumper

    Interesting. Is it really only attached at the end bolts? The star in the middle of the Chevy emblem is amusing, never seen that before either. :) Cheers
  13. M813rc

    Dodge M882

    That is so cool. :) Cheers
  14. M813rc

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2025 - September VOTE HERE!

    Why FDs do what they do to old MVs remains a mystery to most of us! One of my recent experiences was while fixing up my former-FD M715, there were something like 43 extraneous holes drilled about the bed, the seemingly random location of which defy comprehending what they had mounted back...
  15. M813rc

    Vinyl cover revitalizer.

    Thank you. I keep a file of USMC markings and try to gather information from as many types as possible. Cheers
  16. M813rc

    Vinyl cover revitalizer.

    @DREDnot Do you have any pictures of the USMC markings on the back of your trailer? Thanks. Cheers
  17. M813rc

    Military M816 training video

    How many training films with that background music have a bunch of us watched back in our military days? rofl Cheers
  18. M813rc

    Emergency service lightbars/beacons on CUCV

    We used TwinSonics on our cars back in the mid-80s. If I recall correctly they drew 22amps, and we ran them on a 12volt 25amp fuzed circuit. This was for a bar with four bulbs total (two back-to-back each side on a rotating base, with mirrors in between). They were chain driven by a single...
  19. M813rc

    What is everyones thoughts on the IBIS TEK medium duty tow bar?

    Can you share details, so we can learn from what didn't work? Cheers
  20. M813rc

    Dodge M882

    They can do 160mph+.........inside a C-130 :-D Cheers
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