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I had two M49C's but sold the tank off one of them thus I no longer have another pump to look at.. My TM doesn't show enough detail.. The pump is made by Jackson and has differently-designed vanes than the superceded replacement, the latter made for the newer Blackmer-built version .. The old...

All are of the same jeep .. Note rivets and other features, doesn't fit so well around the lower front door openings .. Perhaps homemade? What do you think? Below: Apparently dad needs to check spare tire lugnuts .. Pranksters at the shop! Saar kaserne, Munich 1947 below: Murch and...

My father with a dodge in 1947.. Solln area of Munich, Bavaria.. The patch is "ETO-Advanced Base.." At this point of his 3 years there, he was with "HQ & Supply Troop" and no longer wore a 2nd Constabulary Bde patch. Note the high-top canvas , he was hauling food packages for an orphanage...

my father took these Archer, Ichkoff, and unknown .. All had served under the 3rd army during the push into Germany... They were retained for occupation duty Below: Saar Kaserne motor pool, Munchen .. Name is Kawahara, 50/50 japanese-hawaiian.. Enlisted in Hawaii , sent to ETO ...

"Public Relations Patrol," southern outskirts of Munich , Solln.. He and another fella were accompanying a Willys MB crew distributing Ritz crackers .. (see my Willys MB post in this forum) .. His jeep has a white cloth concealing many boxes of crackers and whatnot, like the other jeep...

My father took this of a couple of his pals in spring 1947.. All were former Cav troopers under the 4th Armor prior to war's end.. They were detained to form the Constabulary occupation force while most everyone else went home.. In early 1947 they were still running in pairs (or more) with...

2nd Constabulary Brigade in Bavaria in 1947 .. My father worked out of the DTO (distict transport office) outside Munchen at the former Wehrmacht Saar Kaserne (later, Jensen barracks) , as well as at the RTO (regional transport office) established at Garmisch near the southern "Frontier" area...

one of my dad's ETO pics.. They were heading out somewhere , from Garmisch ... Below pic is noted as the site of an encounter the 4th Armor Div had the year prior.. I have to wonder what is buried under all those dirt piles along the road.. (horses? wagons?).. Anything steel would've...

A couple of my guys in '88 or '89 .. The M52 is one of the several gassers the BN still fielded .. It had also been fielding A1's, A2's, and M809-series simultaneously with the gassers since the 1970's Made things interesting at fueling time for a few of the "new guys" over the years :LOL...

My BN's maint section had two M88's .. One was gas, the other had the M48/M60 diesel pack .. The gas monster was a powerful beast down the trails at any speed.. Could out-tow the diesel, so I was told.. In the mid-2000s the BN was reclassified as Cavalry and had to turn in the heavy armor...

pictured in 1977 .. I seem to remember it was a flamethrower mod but am unsure . .Anyone know for sure? It sure ain't a sherman turret :p

Below: M211 converted with a M50A1/A2 or M49A1/A2 tank modified to sit in bed .. . Truck was otherwise immaculate .. Pictured in local fire service 2008 Below: XM211 working for local highway dept , pictured early-70's. (the cckw was set up with an air compressor or genny, I don't...

Below: GMC CCKW outfitted with Bantam shovel .. pictured in 1977 at a VT highway dept .. Had been used to load trucks at gravel pits as well as ditch and embankment work Below: CCKW half-cab that had been a seabees crane truck .. pictured in 1986 at a stone quarry Below...

Below: 4T Model 972 (edited : thanks Jeff) ... It was a rock hauler up into the 1980's, replaced by bigger-newer, and he wanted to preserve it anyway.. Had been sitting about 5 years when I saw it.. Owner said a little fresh gas and grease and it could go right back to work Below: A...

I have yet to see one in the M880/890's, but I bet this obscure fact blows a lot of minds out there .. Call me crazy but there are some things you cannot un-see once you see it .. Since 1983 I have owned a 1977 plymouth trailduster some friends called "The Beast"... I plowed...

Not 100% sure which armor models these are for , bought them as a package deal , intended to use whatever fit the M114 I was to purchase but didn't // Numbers can be seen in pics .. Quan 5 : single-pole / momentary contact , appear used. .. Tested, operational (M35/M54 preheat, plus...

Has anyone out there ever discovered whether there's a 24V version of the intake heater plug? .. Been round and round a bit on the web and on the champion site, wasting a lot of time and finding conflicting/incorrect info going against what most of us on here already know about the 12V plugs...

1947-Willys-Jeep

years ago I went round and round between 4 different auto parts stores whose books or computers said this or that were exact fit replacements, and most of us on here know just how that story goes .. just wanted to share something I did, having parts from scrapped trucks laying around and a...