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I bought the paint from Rapco. It was under $400... i forget now. What i did was paint everything 383 green. Then i painted the 911 Black by holding the paint gun in one hand and the "paint by numbers" military paint guide in the other. Then after the black was painted, i painted the brown. I am...

Just a little update on my Deuce. Since I got the Deuce back on the road (July 10th) I have driven it 2438 miles so far. I drive it to work almost all the time, to my girlfriend’s apartment 34 miles away, and everywhere in between. I have not had one problem at all with it since I put it back...

i dont think so. i dont think my paint lines will match up with my cargo cover, so you got me there! i still need to put the windows in mine and either get new windshield seals or adjust the windshield more. im leaning on new seals. my old cab was pretty water tight.... no reason i cant get...

Thanks joe. Now there will be 2 nicely painted deuces at rausch creek this fall. How is the paint on your M105A2? We could match there too. And if people ask, no we did not plan on having the same paint job. Haha!

Well id first like to addess something about the switches. i almost think they might be military. i only say that because they have 24V stamped on the side of them and they are all grouped together at 5 switches (one unit). i think theere was a manufacturer name on them, but i foget what it was...

Thank you Clinto. All these nice comments are very nice to hear, they really are. :-P I definately would like to make it to the GA rally someday. I hear it is a good time. I love my deuce, but i dont think i would take that down.... it would be a haul. i have no doubt the truck would make it...

Thanks Mustang! The block was just used as a big spacer. its just a scrap one. It was from a '48 studebaker convertable... flat head 6 cylinder. i forget the displacement, but its small... maybe 80 horsepower or so. WAIT A MINUTE.... the Weasel used a studebaker flathead 6. i bet its the same...

I forgot to mention, that camo pattern came right from the TM. I am not artistic at all so i needed some guidelines to go by when i was painting it. its not exactly to the specs due to human error, but it still looks good. i was being real picky when i painted it and screwed up in a couple...

I edited post 189 to show how we straightened the box. there were a couple other spots we beat on and straightened out as much as we could before putting a skim coat of duraglass over the dents. I know it’s an army truck and you can still see some sand scratches, but it looks very very nice. it...

Thank you Jeff. I looked at it as it is a wounded steel soldier. yes i could have bought another truck and scrapped this one or parts it out, but it still had a good frame and running gear. I couldn’t just let it die. I tried to post as many pictures as i could to show everything i went through...

Thanks! Yea, there is not one thing i did not touch on the truck it seems. I know exactly what condition everything is in and now it looks as good on the outside as it does on the inside. I still have some little odds and ends to do that i want to get done, but they are small projects. Still...

Here is the truck this morning.... Felt good driving it to work! :D

I drove the truck to work this morning and had it inspectected on my lunch break. I still have to put the door glass in and wire up the back up lights. Pretty much just litttle odds and ends now. I also bought everything for an oil change last night. I will drain the water out of the cooling...

Well I have about a 120 pound rock that was in the back of the truck, I think I’ll put that in my flower bed at my house... whenever the closing date will be. It will be a nice souvenir. :grin:

I have more pictures, but this was the only one i could get off my phone... This shows the new box fixed and freshly painted 383 Green. Last night we got all the 3 color camo on and i re-registered the truck on my lunch break today..... put the soft top on tonight and the window glass..... i'll...

I got the new box on today at kublos. It eas hotter than.... well it was hot. When they took my old box off, i painted the frame snd cross members. I brought all my wire brushes and paint mixing stuff for the spray gun. Before the new box went on, i painted the front of it because if i didnt, i...

I got the doors on this weekend and found out i need a new latch on the right side. something is not right with it. I am going to Kublos tomorrow to put a box on it. a good drive for the truck will be good to clean the engine out. Then this weekend i will get the oil changed too. Also this...

I took a look at the new camo cab cover i bought and it looks like the colors in that match right up with what colors are listed in the TM to paint. i cant wait to get it done... its going to be great! I need to get more WMO though. Im going to need it! :grin:

Thanks! It WILL be done in a week. IT HAS TO BE! I want a week of shake down time before the car show.:driver:

The winch support bracket came yesterday when i was at work, so dad got it painted before i got home and started putting the bumper on. we had a little bit of a time getting all the holes to line up and such. it was not too bad though. one thing i wanted was since i had an extra pair of shackle...