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BINGO! That's what happened! He's got all of the bits and pieces for a fording kit! He just doesn't have it all on there yet.

AHA! There is no bend to direct the exhaust out to the left. It just sticks straight out, pointing back.

I dont think so. He bought all of his "new" parts from Tomlin, and from other 151 owners in the MVPA, so I assume it's NOS. Perhaps its bent?

He has the gas can turned this way because his exhaust pipe exits on the right side of the bottom of the gas can!

littlebob, ROPS Mutts aren't too uncommon, in fact, one of the guys that helped with consultation on this restore drove his ROPS equipped A2 out here quite a few times. As I understand, the ROPS was a retrofit after Mutts started getting a bad name, so you could find any model with a ROPS on...

Thanks for the comments! I'll pass them on. He'll be proud to hear all your praise (and criticism!). I dont know if he's going to worry too much about getting this one 100% correct. It is a work in progress, though, so who knows what direction it will go. I was surprised at how well he did...

Are you looking for a pristine one, or would a re-weld work?

It's OK, he had the tub sandblasted, so there's no more BBACC left on it. (BBACC = Biologically Based Anti Corrosion Coating)

RE: Frame-up restoration... er, unibody-up restoration d Oh, I forgot to mention that this MUTT was Army, but the owner is going to paint it with markings from his Air Force security police unit.

My next door neighbor finished his MUTT restoration project just last week! (Yeah right, like a project such as this is ever finished!) He handed it over to me to take for a spin, and take some pictures of, so here they are: