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BEFORE and AFTER pics - post

maddawg308

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Okay, I love to see before and after shots of people's ride. Especially when the BEFORE shot looks like crap, and the AFTER looks like a stout, presentable ride that I would see at a show! Plus, it give guys like me a warm fuzzy feeling and give me encouragement to get working on my projects! Anyone care to share their before and after photos of their rides?
 

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Looks good so far Joel! Did your deuce come without the bed when you got it, hence the upgrade to the pipeline bed?
 

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OK, this is what it looked like when I bought it. Only thing done to it was a master cylinder and fluids. I'll post the latest tomorrow, it's too dark to snap a pic now.

Here's the latest pic taken today
 

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While I use my 712M Pinzgauer mainly for off road activities I still clean it up once in a while for parades and shows. All the mods are just add ons with no modifications to the original truck. We have all had experiences reworking someone elses better ideas, so I have been very careful not to alter the core truck.
 

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Here's my "before" shot. Hopefully I'll have a good "after" shot a little later this year. I can at least post one with the front wheel on it after this saturday ;)

Great thread guys. Keep it going.
 

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The outside mainly needed some paint and the seats needed fixed. The biggest and ongoing part ofthis is the shelter interior. It was a gutted and mildewed mess, but the power wiring was fairly complete with only a few items toasted. It had to be scrubbed with lysol, then detergent, lysol, detergent, then alcohol before repaininting the inside. There was even a critter nest of some kind inside the desk under a drawer. The pictures show how filthy it was and then the progress so far, just a small part of it. Progress is slow because of alot of projects around here but after 4 years now all the radios work and the communications can be set up on as many as 5 frequencies at once without too much trouble in about an hour. The most I have ever used at once was 3. The wiring is still real messy because I need to bring all the antenna connections to one external panel and dress the power and RF cables.
 

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maddawg308 said:
Looks good so far Joel! Did your deuce come without the bed when you got it, hence the upgrade to the pipeline bed?
Yes, I actually had the bed before the truck. the truck is a m185A3 (type of shop van) but I never saw the box. Those before pics are from the day I got it home.
 

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Here are a few pics of my old USMC M817 before and after. It did not look like in the BEFORE pics, but that truck had been overhauled just 4500 miles before I got it. I should never have sold that truck. Enjoy!
 

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I forgot to add that the M925A2 did not have a motor, transmission, steering column, or gauges...along with many other smaller parts.
 

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This was a great thread to start. rofl EVERYONE loves to see the before and after, and of course the owner loves to show off there work [thumbzup] I have got to find digital pictures of some of my stuff :?
 
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