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cobra5

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The nomination photo I used was from the DLA auction site back in March 2012 and was at Fairchild AFB in WA. After I won the auction I had to wait until May 2012 to pick it up and yes it was on Memorial Day that I picked it up. Although DLA was shutdown for the holiday, the individual that I dealt with told me to come down and he would release it to me. I drove the truck 4 /12 hours back to Missoula MT and parked it at work because the rear main seal started leaking and the clutch started slipping. I eventually nursed it another 30 miles to my house in the evening when traffic was light.

This photo is with the mutt I finished in 2009. You'll notice I added the cargo cover to it. This photo is from Feb 2013.
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cobra5

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Remember the leaking rear main seal? Well I finally got around to it in July 2015. I was looking for an original hoist to take it out but couldn't find one so went to HF and bought a transmission jack. Can't remember what we put the jack on to get it up to the transmission but I can guarantee it was sketchy. I have photos of the transmission job but not of it coming out of or going in to the truck.


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cobra5

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Well since that job was done, it was time to put it in a local old truck show in Jun 2017. The deuce didn't win but the mutt took first place. Since this is about the truck I won't post the mutts award. The truck has done other odd jobs since then but I'll have to get with my boy to share some of the photos of the truck positioning conex boxes and assisting with pulling a pickup truck and trailer out of a ditch.
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