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EVery year they hold a "last cruise" car show over in Bellefonte, the County seat where I live. They used to just close off the street for a block in every direction from the courthouse and have the cars line up and you could walk around them, but the show has grown so large in the last few years that they've decided it's too much hastle to close off all of downtown for it
So, for 05', organizers have moved it to the nearest large paved area........ the Military Museum in Boalsburg, and either to celebrate this move, or just because, they've added a new class of vehicles to the show.
Military Vehicles!
Dad and I are getting the Deuce spruced up for this, because win lose or draw, it's gonna be a real crowd pleaser. The only other competition I know we'll have to face is a guy who has a fully restored M151 w/ trailer that he's won the "Specialty Vehicles" calss with 2 years in a row, we'll have to see if we can unseat him
But if not, it's gonna be loads of fun
FIrst on our list of things to do is get the tarp over the cargo bed replaced with a real canvas cover, we've found one that's a manufactured repo of the milspec one, and we're ordering new bows from Saturn Surplus. THe top sections are fine, but the side stands are all rotten at the bottoms, probably because the bed filled with standing water while the deuce sat in GL limbo.
Then, we need to get a mill cut us new oak planks for the troop seats
We need to paint up the inerior, i'ts all scrateched and bleached, and some of the data plates need replacing with ones that have their natural color (old ones bleached)
AFter that, all we need is to get some stencils and put the authentic period markings on it, (we want to make it look pretty much as it would have in the era around 1970-1972) and we're good to go. To the best of my knowledge, the last place this truck was before going to GL was Ft. A.P. Hill, so maybe we can track down exactly what unit it was attached to and mark it up appropriately?
I"ll probably be hitting Ebay and other linked sites and see if I can find some of the old basic-issue stuff that came with the truck like the jack, etc.
I'll keep you guys updated, we had our first 60+ degree weather here today, so hopefuly that means spring is almost here!
So, for 05', organizers have moved it to the nearest large paved area........ the Military Museum in Boalsburg, and either to celebrate this move, or just because, they've added a new class of vehicles to the show.
Military Vehicles!
Dad and I are getting the Deuce spruced up for this, because win lose or draw, it's gonna be a real crowd pleaser. The only other competition I know we'll have to face is a guy who has a fully restored M151 w/ trailer that he's won the "Specialty Vehicles" calss with 2 years in a row, we'll have to see if we can unseat him
But if not, it's gonna be loads of fun
FIrst on our list of things to do is get the tarp over the cargo bed replaced with a real canvas cover, we've found one that's a manufactured repo of the milspec one, and we're ordering new bows from Saturn Surplus. THe top sections are fine, but the side stands are all rotten at the bottoms, probably because the bed filled with standing water while the deuce sat in GL limbo.
Then, we need to get a mill cut us new oak planks for the troop seats
We need to paint up the inerior, i'ts all scrateched and bleached, and some of the data plates need replacing with ones that have their natural color (old ones bleached)
AFter that, all we need is to get some stencils and put the authentic period markings on it, (we want to make it look pretty much as it would have in the era around 1970-1972) and we're good to go. To the best of my knowledge, the last place this truck was before going to GL was Ft. A.P. Hill, so maybe we can track down exactly what unit it was attached to and mark it up appropriately?
I"ll probably be hitting Ebay and other linked sites and see if I can find some of the old basic-issue stuff that came with the truck like the jack, etc.
I'll keep you guys updated, we had our first 60+ degree weather here today, so hopefuly that means spring is almost here!
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Also, how do those work on curved surfaces? In order to put my caution line on the tank 2" from the top level, the "caution" had to wrap up around the top halfway