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M100 -
- LOOK FOR CORNER HANDLES ON M100 welded vertically on all 4 corners.
- Usuall tires on M100 were 7.00 x 16, on WWII MBT & T3 were 6.00x16.
Colin Macgregor Stevens
MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
& member B Coy 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion (Living History)
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
E-mail: colin@pacdat.net
Personal web site: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net
1944 Willys MB
1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Land <christopher_land@hotmail.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Friday, March 24, 2000 11:40 AM
Subject: [MV] help out a trailer novice? long post
>I am going to take a third look at a quarter-ton trailer that was described
>to me as "a World War II ammo trailer" by the guy who is selling it (not a
>mil-veh guy, just a guy who has an old trailer). ...>
>I have done some research since those looks, and I am pretty sure that the
>trailer is an M-100 rather than a WWII MBT/BT3 type.
...>There is not a storage box on the front bulkhead.
>
>There is a rectangular opening for a tailgate, but no gate. I know the WWII
>trailers were amphibs -- are M-100s?
******* Yes amphibious I believe, NO tailgate as built.
>
>There is some rust where the floor meets the sides, particularly at the
>front (tongue) end of the box, but it looks repairable.
>
>The tires may well be original, but the tread is 50 percent or better.
>
>There is peeling brown paint over peeling yellow paint over green paint.
>
>The best paint -- surprise, surprise -- is over the data plate on the font
>bulkhead. The data plate is unreadable, except for a few raised (not
>engraved) stamped letters saying something like "Ord No."
>
>What are the chances -- and best methods -- of unearthing the info on the
>data plate?
****** Be careful here. It may be brass or aluminum and easily damaged. A
gentle paint remover might do the trick, and a stiff scrub brush? Try not
to scrape with a knife as this could damage the data plate.
>Finally, I know that you would have to see it for yourselves, but for an
>M-100 in the general condition I refer to, is $150 a decent price?
***** Yes. A complete original one could sell for between $400 and $900.
Colin Macgregor Stevens
MVPA Member 954 (since 1977)
& member B Coy 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion (Living History)
Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
E-mail: colin@pacdat.net
Personal web site: http://bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net
1944 Willys MB
1942 BSA airborne bicycles (2)
Former owner of an M100CDN trailer.
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