From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 14:54:37 PST
I second that! Agree 100%. I make some changes to my deuce, but not beyond
the original scope of things.
Bjorn
>From: L51940@aol.com
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: [MV] deuce speeds light switches and stuff
>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:27:53 -0500
>
>One of the things that makes the deuce (and most all older military
>vehicles actually) so interesting is their basic sometimes primitive, fix
>it in field, design. I love the design of older stuff. That's why as a
>mechanical contractor I am attracted to and work alot in the older high
>rise buildings in downtown Detroit. The things a lot of guys want to
>change on a deuce are the things I like the best. The three lever light
>switch is one of them. The fact that the truck is slow and loud is
>another. Even the smelly canvas seats are perversly cool. My deuce runs
>and feels really good at 45 to 50 mph. It will go faster but I really
>don't want to. Took a trip up I75 last year to Clare Michigan and kept it
>at about 53 mph. It took about one hour longer than if I went in my
>pick-up. That was an extra hour I got to play with my toy.
>
>my 2 cents, Dave McConnell
>
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