From: don gale (sgrmaker@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2004 - 05:01:59 PST
Modifications!? why would you ever want to change
anything as classic as the duece. I can remember as a
kid thinking how great it would be to own one. Now
that I do, I get to watch all the kids who like to
look, hear, and ride in it and to the vets who always
have something to say about it(especially when they
laugh about the little drips of oil forming on the
ground beneath the old girl) . It just isn't for
parades and shows though, it's still a work horse. I
use it to carry 975 gallons of Vermont Maple sap in
the sugar season and gather wood the rest of the year
for my wood fired sugaring arch. Besides I like going
slow down the highway, more people take a look as they
go by with a wave or thumbs up. Here's to a classic.
Ron you couldn't have said it better.
Don
--- djslager <djslager@icongrp.com> wrote:
> List and Ron,
>
> Reality check
> Yes there have been a number of post concerning
> deuce modifications. Yes
> they are old trucks but old trucks with new parts
> can be made to do new
> things, think about it (M35A3). When you said she
> wasn't designed to be a
> daily driver in the service we drove them daily,
> sometimes 7 days a week
> especially in times of war. Yes they needed to be
> fixed and repaired to
> keep going to do the job in all situations just like
> you said. Some of the
> modifications, like going to singles on the deuce
> was done. Am I not
> correct? Modifications like free wheeling front end
> can be bought from
> Arthur M35 products I believe for that purpose. The
> military should have
> done it but they didn't. Changing 900 X 20 to 1100 x
> 20 singles was done.
> But other than a few modifications as above that is
> about all that should be
> done for there era. I do believe a lot what your
> saying, you are a good
> person, the list is great.
>
> Last Ode To The Deuce
>
> Roses "Are" Red &
> Violets "Are" Blue
> Since you don't understand
> I'll explain it to you,
>
> I bought a deuce
> because it was cheap
> I bought a deuce
> because it was neat,
>
> I bought a deuce
> because it was love
> I bought a deuce
> because it was nice like a dove,
>
> Now I own 4
> but could use even more
> my wife says slow down
> don't go to that "deuce store",
>
> Now that I've got them
> they will have to do
> not quicker
> or nimbler too,
>
> The power is fine
> and the brakes will do
> I don't go fast
> because I'm older than you,
>
> The driveshafts will stay
> and the axles will too
> I won't change it much
> and I won't paint it blue,
>
> Green was my color
> and I liked it too
> Uncle Sam my commander
> with Red, white and blue,
>
> We bitched and moaned
> year after year
> but the deuce
> just kept, haul'n gear,
>
> To us she was pretty
> and saw conflicts too
> she was right there with us
> in the jungle and zoo,
>
> She saw crap then
> and seeing crap now
> mine are retired
> they like it, n' how,
>
> Mine are for fun
> mine are for play
> mine are for parades
> I like it that way,
>
> We just enjoy each other
> as we pass are last days
> just old vets together
> enjoying the way.
>
> Thanks too all on the list, enjoy life while you
> have it. Douglas
> Slager
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 2:25 PM
> Subject: [MV] Ode to the Deuce
>
>
> > I think we need a little reality check here.
> > Of late, the number of posts concerning Deuce
> modifications seem to be
> > increasing. It's true that once you buy it, it's
> yours to do as you want.
> > Sure, it could be improved upon (ala the M35A3)
> but the bottom line is
> they
> > are OLD trucks. Weren't meant to go 85 MPH, 0-60
> in 10 seconds, stop on a
> > dime, corner like a mountain bike. The tires also
> are a compromise. Not
> for
> > racing, not for high mileage, not for extreme
> traction.
> > She wasn't designed to be a daily driver, or a
> motor touring vehicle,
> > but a TRUCK.
> > It was designed to do a whole bunch of things
> well, not great, but
> well.
> > A true compromise to meet a TACTICAL requirement
> of moving STUFF over a
> > combination of paved, unpaved, improved and
> unimproved dirt roads and in
> > some cases, no roads. In good weather and bad,
> through water, and in some
> > cases, under water. Arctic, temperate, desert
> environments, sometimes all
> 3
> > in the same 24 hour period, without missing a
> beat. With a minimum of
> > preparation and maintenance, under combat
> conditions. A dependable,
> > reliable, over engineered, teenager proof, bullet
> proof design.
> > With that in mind, I offer you ....
> >
> > Ode To The Deuce
> >
> >
> > Roses are red.
> > Violets are blue.
> > I really don't understand,
> > what Ya'lls trying to do!
> >
> > Ya'll bought a deuce
> > because it was cheap.
> > Ya'll bought a deuce
> > because it was neat.
> >
> > But now that you've got it
> > It simply won't do.
> > Gotta be quicker,
> > nimbler too!
> >
> > More power is needed,
> > the brakes have to go.
> > The steerings atrocious,
> > wheels scuffing, Oh No!
> >
> > Take off a drive shaft,
> > pull out an axle,
> > it ain't getting much better,
> > but then what does it matter?
> >
> > A Lamborghini it ain't,
> > and it sure ain't no Yugo,
> > but here is something,
> > that ya'll sure oughta know.
> >
> > Year after year,
> > she's served Uncle Sam,
> > Hauling bullets and beans
> > and a whole lota men,
> > doing what had to be done
> > with élan.
> >
> > No bitching, no moaning,
> > year after year,
> > Hauling the men,
> > hauling the gear.
> >
> > Conflicts came,
> > conflicts went.
> > But that old deuce
> > was always ready to dance.
> >
> > She wasn't real pretty
> > but then nor was her job,
> > but she did what was needed
> > no weaving, no bob.
> >
> > Now bought by the boys
>
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