From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 07:39:16 PDT
Jeff,
I think I can over look a turbo deuce in Vietnam markings...........but what I cant take is when they paint them in Vietnam markings and dont take the extra grill guard of the front of the grill!!!
---- Tactical Truck Info <info@tacticaltruck.com> wrote:
>
> > I had two deuce and a halfs in VietNam with the 427-1
> > with turbo on them.
> >
> > Sonny
>
> Sonny, your memory serves you better than mine, I always
> forget about the short lived M35A1. Out of the hundreds of
> M44 series trucks I've seen, I can remember two M35A1s.
> They had the exhaust out between the rear tandem. It's a
> pet peeve of mine that people will spend alot of time
> getting their Vietnam impression as acurate as possible
> then blow it when they pull up in their turbo stack M35A2.
> Anyone ever seen a picture of a deuce and a half w/ a turbo
> stack exhaust in Vietnam? I saw one late war picture at the
> National Archives of a M35A2 that had the expanded metal
> stone shied on the grill. The exhaust was not visible in
> the photograph but, with that grill, it could have had a
> turbo/stack exhaust. It was being strapped down to a boat
> and appeared to be a South Vietnamese truck.
> Jeff
>
>
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