From: froberts (froberts@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Sun Apr 09 2006 - 12:16:39 PDT
Hi Wendell,
-----Original Message-----
hi tim, if you or frank want to make up repo, armor for you halftrack,s i
are gone of course,but they all are drivable. but i will keep at it. wendell
in tn.
>From: timothy.smith1@att.net
> I should have taken up stamp collecting.
>to remember the days when we had party lines for our telephones. Try to
>not cops because you'd be out there writing tickets for 1 mph over the
>floor panels. They rattle and that makes me nuts. Can't wait to shut them
>up!
>rotater boom crane / wrecker.
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Still have not gotten a chance to come see you. Bobby and I were talking
yesterday about making a trip over there. If you would, PLEASE send me the
measurements. Let me know what I owe you.
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of vj watson
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 9:39 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] all work and no play
be glade to send the measurment, off my halftrack, i repo alot of my armor
my self, buy the steel already cut, drill you holes and counter sink your
self. just think of all the fun. drilling and cussing. yes shipping is a
big deal now days.money, money, but don,t put 20k in a 12 k halftrack. it
don,t add up. i started with junk, too. i got 25 hunderd in my halftrack,
and a lot of cussing, but i walk and talked halftrak,s for ten years, also
a friend of mind in greenville tx. will be glade to help, and he is gun ho,
about halftracks. but i still got three more halftrack to restore, the bed,s
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] all work and no play
>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:25:20 +0000
>
>Well, I'm happy to report that I think I've finally found a front bumper
>for my half track with some help from a member of this list. Shipping
>expense is gonna be a 24 carat gold plated muthah if I can get this bumper.
>
>Lads, the mil-veh list is what it is. I dare say most of us are old enough
>think of it that way. There is always a certain amount of monkey business
>going on but if you can't at LEAST appreciate the humor in it and if you
>can't appreciate the fact that there are quite a few guys out there who
>still know how to have fun, then you have my pity. Your life must be very
>dull...and for you guys who want everything just SO...well, I'm glad you're
>limit and driving everyone plumb crazy. Hold the reins loosely!
>
>I've seen a lot of posts lately dealing with what the mil-veh list IS and
>what it SHOULD be, but very little about what everyone is doing with their
>MV's lately. So I'm gonna jump start this puppy and see if y'all will
>follow suit.
>
>It's SPRING, when many of us turn to thoughts of what we want to be doing
>with our MV's. I just sold my Corvette and am looking forward to tackling
>the half track and maybe do a bit on the Scout Car. Here is what's coming
>up (if I have my way).
>
>I have Gary Hebding lining up the remaining little parts I need for
>overhauling the rear suspension. New tracks and rollers are the order of
>the day as well as servicing the back brakes and idlers while I'm in there.
>
>Buying Gary's repro rear armor/floor kit is simply out of my reach
>financially. My current back end is a hybrid with some home-made parts
>that lack some detail. Not nasty, but not nearly right. I think I can
>make it better. Not to be stopped by a little thing like lack of dough,
>I'm planning on buying a plasma cutter and perhaps a sheet metal brake and
>getting on with it come hell or high water. What the hell...they can kill
>me, but they can't eat me. Oh, and I'm going to tackle my driver comparment
>
>I have two original rear side armor panels and a rear inner fender for the
>Scout which I plan on having reproduced locally. Since they are mirror
>images right and left, I'm good to go. The floor is very rudimentary and
>the Army has a complete Scout nearby that I can examine for accurate
>measurements on just about everything. It'll feel good doing SOMETHING on
>the Scout Car. It has been sitting for SO long!
>
>What do you deuce-a-holics do for fun? I'd LOVE to have the deuce with the
>
>Last thing...some advice for everybody. Relax and enjoy the hobby, enjoy
>the mil-veh list, Steel Soldiers and whatever MV fun you can
>find...where-ever you can find it.
>
>Regards,
>TJ
>
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