...>Now, about the "metal top" you want. These will not normally come
through a
>DRMO and is not just a metal top. This is an armament top that will weigh
>about 2000 pounds. It has a machine gun turret on top of the hatch which
>will make this is a controlled item. When found complete, it will be a
>pricey item in the mid-four figures. When used, you will have to change
>your coil springs to heavier ones. When 20P and 34P's are found, they are
>really worth about $50 apiece. Finding them for less is a nice find!
At least one armoured (armored to y'all) roof with gun position was found
for less. It was mounted on the roof of a junky looking office trailer body.
Apparently the US Army had used it as a gunnery training rig (similar idea
to the USAAF mounting W.W. II aircraft turrets mounted on trucks). DRMO was
selling the trailer body for scrap. Luckily an observant MV enthusiast, when
looking inside the trailer, also looked up ... and saw a little bit of
heaven! Yes it has been saved and will eventually go on an ex-military
Humvee, and no, he won't sell.
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)
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