Nice ID on the personal plate! Clearly shows what you have.
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Nice ID on the personal plate! Clearly shows what you have.
I saw this guy walking around the staging area at the Jeep Fest over in Toledo. Dawgs love Jeeps...
Jake's turn is coming.
Looks more like a Shetland pony than a dog. Dogs do love Jeeps!
Here is what I could find.
https://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?t=155333
BEUROCRACY AT ITS BEST
WHEN I WENT TO THE DMV EVERY SINGLE I WAS DOTTED ALL T'S WERE CROSSED, THEN I GET THIS, SHEEESH LOUISE EVERY SINGLE DMV PERSON REVIEWED ALL THE PAPERWORK AND ALL SAID IT WAS ALL IN ORDER ND VERY THOROUGH
THEN THIS COMES IN MAIL
ment History
Tracking Number:
6HXQ3HBSFS
Unit Name:
DMV (Vehicle Registration)
Sent By: IRA JONES
Date/Time: 8/13/2019 10:41:36 AM
Comment:
I PAID FOR A TITLE, I PAID NEARLY 500.00 TO HAVE A TITLE CREATED FOR A RESTORED MILITARY JEEP[, I HAD ALL THE CORRECT PAPERWORK. I SUBMITTED THIS AND PAID ALL THE FEES. STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE TITLE, I CALLED AND WAITED TO TALK TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY TRANSFERRED ME TO ANTIQUE TITLES , THEN ANTIQUE TITLES TRANSFERRED ME TO SPECIAL TITLES AND THEY TRANSFERRED ME BACK TO REGISTRATION
LicensePlateNumber: 52-M38A1
VehicleIdentificationNumber: MD17429
DriverLicenseNumber:
DateOfBirth:
Sent By: Contact Us Administrator
Date/Time: 8/15/2019 9:29:38 AM
Comment:
Hi Ira,
The title has not printed yet. A letter and the MVR-1 has been mailed to you for you to complete. The inspectors report has a different body style so the title application will need to be corrected and signed in front of a notary by you. The letter was issued on 08/14/2019, you should receive it in the mail within the next 7-10 days.
Thanks,
Lashonda
One more thing done.... Got to get the straps to hold it down now, backed up with spacers inside supports, found some tough nylon ones
Attachment 4731
Let me see what I can come up with. I need to send you that shovel as well.
That happens to this day. Units paint their number on mission equipment, and by the time we see it, there is several numbers painted over. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
yeah all things tac marked but gas cans seemed to just sort of walk off by themselves if memory serves me right, nostalgia time i was in 3/5
Third battalion of the fifth Marines, the Darkhorses.
A division of marinesmade up of regiments, 1st marine division had a regiment within its ranks called "fifth marine regiment" a regiment broken into battalions battalions into companies i was a member of the 3rd battalion, fifth marine regiment,Attachment 4742
Thanks for the lesson! So then each battalion has there own "Name" as in the Darkhorses? How was the name thought up? Do you have your own coat of arms, like an arm patch you would wear?
Sorry, this is good stuff. We might have to start a new category for the forum, "Willys live Military History". Solid resources for our history are hard to get. The military created our country.
I'm starting to understand - maybe.
You were Third battalion of the Fifth Marine Regiment, attached to the First Marine Division.
So, would an entire Regiment be stationed at the same base (Camp LeJeune for example) or would its Battalions be located at different locations?
It's hard for us Sailors to get our heads around this complicated stuff. We just had to find a big grey ship with the right number painted on it and we were home.
USUALLY THE ENTIRE REGT LOCATED AT ONE PLACE. WITH EXCEPTIONS. SOMETIMES ON SHIPS AS PART OF A MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT ONE REINFORCED BATTALION WOULD GE PART OF THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "MEU" MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE MEB AS IN MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE A MUCH LARGER UNIT It all depends on the requirement of the mission. I have been part of many reinforced units, sometimes even reinforced regts. in Vietnam it was a Marine Amphibious Force which had many regiments many... then multiple divisions also later on. I was part of the 9th meb (ninth marine expeditionary brigade) that landed march of '65 as the first ground combat units in country. that was when i learned the bad guys used green tracers opposed to our red ones
If memory serves, the dark horse designation was a radio call sign used in Korea. It went away, then was reinstated during the war on terror.
From a Wiki Source:
The 3rd Battalion's nickname "Darkhorse" sprang from the radio call sign it used during the Korean War, chosen by Colonel Robert Taplett, who as the Battalion Commander (CO) of that time had the call sign "Darkhorse Six". The name fell out of use until 2003; during the training to return to Iraq in 2004, the Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. P. J. Malay, requested use of the "Darkhorse" call sign as a homage to the battalion's bravery in Korea. The nickname stuck and the 3/5 Marines now use it on their unofficial patches.
One of Ambler Furry's Rules of Combat: "Tracers work both ways"
Attachment 4761
my unit long ago
Very cool!
JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING WHILE WATCHING A SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE THAT INCLUDED THE DREADED BIG EMP....
We will still have vehicles that will start, and move no solid state ignition that wont work
That's why a multifuel Deuce and a half is going for stupid money on Ebay. The prepper community are stock piling these trucks to cruise around after an EMP wipes out everything electronic.
Ira;
One of the things I did when I had to work for a living was to analyze effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation on airborne electronics as well as look at system configurations for EMP Susceptibility. (It sounds a lot more exotic than it really was ... mainly looking at part numbers and tables of numbers - eyestrain and boredom.)
One of my rules of thumb was, if a vehicle can run after having a GRC-106 100-watt HF SSB set operate near it, it will probably survive a far field EMP pulse. But - with all of the vehicle data and control buses in modern vehicles - after SHTF day, Old Jeeps will rule again!
Good to hear from you again. You've been quiet for a bit.
i love my old colllins S lineAttachment 4794
with this beam can reach out and touch especially with a henry 3ka
One of these days we'll have to set up a sched on 75 or 60 to talk. (Can you move the S-Line to 60 or will we need to go to 40?)
have to look at crystal pak and antenna, NEED TO ADD NEVER BEEN ON 60 METERS 80, YEAH HAVE A GREAT DIPOLE CENTERED ON 7.268 NO SWR
https://www.kaiserwillys.com/windshi...0-68-m38-m38a1
AM LOOKING AT WINDSHIELD WIPERS, SEEMS THAT I CAN GET THE TWO VACUM MOTORS REBUILT HOWEVER THE GUYS THAT DO IT ALL INDICATE THAT IF THERE IS MUCH PITTING ON THE ACTUAL ROD THAT THE WIPERS ATTACH TO THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE SATISFACTORY. AND THE COST IS PRETTY HIGH?? LIKE TO HAVE WIPERS,,, WOULD NEED TWO OF THESE GUYS, COMMENTS??
SPARE TIRE BRACKET, KAISER PRETTY HIGH ON THIS? HAVE SEEN SEVERAL ON EBAY MUCH MORE REALISTIC AND HAVE SEEN CABLE FOR SPEEDOMETER ALSO ON EBAY AND MUCH CHEAPER....
JEEP PARTS GAVE ME A QUOTE FOR CANVAS, THE WHOLE SHOOTING MATCH TOP, SIDES, DOORS BOWS ALL OF IT FOR LITTLE LESS THAT 1500.00 NOT BAD AT ALL
COMMENTS ON THE LIST??
A LITTLE SIDEBAR OF FIFTH MARINES... PELILEU, BATTLE, THE POINT WHERE THEY HAD A HELL OF A TIME, COMPANY SHOT TO HELL AND THEY TOOK IT. AND HELD IT AND HAD TO USE CAPTURED JAP MACHINE GUNS TO HOLD IT, THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF AMMO. PULLER HAD GONE TO THE NAVY TO HAVE THE ENTIRE AREA HIT WITH NAVAL GUNFIRE AND THE LEAD NAVY GUY SAID NO...... WHAT A FOOLISH MOVE BY THE NAVY, THAT PLACE COST OVER 200 MARINES. ONE OF THEM USED HIS KBAR, AND LEFT IT STUCK IN SAND, HE WENT BACK FIFTY YEARS LATER AND FOUND IT... AND FROM RESEARCH I DID IT SEEMS THAT THE MARINES DID NOT THINK SO MUCH OF CHESTY PULLER. A LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON HIS ACTIONS. GENERALY SPEAKING CHESTY WAS GOD TO THE MARINES BUT AFTER READING THIS I DONT KNOW, NEVER MET HIM OR SERVED UNDER HIM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jeep-Willys...d23f1921b3e4bf
WHERE DO THESE GO??
I can remember the jeeps with fifth marines and fifth comm battalion "RADIO RELAY AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY" HOWS THAT FOR A COMPANY NAME.. ENGINEERS AND COMM IN SAME COMPANY??? and they all had axes on drivers side and shovels under hood, but where does the axe go drill wise? and the center line for the spare timre mount, have to drill holes again. got the gas tank holder on okay and have "sleeves" in the bolts where it goes thru the bracket inside so it wont compress the darn thing, i actually found hard nylon spacers that the bolt fit perfectly inside and they fit like a glove
[QUOTE=pelago;8972]https://www.kaiserwillys.com/windshi...0-68-m38-m38a1
AM LOOKING AT WINDSHIELD WIPERS, SEEMS THAT I CAN GET THE TWO VACUM MOTORS REBUILT HOWEVER THE GUYS THAT DO IT ALL INDICATE THAT IF THERE IS MUCH PITTING ON THE ACTUAL ROD THAT THE WIPERS ATTACH TO THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE SATISFACTORY. AND THE COST IS PRETTY HIGH?? LIKE TO HAVE WIPERS,,, WOULD NEED TWO OF THESE GUYS, COMMENTS??
When I did the '48 truck, I had the vacuum wipers overhauled. I am still thinking about changing over to a 6-volt electric wiper. Vacuum wipers (to coin a phrase) suck. We're spoiled by electric wipers that go thunk-thunk at the same rate regardless of whether you're accelerating or decelerating. The vacuum boost on the fuel pump helps, but it isn't what we're used to.
And - it looks like you can get TWO kits for what it cost me to get ONE vacuum motor rebuilt. There will be some installation issues I am sure, but if you feel like making the conversion - go for it.
I knew you were going to do something with wipers, so at the Jeep Fest some guy had his windshield down and I took a quick picture of his wiper setup.
WHERE DO THESE GO??
If you click on the little arrow on the right side of the pictures, the last two pictures in the listing show those brackets mounted somewhere on the dash.
EVEN mm LIKED THE M38A1
Attachment 4798
The axe is mounted to the top of the right fender well.
http://willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules/g...A1_Axe_1_28_16
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modul...ewtopic&t=6434
hMMMM all of ours had the axe on the side, maybe cuz they were comm vehicles??
Very possible. The comms did occupied the same spot as the axe. You had talked of mounting radios at one point, so go with your memory and mount the axe to the side.
Damn. Un anticipated issue
ordered 8 eccentrics to adjust all brake shoes? When i got them i looked and they just did not seem right, then i put them on and damn things just do not even come close to hitting the brake shoes??? Further investigation found that the offset on the new ones is just not the same
damn damn damn 8.00 each bought 8
Attachment 4815Attachment 4814
COPY OF EMAIL SENT
THESE ARE FOR THE M38A1 THAT I PURCHASED, 8 OF THEMN TO REPLACE ALL ON ALL FOUR WHEELS.
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE, THE NEW ONES JUST DO NOT ADJUST, THEY WILL NOT EVEN COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE SHOE
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO I SENT THE DARK ONE IS OFF THE ORIGINAL M38A1 AND THE SHINEY ONE IS THE NEW ONE, THEY ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE.
THEY SIMPLY DO NOT ADJUST THE SHOE. THE OFFSET ON THE NEW ONES IS JUST NOT THE SAME AND THE DIFFERENCE IS PRETTY LARGE
I ALSO SENT A PHOTO OF TWO OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE NEW ONES JUST ARE NOT OFF CENTER AND JUST SIMPLY DO NOT EVEN COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BRAKE SHOE, CONSEQUENTLY ONE SIMPLY CAN NOT ADJUST THE SHOE, ALSO INCLUDED A PICTURE OF RIGHT REAR WHEEL WITH THEM INSTALLED.
SINCE THIS IS FOR BRAKES THIS PRETTY SERIOUS AND COULD EVEN LEAD TO A LAWSUIT??
PLEASE ADVISE