Re: [MV] FMTVs and GMCs?

From: DAS (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Mar 21 2002 - 10:23:31 PST


the spare mounted behind cab with small hand winch, convoy follows sign, and
rotating beacons should lend authenticity.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan M Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: [MV] FMTVs and GMCs?

> OK, associated with my purchase of some kind of transporter for my
> ferret or dingo, I'm contemplating a bit of subterfuge with regards
> to the appearance of the final truck. I'm leaning towards a cab over
> design (likely an Isuzu type truck, probably a T7500 or a heavier W
> series). One of my thoughts is to dress it up as if it were a
> MTV/FMTV.
>
> Does anyone have any good ideas on paths to take? One issue is tire
> stowage location. Moving it up to one of those behind the cab stowage
> brackets would be a critical dress up item. Other things would be
> tires, bed accoutrements (drop sides) and of course a paint job (the
> easy part). It clearly won't be a true conversion as the T7500 isn't
> 4WD. But it'd be better than a White truck at MV shows. I suppose
> it'd also be fun to see how many "experts" came up and oggled my MTV.
>
> Comments?
> --
> Ryan Gill rmgill@mindspring.com
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