From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 10:20:54 PDT
I got 3 with "Yellow Noses".........soon to have a 5 ton Tractor with one............send a pic to me of it...........would like to see!!!!
---- l51940@aol.com wrote:
> Since I started this thread, I have to jump back in and say that my
> truck not only has a yellow nose, but it has a turbo stack AND an
> expanded metal grilleguard. All these items are gonna stay on too
> along with my new 1990 ring mount.
>
> Added to want list at Aberdeen. Looking for repro 50 cal. Can't spend
> a ton.
>
> Dave McConnell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sat, 7 May 2005 10:39:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MV] Aberdeen- Convoy-for sale stuff and shopping list
>
> 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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