My new M43 Project
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My new M43 Project
Here are some pics from right after I got it home and pressure washed it. Its a 1953 USAF M43. I am wondering how common the fording kit is since this is the first one I have seen on an M37/43...
Re: My new M43 Project
Contact the people in that link I sent you on the other post, They have several of these. I have never seen the fording kit either. Where the hell is all the snow that was there the other day?
Rick
Rick
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1984 M1008
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1984 M1008
1967 M416
04/1952 M100
12/1952 M100- Departed
AN/TSQ-114A Trailblazer- Gone
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I've said this before, and I'll say it again. I've never understood why an ambulance would have a fording kit. I'm sure the patients strapped into the litters don't like deep water fording. I would think that deep water fording under such circumstances would transform the ambulance into a hearse.
Raymond
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Re: My new M43 Project
Ill say it looks alot better sitting in your driveway than it did in the field.............did you get it running? Did he say anything about the M170. Scott O&O
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Scott, the M170 is for sale. He wants it gone. Said he is gonna buy a cover and mive it to the blacktop. Its about 4 years too late for that tho PM me for details on the 170 if ya like....
TJ
TJ
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I've seen fording kits on M37s. Usually ones done up as USMC, though. I've never seen one on an M43. I know that the door mounted spare tire carrier on the M43s was so well liked that it became standard on the M37B1s.
Matt
Matt
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I got trapped in the damn thing cause of that spare tire!! I closed the door and couldn't figure out how to release the spare from inside