M151A1 Restoration
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M151A1 Restoration
This is a restoration that we started in January 2015. This one was cut. 1967 M151A1. Wanted a Ford.
Updated Post on January 6, 2016. The MUTT is essentially "done". Targeted a 1968 Vietnam deployment with the 101st Airborne 327th Infantry unit.
The "greatest hits" of the restoration are in this photo album. http://1drv.ms/1ImCPId
The full photo shoot of the restoration is in this album. http://1drv.ms/1mI6cfK
Thanks to this forum for making it easy to get it right. I am still amazed how easy it is to find most of the parts.
Some of the suppliers that I used:
TNJ Murray
Fil Bonica (he had the hard to find Battery tray)
Cameron Manufacturing and Design for floor boards and trim panels http://www.m151bodypanels.com/
MilitaryStencils.com (these were great)
Erik's Military and Industrial Supply (tail lights)
Updated Post on January 6, 2016. The MUTT is essentially "done". Targeted a 1968 Vietnam deployment with the 101st Airborne 327th Infantry unit.
The "greatest hits" of the restoration are in this photo album. http://1drv.ms/1ImCPId
The full photo shoot of the restoration is in this album. http://1drv.ms/1mI6cfK
Thanks to this forum for making it easy to get it right. I am still amazed how easy it is to find most of the parts.
Some of the suppliers that I used:
TNJ Murray
Fil Bonica (he had the hard to find Battery tray)
Cameron Manufacturing and Design for floor boards and trim panels http://www.m151bodypanels.com/
MilitaryStencils.com (these were great)
Erik's Military and Industrial Supply (tail lights)
Last edited by Johnnyquest on January 6th, 2016, 11:05 pm, edited 5 times in total.
M151A1 1967
M38 1952
M38 1952
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Re: M151A1 Restoration
Welcome to the site, Guy has some panels if you need them, keep the pics coming.
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Wow! The facility is great.
The workmanship fantastic!
The end product is something to be quite proud of.
Keep the pics coming.
Fil Bonica
The workmanship fantastic!
The end product is something to be quite proud of.
Keep the pics coming.
Fil Bonica
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Re: M151A1 Restoration
I have it's brother. 2N 9283.
Looks like a good candidate for restore, even with the cut.
Looks like a good candidate for restore, even with the cut.
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Re: M151A1 Restoration
The panels came from two sources http://www.m151bodypanels.com/ and Fil Bonica supplied the hard to find panel under the battery. Both are top notch. I spent a couple hours researching the "right" color for Vietnam. Good post in this forum educated me on paint. This MUTT will be honoring the 101st Airborne.
M151A1 1967
M38 1952
M38 1952
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Re: M151A1 Restoration
I just updated the original post. Just wanted to say thank you. This forum has been great. Between the manuals and this forum the restoration was a lot easier. The photo album links above have been updated to include photos from start to finish. Thanks again.
M151A1 1967
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M38 1952
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Re: M151A1 Restoration
Nice resto, we love pics, I looked at all 360. Now it time to do another one.