My 1965 M416 restoration

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 4th, 2009, 6:30 pm

Hello fellows, I would like to share some pics with you of my M416 trailer that I have been slowly restoring (not much time available)

On the way home...

Disassembling...

Sand blasted and primed...

Misc parts...

Springs were never greased...

Painting OD..

Cannot wait to start assembling

More to come soon

Jay Mallari · Unread post by **Jay Mallari** » September 4th, 2009, 6:37 pm

That trailer looks very nice even before resto Joe. Is it ex US army? Thanks for the pics

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 4th, 2009, 7:11 pm

Yes Jay, I don´t know much about the history of this trailer, check the markings. I think it was serving with US forces in Germany. It was overhauled and excercised in 1988, as the black marking said. It was equiped with the newer A2 style tail lights. I am downgrading back to the older lights to make a good couple to my A1

SEABEE62 · Unread post by **SEABEE62** » September 4th, 2009, 7:49 pm

Nice work, but it looked fine to start with. Seabee

Francis Marion · Unread post by **Francis Marion** » September 5th, 2009, 3:11 am

Cool! I want one!

sarmadq · Unread post by **sarmadq** » September 5th, 2009, 5:44 am

Nice clean job. Its nice to see things refurbished, no matter how they are before. Gives one the saticfaction that not much work is required going forward.

Oh, you wear military fatigues while tending to such tasks or is that someone else

sherwan_88 · Unread post by **sherwan_88** » September 5th, 2009, 5:56 am

Sam,
you were suppose to hook me up with a trailer? remember?

toptiger · Unread post by **toptiger** » September 5th, 2009, 12:24 pm

that C-14 would mean in my time that it was with company C and was the 14th vehicle on the TOE
the battalion and higher markings would normally have been on the rear on the left side

salt6 · Unread post by **salt6** » September 5th, 2009, 9:09 pm

Can we get some pictures of the tail light brackets? I want to upgrade mine.

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 6th, 2009, 7:01 am

toptiger wrote:that C-14 would mean in my time that it was with company C and was the 14th vehicle on the TOE
the battalion and higher markings would normally have been on the rear on the left side

There is nothing in the rear - only this: US ARMY, GN4874. Could this be the unit marking?

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 6th, 2009, 7:04 am

I have tho different light brackets. One kind is for the A2 lights (longer) and the A1 lights (shorter) Which one you need?

salt6 · Unread post by **salt6** » September 6th, 2009, 9:33 am

The A2 bracket. Thanks

moose53 · Unread post by **moose53** » September 6th, 2009, 10:22 am

czechnology wrote:
toptiger wrote:that C-14 would mean in my time that it was with company C and was the 14th vehicle on the TOE
the battalion and higher markings would normally have been on the rear on the left side
There is nothing in the rear - only this: US ARMY, GN4874. Could this be the unit marking?

thats 6N4874, its the military registration/serial number for the trailer, the unit info would be painted on the frame rail in the back.

Jim

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 6th, 2009, 12:17 pm

Such markings were not in there whatsoever. Possible reasons? Tks!

czechnology · Unread post by **czechnology** » September 6th, 2009, 4:53 pm

Here´s a pic of the brackets.

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