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Here are some more pictures of my truck. Click on the thumbnail pictures below to see larger versions, then use your browser's "back" button.
There are many more pictures on the old for-sale listing.
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| My truck arrives from Maryland, on the back of a drop-deck
disconnect trailer.
6/13/01 |
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| Getting ready to jump-start it with my
M543A2 Wrecker.
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| As the driver who delivered my truck guides me, I back my truck
off the trailer that carried it across the continent. I hardly
even felt the 10 inch drop off the end of the trailer.
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| Free at last!
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| Safe and sound in my driveway, a few miles away from the unloading
point. I told my neighbors that it'll only be there temporarily.
Only time will tell if that was an accurate statement...
6/13/01 |
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| Here I am picking up an AN/GRC-122B radio teletype (RTTY) system
mounted in an S250 shelter. Part of the deal was that I had to
take the 1.5-ton trailer that the shelter was sitting on. I
probably will mount the shelter on my
HMMWV eventually, and then
sell the trailer. The March ARB airfield is in the background.
9/13/03 |
Here are some pictures of work-in-progress on my conversion of this truck to a camper/radio truck. I'll update these pictures and/or move them to a different page later.
| I replaced the original 120VAC 60A Arktite connector with an
120/240VAC 60A IEC-309 pin and sleeve connector. It has the same
mounting bolt pattern as the original connector, but lets me
deliver twice as much AC power to the van body. I'll paint it to
match the vehicle later. I'll replace the cable with a larger one
later; this one lets me plug the van into a 120/240V 20A outlet in
my garage to run the lights and outlets in the van while I work.
This picture also shows part of the copper fuel line for the van
body heater.
5/1/02 |
| Here's the fuel pump for the van body heater. I'll fabricate a
cover for it later.
5/1/02 |
| Here's a view of the left side of the van body. I'll put a
self-contained porta-potty in the left rear corner, under the
ventilation blower. This picture shows the laundry tub that I'm
installing, and the twin-size bed, mounted on a pair of lockers
for storage, with a pair of 36-gallon water tanks underneath. I'll
mount a refrigerator, microwave oven, and additional storage under
the bed, in between the lockers.
5/1/02 |
| Here's a view of the right side of the van body, showing the
two-story 10 foot wide by 2 foot deep workbench I installed for
radio gear. The workbench tops are 1-3/4" thick solid maple
butcher blocks. I haven't installed any radio gear yet. The big
box with two meters on the floor is a PP-4763A 28V 50A power
supply, and the silver toolbox (which I may paint later) contains
a pair of 12V Optima
deep-cycle batteries.
5/1/02 |
| This picture shows the AC power boxes. I kept the original switch
for the AC lights, but replaced everything else. Also shown are my
home-made control box for the fuel-fired heater and a circuit
breaker box for power from the vehicles 24 VDC electrical system.
5/1/02 |
| I didn't like the way the original AC wiring was done, so I
removed the original harness and re-wired everything with
surface-mounted conduit.
5/1/02 |
| This picture shows the PP-4763A 28V 50A power supply (which is
mounted on equipment slides so it can be slid out for service),
the battery box, and a junction box which allows the batteries to
be charged through blocking diodes from various sources, including
the power supply and the vehicle's 28 VDC electrical system. The
batteries supply power to all of the 28 VDC accessories (including
most of the radio gear) in the back of the van.
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