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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
I personally canīt see why such a mongrel / bitsa would be "looking correct in the background". A stock Deuce in military trim working for itīs upkeep is much more interesting to me.
My 0,02 worth anyway!
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I dunno, other than fiddly details on the axles and such, sheetmetal is going to be the thing to make it look period. Overall, the chassis are setup the same, the drive line looks very similar and such. I was going over images for a Mack NO and was struck that it looked almost the same as my M813A1 when it came to drive line components. Even the rear axles Same thing for the standard M35 bed and the WWII CCKWs (i'm actually thinking a workshop body would be neat to have, with the canvas tilt etc.). My big issue is parts for a vehicle that'll be making 900 mile trips in a go and offroad capability for recovering vehicles out of the fields if one dies in a bad place. I need something that can go get it. A modern pickup or road truck won't work. I'll not be able to order a standard part from a nearby shop (or just go to NAPA) to get parts for a real C60X. This is why I ended up buying a US truck rather than a Modern but British Bedford or some other truck. I was looking at a Foden 8x8 for a while, but decided against it. Parts would just be too hard for a real working truck.