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I am not very familiar with "newer" military vehicles & have several questions that I am sure can be answered here.
1. When did the Canadian mvs start to have the vinyl type of cargo tarps instead of canvas? 2. When were the non directional bar tread tires replaced with the more current style? 3. Do any current Canadian trucks use 16.00 X 20" tires? 4. Are extruded aluminum cargo top bows used on any later trucks? 5. When did the plastic fuel cans come into use? I am starting the refurbishment of a truck built in 1969 & need to replace some components but would like to keep it period correct. Thank you, Jack Last edited by Jack Innes; 21-10-14 at 17:06. |
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Jack, just an educated guess but a 1969 vintage MV would have non directional tires and canvas tarpaulin. Not sure when vinyl came into play but I believe it was in the early 1980s.
I think plastic cans were around the same time. Not sure dimensionally but some M101 3/4 ton trailers like my Maniac built one used 1'' x 1'' square aluminum bows. For your truck they may need to be made up or possibly modify some of these type to work.
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2: The bar treads finished in the late 70s with the introduction of the AVGP. However, there is a photo of one of the XW350s of 1974 vintage wearing MIchelin radial tires. Time lines of tires were :1974 M151A2: US non directional 1976: 5 ton M800 series diesel 5 tons: US non directional 1976: 5/4 ton Chevrolet CK2500: commercial Goodyear M&S bias ply tires. 1978: LAV1 (AVGP): Michelin Radials 1982: MLVW Goodyear Bias Ply commercial mud and snow tread bias ply 1984: Iltis Michelin Radial 1989: HLVW Michelin Radial 1992: LSVW Michelin Radial 3: No 16x20 tires that I have ever seen. We used to have 14x20s on a few different vehicles and guns, and some of the radials on the HLVW and LAV6 may be nearing that, but in metric sizing. 4: Other than some of the 3/4 ton and 800kg trailers, which were square steel tubing as Chris mentioned, none that I can think of. The 5/4 ton used square aluminum tubing as well. Some vehicles ended up using aluminum for the seats and side slats, and in those cases some were the extruded aluminum. 5: The first plastic cans we saw were around 1983. They were just a commercial type can in green. The current scepter cans came out around 1985/86 if I recall. Prior to that, there were the plastic 1 gallon naptha cans, and the plastic 5 gallon water cans. Last edited by rob love; 22-10-14 at 23:52. |
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Thank you Chris & Rob. This information helps in searching for the right pieces.
Jack |
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