these need a full resto as well, and I’m happy to say that ive gotten them to function, so now its clean up, rebuild and paint !

so, as we are cruising along with the M3 part, we have gone from big armour work to some of the smallest details, such as the instrument...

first, the pics…. Notice the full leather gauntlet, and what’s left of the cutting wheel . In this case, I was bolt cutting when the...

Busy day here getting BOTH AX 160 engines packaged up and sent for rebuild . Frame will be following shortly for blast and paint, then we...

well, that’s off ! here are few details of the parts that go into the axle mount, note, the angled shim plate. One spring, the drivers...

Yes, ! its early and not on our normal Friday slot, but we are now getting into a stage of archival batching, artifact identification,...

Into the front axle now, and for the most part, its a pretty straightforward tear down, but we found an interesting detail that will make...

After our break, which saw record low temperatures here, and now snow, are back at it ! We have removed the last of the mods that had...

Detail from front tire rim. There are still the original 8.25 X 20 Combat tires fitted, and even though they are deflated , the hardness...

like the front, we have now stripped out the rear drive axle to the brake shoes. its clear that this is a low mileage unit , based on the...

front is coming off now, with the horizontal shocks, wheels ( well, wheel, the front drivers side wheel studs are spinning, so, the hub...

…well, it seems I came to work after all, and took the time to pull her out of the shop to clean and re-organize for the next stage of...

….not sure what that title conjures up? a dance move? a ’70’s band ??…. but here. its a good news . bad news kind of day . while the...

…well, they are off, here is the score… Half Track cost us: one broken 1/2 drive long “breaker bar” two 1/2 drive 4 inch extensions and,...

One of the Society’s goals is to present history, unvarnished, with the artifacts speaking with their own “voice” aided by the society’s...

Today, we stripped out the armored louver rad cover, its an interesting yet simple design . We added a few pics of the star as well. They...

well, after needed rest, we are back at it again, this time removing the rear bumper and the badly mangled rear armour section that has...

Here is a picture of the rear idler, nested inside the front drive sprocket assy.

from Garys Half Tracks ! a selection of “Stocking Stuffers” for the M3 Note the NOS boxes and excellent shape of the parts !

…or, how to pull a track while working alone! After looking at the original half track removal procedure, that took almost the whole...