Steyr's contribution to US military trucks

[David Dunn]

Yep pretty sure that LED has something to do with the ECU. I need to dig through my collection of books and see if I have any of the last stuff made. I haven't looked at the stack of books for yonks.

I like your flying dump truck also

I am manualless on this puppy and can only guess about the lamp. There is no glowplug lamp (Pink Cow had one) and can't get to the engine to see IF it does have any glowplugs. My Supacats do, and they are the same family of engines.

An American auto engineer would shed a happy tear for how this engine is sealed in to keep Harry home mechanic from screwing with the engine except to check and add fluids.....and if it had an ECU and arm to do that to, they'd jump for joy!

Thanks on the FDT. It was a fun project, and surprisingly, the larger size was easier for me to work on

The Acmat looks to be a cool project. I do like the lines of that truck. The bodywork would kill me. I am not a body and paint man...heck, I flunked "Tagging101".

[David Dunn]

While GG has been overshadowing things, the FDT had the opportunity to be to at a Military Apreciation night at a local speedway.





And a couple of pics of some new recruits for gunners

[Haf-e]

There is an LMTV M1083 on Ebay right now... I think its the same as yours - just has a hard cab?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FMTV-LMTV-M1083 ... 1813523232

[mopar]

This one was a dump truck.

[David Dunn]

The FDT was/still is a M1094 LVAD ( Low Velocity Air Drop) dump truck. The rarest of a designated FMTV model (barring special construction on a cab/chassis).

The M1081(4x4), M1093(6x6) and M1094 were all LVADs. The folding cab to fit into the cargo bay for air drop was the only major difference from their solid cab counterpart, M1078, M1083 and M1090. As much as most all articles say that the War Pigs were "cut" M1078s, they were primarily M1081s (a/some M1093) with the top half of the cab and doors unbolted and removed.

The LVADs can easily be idenitified by the 2 piece(flat) windshields and the hinges along the waistline of the cab.

[David Dunn]

I had the FDT in local 4th of July parade, and received a couple of pics to share. With GG around, the FDT hasn't been out for a while.
I forgot how pretty it looked, even only half dressed!

[NEWFISHER]

What a great rig. I will bet 10 kids in that parade trade thier Tonka trucks in on dreams of becoming driver of something like that!

[Jimm391730]

I saw what looked to be an M1081 driving through Idyllwild last week...