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Originally Posted by rob love
These were all very common mods to the mutts, and some could easily be removed through normal maintenance and operators changing things like doors between each other.
Too bad service Battalion doesn't have an archive of photos from back then. You could possibly find a photo of this jeep on a parade.
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Thanks for the reply Rob. I wish there were photos of it around. Being that it was from the COs stable, there must be some out there.
It definitely has those mods done to it that you listed. But as you said, they were common.
The more I look at this, the more inclined I am to go with the 1 Service Battalion provenance with this M151A2.
Reason being, the body of the 403 OTS MUTT shows no signs of ever having any Comms installations (holes are drilled but plugged) or any other little "field mods" like you find on a front line vehicle. Actually, aside from the massive corrosion, the body was as straight as an arrow, not full of the usual dents and dings you see on front line vehicles that suffured hard field time.
The 1 Service Battalion MUTT has had Dual 524s, C2299 Box, and a Radio Speaker on Dash, In-Line Coolant Heater (although not approved or official, this had to be installed during its service, previous owner did not add it, and its from the era), and one of the more interesting things, the Base for a small vehicle Flag Staff welded onto the Passenger Fender just behind the Signal Lamp housing. There could be other "field mods", as I seem to notice little things when I stare at.
Hmm....