Sometimes it's a curse.
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Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Looks like a gyroscope to me.
I thought it was a tire balancer
I don't see the trim that was to be in the trunk
No but I did find an old Naval gun trigger in there.
center is clear, almost like it's a camera but no place to hook wires too.
nope. I thought that too but it's not.
Eh I don't think so. I cleaned it up a little bit and found a Us Army stamp around the inside of the bezel.
I took it out. There was three pieces of the door trim that was missing. But the head light trim and rings are MIA. As well as 2 other pieces of door trim. That said, I have roughly 85 percent of all the trim now.
"Eh I don't think so. I cleaned it up a little bit and found a Us Army stamp around the inside of the bezel. "
So...Maybe an Army Tire balancer. Does it have fluid in the center with a bubble? It might not be but it looks like a field balancer.
So...Maybe an Army Tire balancer. Does it have fluid in the center with a bubble? It might not be but it looks like a field balancer.
Are there 2 sport mirrors or just the one? Remember I was the first to ask
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
I did a little searching and it may be the leveling assembly of an old bomb sight used in WWII (Army Air Corps).
Now that makes sense.
Nope. I think it's some sort of sight.
Two. One in the trunk and the other still on the car. Why?
I was wondering that. It does have lenses on both sides. I sent a message to the PO, we'll see if he can tell me
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
He can use it on the tire in the trunk.
That thing is Toast. I don't know how it shredded like thatHe can use it on the tire in the trunk.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
That’s called extreme tire failure. It can happen from being run under inflated. The tire may have been dry rotted too.
Or burnouts lol.
Haha when in doubt, ask my grandfather. Dude was a tank crew man back in the mid 70s. Guess what, he walks up, picks it up and goes, "hey look a gunner sight from an old m60 Patton tank" sets it down and goes back to watching TV.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
That was my first guess but I couldn’t find a reference to confirm it.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Unlikely...unless they severely over heated the tire in which case it would have been ripped off the rim and in far more shreds.
That tire is a blow out.
Yeah I just tried googling it but couldn't find anything. The VFW here in town has a pair of M60 pattons I'm gonna go look at sometime. May donate it to them to put in the display case if they want it. I ain't got a use for it
Yeah. For sure.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
It would make a cool door stop.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Of course, you might also find someone restoring old armor that wants it too...
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