. hi earlymb   As you have been doing a full restoration why not go ahead and buy a full set of body bolts about 33 euros from Jeeps and more in Holland, they also show all the fixing positions, they don't appear to sell the star washers though as part of the kit, but the diagram I added below of the chassis fixings show where they are all needed.            Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 03 June  2O26.   ..  

Is this a modified A2? The leather chin straps look factory.. like a M4 but has the goggle straps    either way, A2s are common enough to leave this as is.. especially if modified during its service life

Hi Ken,   I know of the pal nuts and I have a few, but I don't know yet if I can/will use them. I'm still puzzling about the correct sizes of the various body-to-frame bolts as the TM is a bit unclear here, but I think I have most of the required bolts... Be it in UNF thread rather than UNC, and then the pal nuts won't fit.   I haven't decided yet if I should order a complete set (in UNC) from a parts dealer or just some UNF nuts as I don't have enough of these for a full set.  

this is supposed to have 4 cans in it from what I know

I was thinking around $500 given the cost of individual cans being about $80 or so nowadays, this has 4 in it. Figure the extra $180 accounts for the crate   

I could easily sell it for a lot more and I plan to tbh. I don't collect sealed stuff but I know other collectors would be interested

the bottom left ribbon is an unofficial medal called the Washington, Lafayette, Wilson medal 1777 to 1917 to commemorate  the alliance to France.

As the title says, could do with a bit of assistance. Managed to snag this poorly looking M4A2 for a half decent price, unfortunately it is missing its ear flaps. Now I can imagine the flaps got ripped out for a reason, or they could of just got lost over time. The plan however is to recreate the flaps and the steel inserts.    Now for the questions, and what I could do with some assistance with. Short of purchasing a complete one; or leaving it as is and displaying it as a place filler for the earlier M4, I could do with Some measurements of the fabric flap outer bits. Also what the insert on the inside feels like, is it a one piece formed bit of Hadfield Manganese? Or is it rigid and build up of multiple parts.  If anyone could do drawing complete with some measurements and roughly an idea of the overall shape of the insert, I should be able to create a template.    Utter madness? Yeah maybe, it could be fun though and I enjoy making stuff.    I seem to remember seeing a few pictures of some C47 and glider pilots wearing these, and I'm sure one of them is actually an earlier M4 as the fabric area was also missing. If anyone knows of those images or has come across others, feel free to share.      

i accept your offer  need your address  best braxton