I'll second the Ruger 10/22 recommendation. Finely made, very accurate, fun and cheap to shoot. Fits nicely under the $400 budget. Easily one of the best bangs for the buck out there. The Walther P22 won't leave you much change left to buy any ammo. For serious personal protection you cant beat a Re...

Thanks to whoever fixed my picture links. I'm not sure why flickr is cranky about hosting images for certain forums. I'm looking forward to finding out more what my options regarding engines will be. Likely I'll do something like what was done to my 1968 Land Rover 109. Which was to drop an engine/t...

Yea I was tickled to find this site.
Some great pics in the gallery!

I'm hoping to use the trucks as a chipper platform, a water hauler and or maybe a dump bed.

Greetings. I just found a group of M37 trucks in Thailand. Thinking about buying one or two depending on what kind of engine possibilities I have. Probably a Nissan diesel will be my best and most economical option. All the engines are locked up. and the trucks are generally in pretty sad shape. htt...