Otto, Your dad must have been stationed up at Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks. There wasn't a need for idling 24 hours down near Anchorage when I was in the Army. Some of the trucks had diesel-fired engine coolant heaters that got used when it got really cold, so they didn't have to idle 24/7.

Kevin
1951 Chevy 3100 work truck
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1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car)
Busting rust since the mid-60's
If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.