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I love the body lines on the M211 G749.
I'm planning on flat towing them home in about a week if everything goes well. How did the 211 do following the m35? Any problems cornering and did you tie off the steering wheel at all? Thanks.
It went well other than someone was tailgating me the whole way!! Cornering did well, just take everything wide, and no i did not tie the steering off. The steering will track right behind you if left unrestrained. I pulled a few jeeps with tow bars and you wanna always be sure the steering is unlocked if it has a locking column!(these were newer jeeps) You might wanna read the manual on how far back the bar should be set. I forgot to read that part and left it close as possible to my truck(its a manual right, who reads those). On my 211 and others that I have talked to, the holes in the front bumper are smaller than the standard 1" of later model vehicles, so I purchased some 7/8" pins, and ran them through the 1" holes on the tow bar feet, and through the g749 bumper holes, worked great. I pulled mine through about 60 miles of crappy county gravel, pot hole infested road and it did not appear to egg the holes out on the tow bar or the bumper holes. Other than the road, and 5 uphill hill for every one going own the m35 handled it great. I did hit some pavement through the trip and it was a little to easy to get up to speed with. Heres a few pics, you'll have fun using your other truck to complete this task.
Thanks. The drive across town includes a fair amount of other drivers on the road so we figured it was best to have those on just in case. We didn't have to steer the m135 at all, it followed perfect as is.
This one didn't follow so good... I "drove" it for the short trip. Tons of fun tailgating a deuce and a half in a downpour sitting on the metal seat frame... with no windshields. 
It would follow ok in turns to the right, but not any in amount of turning to the left. The wheels would stay turned slightly. The m756a2 is painted in 24087 Olive Drab by Gillespie coatings. The plan at this point is try to get one of them running, I'm guessing the orange one has a better chance (it last ran about 10-12 years ago). The OD truck is going to be a parts rig at this point. If I don't have a usable engine I guess I'll figure out the new plan at that point, but I want to keep the orange truck complete for sure.
The exhaust manifolds look ok at a glance, I'll have to look everything over a little closer to get a good idea. I've got most of the parts needed for one truck, including extra doors, side racks, bows, good windshields, and other odds and ends. I've got 2 steering wheels with minor cracks, a third isn't as nice as the other two (I've got an extra column/steering box).
good to know plowboy. The one I've got is seized tighter than tight and it only been a few years since it ran-supposedly It seems as though these were common to seize up, more so than most I have worked on. Is it cause the exhaust is open to the elements, do you have an explanation? Wouldn't worth messing with if it wasn't a challenge
