DavidWymore
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Still runs, fired right up with batts. Needs trans gone thru and master, airpack, and lines.
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are you going to post a video of it running? I LOVE that LDS soundMan that LDS sounds good. Wonder what cam is in it. Doesn’t have LDS rockers.
It is an LDS465. Rebuilt in '72 as I remember. Weird mint green paint on it with USMC green under it which makes it seem like it might have been in there since in the service...but the mint seems otherwise. Truck served as a civvy water truck around the desert valley I live in for decades after it got surplused, and then sat for a decade or two until I got it, did the HH and got it running about 5 years ago. I intended to rebuild it, got my '66 for parts, but then got a nicer '70 and got distracted. have since picked up a couple more parts/project trucks.David, is it the original LDS-427 that was in the M35A1 trucks?
Thanks for the treat, DavidWymore, that was just the very audible "fix" that my ears needed!Here is a an old vid, more on my youtube. I gotta post the recent one there.
Here ya go
How you figure?You got a M35A2
Turbo, and where the exhaust is! the M35's, and M35 A1's exhaust was between the rear dual'sHow you figure?
Early A2s were non turbo. It has an A1 Turbo.Turbo, and where the exhaust is! the M35's, and M35 A1's exhaust was between the rear dual's
My M35A2W/W was built in 1968. I think that it started out as an A1 as it has the hanger for the exhaust between the rear wheels. It was Depot rebuilt in 1998. Tuned in in 2007. we won the bid in May 208, drove it home from Ft. Lewis 30 June 2008.Early A2s were non turbo. It has an A1 Turbo.
Was built in '62 when A1s were coming out, A1 era serial number. A1 floor stomp start button and starter. A1 bed ubolts. A1 wiper knob. Remains of A1 rear exhaust. Etc...
Pretty sure it was suplused out before being converted to A2, then was civilian messed with and converted to water truck, some A2 features...but originally A1.
To clear a few things up, the early A2's had horizontal exhaust (see David Doyle's page on Dating a Deuce for a picture), which changed in either 1969 or 1970, and the A2 didn't get turbos until around 1972 or 1973 (I believe 1973, but there's been some conflicting debate between the years). Earlier NA M35A2 were retrofitted turbos and vertical exhaust as they went.My M35A2W/W was built in 1968. I think that it started out as an A1 as it has the hanger for the exhaust between the rear wheels. It was Depot rebuilt in 1998. Tuned in in 2007. we won the bid in May 208, drove it home from Ft. Lewis 30 June 2008.
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