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January 3rd, 2012. And it's an American Ford, so it's going to be a lot more reliable then those English Fords (Jaguars) and those English wanta be Jeeps (LAnd Rover/Range Rover) and no Lucas Electrics..... And like any good American, it doesn't like warm beer:beer:! I always thought you guys...

January 3rd, 2012. Gents: I have a fellow down in Texas who is a member on here, who needs to locate a copy of the "Pre Trip Inspection Sheet(s) for the M35A2". My copy is probably 4 states away at present, and I can't seem to locate it on here under the TM's for the M35 series...

January 1st, 2012. I still agree with Gunfreak25 above, if you figure that the government disposed of the USMC HMMWV's without any disposal restrictions on those batches, then the Federal exemption applies irregardless of whether the states want it to or not. FEDERAL law trumps state law. A...

December 31st, 2011. I regret to say to the resident authority above, the set in question started at -20 and -30 below without assist. the fuel tank or day tank was on the gen set, and it was intentionally designed from day one to operate from Hudson's Bay to southern Mexico as a railcar...

December 30th, 2011. Dear Mr. Corleone: I know the deuce is a MAN design, BUT when the army removed the flame heaters for ether, they pretty much crippled the truck! No ether-No start (or a darn slow one). WHAT I was referring to is that there are very few American designed diesels that can...

December 28th, 2011. I believe I'll stay with the flame heater, cheaper then ether and more reliable, plus I don't have to buy ether.Now where my truck is in Texas, it almost never gets cold enough to use either system much, but the word is, diesels really don't like ether beyond a measured...

December 27th, 2011. Good truck, hope you have luck with the 350, as any truck built like this one will be relatively inefficient with a gas engine in it. The diesels have their downsides, but if GM had icked an industrial diesel instead of a conversion engine originally, the Army and the...

"Built like tanks". I'd love to find one of the older GAZ69's in good shape at less then the left & right family jewel price, but, if wishes were horese, beggars would ride! They had the reputation of being overbuilt and fairly simple, squaring with the fact that the drivers had probably never...

December 27th, 2011. I drove the Canadian version built by Fargo, slow as a boulder going uphill, noisy, but with good cab and rear end heaters. For those of you who have never seen these trucks....the screens over the windows are an anti grenade measure, not intended as a "paddy wagon". It...

December 26th, 2011. If it's a Swiss Cargo S404.114, depending on condition and miles, you ought not to be out anymore then $4 to 8K, and it better be really exceptional for $8K! Generally the Swiss took better care of their Unimogs then some other armies, but you will still be out some $$$...

December 26th, 2011. If you ask Jamie Farr, he may just drive it for you! Exquisite restoration, I used to drive the Canadian Fargo version of this used for a radio truck (M151-I think)... Slow noisy and not overpowered. Good Job!:D

December 26th, 2011. BBoomerBootCamp: I took a very long stuck 1927 Model T Ford engine (head was off, pan was off, laying under a porch open to the elementts and resurrected it with ATF and lightly tapping a 4X4 (oak) on the pistons for about two weeks. I also soaked the rod and main...

December 25th, 2011. What a Christmas present! When a 6X6 gets stuck, it's bad, when you bob a deuce and get it stuck, it's worse. My humble recomendations would be to get several 10 ton Simplex track jacks with the controlled release (EG "Jack down" feature), and jack the truck at all four...

December 23rd, 2011. Or just buy a Unimog, No demil code issues, better ground clearance, greater weight capacity, better off road handling, and better mileage. Parts legitimately available all over the world, and if it's U1300L with ultra high speed axles it will do 70 MPH all day long...

TCUCV. You don't have to. What the shorter paragraph above quoted is that vehicle built for service in the U.S.Armed forces ONLY have to me the standards and requirements of their construction and purchase contract with Uncle Sam, all Military vehicles are exempt from the NTSA FMVSS...

December 21st, 2011. I concur with B3.3T, you guys really need to get to know the law a little better. If the truck was seconded down to the Sheriff's Department, very likely either the state surplus property officer or the State LE Property officer acquired the truck from Uncle Sam. The way...

December 19th, 2011. To the OP: Driving your truck up that 20% grade in FWDL without the front hubs engaged is a very poor practice and dangerous to the truck in any case. The system was designed from day one that when in FWD the front hubs are locked, the reasoning being power will then...

December 13th, 2011. It says something when you can buy a boat and run it with no training and just a state registration, but it's getting to where owning a deuce privately is going to be too much of a pain! I never could get a straight answer in Texas on the Fuel Sticker requirements, but at...

December 12th, 2011. I guess its the same reason Mercedes puts their Unimogs through h--l at the plant, to prove they can do everything they say they can....:-?

December 11th, 2011. In addition to what all the other posters have said on here before, you MAY want to think about tracking down an M1028 which has had all the inspections and repairs done.... Having said that, it's still goning tio be a quarter century old truck, so it may not always...