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Livermore. its North of Ft Collins about halfway to Laramie

Howdy from Northern Colorado. Welcome. Pics are always good, when you get a chance. Do you work for the REA?

Little gems are right! Based on the five lug rear wheels they must be kind of small for modern scrapers comparison. perfect size for around the farm/ranch. did they leave any lonely brothers or sisters around? nice dozer blade on the cab unit. 40's or fifties vintage?

Guyfang--is there a Nema pad or spade terminal or similar that this is designed to clamp down on rather than the bare end of your load wire? Just seems like a lot of thought went into the design of the lug only to have it crush down on a bare wire in a somewhat odd shaped hole. your thoughts?

very good grey matter stimulation. so often in life slowing down can make things go better and/or faster and be more enjoyable and last longer. While, in a pinch, you can on occasion get away with the wrong tool for the job, rarely can you say the same for technique.

Kind of a comment here--The one manufacturer you have listed, The High Speed Hammer Drill Co makes a beautiful precision bench top drill press but it does not look like the one in your picture. They have been making essentially the same design for close to a hundred years without substantial...

You have certainly taken on a challenging project considering the swiss cheese you started with. May I ask what sort of welder you are using? Are you using a seam sealer between panels? weld thru primer? are you working in all steel or combo of steel and aluminum? Some of us may want to...

I just did the same thing, replacing the old box base with a springer seat in my M275. I am trying to move the old cab mounted seat belts to the springer base. I know the bolts are different sizes. Anyone know the size/specs of the springer seat belt bolts? I have the original large steering...

If your in a combat zone somewhere and filling your gas tank with 5 gallon cans that have been sitting behind the fender or in a quarry, mud, sand, severed body parts, shrapnel, lit cigarette etc etc the military prolly thought a little sifting of foreign matter might keep things working longer...

I would love to go as well. Went in 92 and I imagine a lot has changed on the AlCan since then. My project skill level and speed is fairly low and slow. I doubt if I will be road worthy by next summer. Love to see pics If I can't go though.

Howdy from the Front Range of Northern Colorado, Livermore. Sounds like a great project. Keep us posted please!

pretty cool idea! ok to ask what the components are inside? locally sourced or off the interweb? I like the nice solid project box. did you burn it in on a test bed?

never heard of franken dodge. however, as an expression, franken anything, usually means it was built using several parts that are not normally all on the same vehicle. rarely it may mean, a truck that is so over the top square headed and freakish that it is a "franken" truck. a few 5 ton...

Thank you for starting this thread. Like you, the addition of power steering is at the top of my list for modifications. I am really looking forward to your progress. About how many hours do you have into the tear down at this point? By the way, I like your anti-dive seat belt/seat set up.

Absolutely Rustystud. I been working for someone else and a paycheck since I was 14 and that don't include field work for local farmers and the usual assortment of odd jobs kids had back then for "extra money". Heck I can even remember asking my dad for permission to get a job. His answer was...

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Congrats on the deuce! Several threads on the Injection pump and oil leaks. A problem to look at may be the O ring replacement on it. Post some pics and you may get some comments about it.

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Very good looking truck. Going to try and repaint to more of a restored military look--Army , Marines ???? Are their any Irish markings you could put on it that would be authentic?

Looks like that towbar and the big dodge come in handy for the rebuild. Great progress!

What a blessing that you had a spare engine. Cudo's to you for keeping it gas! Anything salvageable from the old one, distributor, carb etc. never know when they might come in handy.

Love the suicide armored doors. Bet they take a good tug to get them moving. Are the bed seats armored so you can take reasonable cover in the bed? Is the engine upgraded HP and Torque?