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I know, the solid state blinker box is supposed to go on the drivers side inner fender on the M35. I do not know what year the blinkers were switched to the solid state system. I also don't know what year the alternator replaced the generator/external regulator. Based on what I know from my...

When I had the Gasser down to just the frame and running gear, I looked at everything, read the manual about the part and adjusted the part to the specs called for. This I thought was great. My clutch and brake pedals were way out of spec for free play. I thought I was saving time by doing...

I know I am driving some of you crazy with my "old truck, new truck" pictures and questions. If you are one of those, you might as well click the "back" button right now. Below is a picture of my tail light brackets. Both my 1952 and 1953 truck have the same ones. The only difference is the...

The Gasser I am redoing had a powerplant heater battery heater under the passenger seat. I pulled the seats out a year or so ago along with the battery warmer box and didn't look at them again until today. I need to paint my seats and pulled out the two sets I have to figure out which one is...

I have a dry fuel tank and new metal fuel line from the tank to the fuel pump. It is a multifuel tank with a bad pump. That doesn't matter because the pump is too much for the Holley carb on the Gasser engine anyway. I want to use this dry tank as a way of figuring out my minimum pick up fuel...

I am to the point of putting my gauges on the truck and wiring them up. But, I can't find a consistant listing in the manuals about which wire goes where on the gauges. The M35 manuals show the power wire #27 going to the outside post on the gauges as they are aligned in the panel. Yet, the...

Now I Don't Know if my Cab is even a Gasser Cab. M35 differences I have been pointing out differences between 1952 and 1953 cab and bodies for a few weeks now as I find them. It seems the biggest difference was staring me in the face all these months and I didn't see it until yesterday. My...

My work computer has been turning off for no reason at random intervals today. I have started this post at least 4 times already and had my computer just shut off while loading the pictures. So, here goes one picture a post. My biggest worry going into this was being able to to pick up my...

I have been looking for a Gasser Fording extention for the exhaust. This was suggested to me as what I was looking for. I have looked through the picture manuals and can't find it. They also don't list out the fording parts, so it could be missing because it is the correct part. But, any...

I already pointed out the different support systems for the rear of the front fender to the cab between 1952 and 1953. I am not trying to start another manual use fight either. But, I started on my battery box and tool box covers this weekend. The 1952 ones are molded to fit flush against the...

People post up asking about how to put new wires on slave cable recepticals all the time. The manuals show that one can be taken apart, but I don't remember a post showing how it comes apart. I got someones throw away because the wires had been cut off at the back. Breaking it would not make...

My Gasser had a radiator that held water under pressure just fine when I got it. I poked a hole in it putting the winch on the truck back in the summer. It was good enough to let me move it around the property and I have been planning this "work weather" rebuild for most of the year so I left...

It seems there are at least a dozen people on here besides myself pulling a M35 apart down to the frame right now or are thinking about it. I painted my replacement cab a few days ago and pulled the original cab off Friday. I figured a few pictures and suggestions might help those of you still...

I have a 1952 M35 and a 1953 M35. The 1952 is being made like new again while the '53 sits in the field and gets to store parts inside it. I also have another rust free Gasser cab/fenders/hood/running boards that are going to live on the '52 real soon. While prepping the cab, I came across 2...

I have everything I need to make a flame heater for the cab except the distribution box under the dash and the hoses. I can get the hoses. But, being in Texas, I have never seen an actual heater box in real life. I don't won't to buy a complete heater kit to get one either. My solution is to...

I finally got all the broken fasteners done, the cab back off its back and the one big dent on the back is now about 15 little dents. I just need to sand, clean and paint the darn thing. But, I started looking at the firewall before I got to sanding yesterday and can't figure out the 4th hole...

The weather has finally cooled off enough for me to get serious about doing the paint work on my M35. The cab on the 1952 Gasser is rusted real bad and not worth saving. So is the one on my 1953 Gasser. So was the dropside truck cab that came in the back of one of the trucks. The dropside...

I have an extra cab that is rust/dent free for my Gasser. It has been sitting on the back of my flatbed Chevy for the last few months waiting for me to find the space/time to start cleaning it up. Sunday was the day it got attention. My original plan was to use the hydraulic pto driven tail...

Both of my Gassers have what looks to be a 1/2" drilled hole in the middle of each rear bumperette. All of the other M35's I am around were made 1967-1973 and they have solid non drilled bumperettes. I thought maybe somebody had just done that to mine. Then I got David Doyle's book. I...

Kwai, Sermis and myself got back to Texas real early Sunday morning and to our homes between sun up and noon. It was great to meet everybody that was there Friday. Sorry we missed out seing the Saturday arrivals. (Whoever was driving into Helen about 0800 from the South Saturday morning with...