1952 GMC M211 in Sylva, North Carolina

[Gadget Guru]

Howdy all,

My girlfriend's father bought this beastie about 10 years ago, after trying to do so for some years, and eventually getting the seller to "give in".

After having it towed to his property in Sylva, North Carolina, he never did anything with it. It's been parked under a carport roof the whole time.

The odometer shows under 1,000, perhaps original, miles. Ken was told that this truck had a radar body on it at one point.

One of the diagonal frame crossmembers at the rear was cut out, perhaps for PTO driveshaft clearance.

As far as I know, Ken never tried to start it. He said that a 24V to 12V conversion was partially undertaken by a previous owner.

Darron and Zoe in Reno, Nevada



Here are many more photos of this truck, hosted on my Flickr account:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darronb/albums/72157656879162819

 

[NDT]

Hi Darron and Zoe, nice photo shoot/documentation. Truck is in better than average "as found" condition, have seen much worse. Not sure about the "radar body", looks to be a garden variety M211 cargo. You can put a bed from a later M35A2 on in no prob, also swap out all the bad tires with M35A2 wheel/tire assys from a late truck. As you can imagine it will need a complete fuel system and brake overhaul, and the wiring will be a crumbling mess. Even though the county was messing with it, it is very special to see the truck in the original as released paint scheme. I would guess this truck was released in the early 70's.

 

[USMC 00-08]

Very neat! That truck will clean up nice. What kind of carburetor is on it?

 

[Gadget Guru]

Very neat! That truck will clean up nice. What kind of carburetor is on it?

Carb ID will have to wait until we're back in Sylva in a few weeks to resume work on liquidating Ken's collection of "stuff"

Thanks for the comments,
Darron and Zoe

 

[Gadget Guru]

If there are any details that anyone would like me to photograph for history's sake, let me know and I'll shoot some more when I'm back in Sylva...

Darron

 

[M215]

Most likely not the original speedo, the GMC M-series vehicles used AC (AC Spark plug) gauges not SW (Stewart Warner).

 

[Smokinyoda]

Hey Darron if you need a hand with anything let me know. Im just 20 miles south of Sylva.

 

[Gadget Guru]

Most likely not the original speedo, the GMC M-series vehicles used AC (AC Spark plug) gauges not SW (Stewart Warner).

Thanks- nice to know.

Darron and Zoe

 

[Gadget Guru]

Hey Darron if you need a hand with anything let me know. Im just 20 miles south of Sylva.

We appreciate the offer, and may just take you up on it when we're next in town.

Darron and Zoe