Daily Driver Project

[BadMastard]

Hey Oldman! I'm bumping this one in the hopes you have something started here. I'm taking a m35a3 and trying to make it more street smart too! Slightly larger tires, dropping an axle and maybe a weather seal here and there. That'd be nice, not raining inside the truck!

In any case, keep up the thinking! it's going to lead you somewhere.

 

[trukhead]

Consider the speed rating of the tires MV use. I vaguely recall the A3 duece tires are 55 mph max. I don't know what the bigger trucks tires are rated at.

I think A3 tires destruct prematurely is cause the Military inflated them to 45 psi max due to CTIS and the tire itself sez it carries it's rated load a t 80 psi which is almost 2x the rated pressure for the rims.

The tires flex excessively and are run at half inflation their service life and I believe they are literally wore out even though they look ok.

Just my

 

[SasquatchSanta]

In short answer: YES. A longer answer is that I have never been a "Conformist" I usually end up being "Different" than the "Normal people". I like the idea of driving a part of American history. I like the idea that just maybe my truck helped save some soldier from a long walk after a battle or maybe it brought him the bullets he needed. I love "old ****". I wish it could talk and tell me it's life story. And, I just think it would be cool to have/drive/play with.


There is!

Where do you plan to find insurance for your daily driver?