Found what looks like a M135 on side of road

[Amxhunter]

Fayetteville, TN sitting on a small rise, in a "junk" yard.

No other info.

 

[doghead]

I bet it "ran great ,when it was parked"!

 

[maddawg308]

Anyone in the nearby area who might be interested in it? It's got the original bed, after 50+ years most of the survivors have had the original bed removed. This would be worthy of rescue...

 

[Bill W]

Its a 211 ( 10 wheels ) whereas the 135 is a 6 wheeler.

 

[topo]

the bed looks like a m135 maybe dual wheel where added ? the cab cover brings up more questions when did these trucks have the small windows behind the doors ? I have seen them before . is the rear part of the cab where the rear window is could that original ?

 

[Bill W]

My buddies cabtop on his 211 is the same as the one in your pic's, I've always assumed it was original/stock

 

[rosco]

There used to be a lot of M211's up here. They all had a standard bed. The only time you saw a bed with the "cut out" was when it had singles. My '51's have the little cab windows. So often, people just took those trucks out and BEAT them to death. The hood and the roof look real nice. Up here, the last one to look under the hood leaves it up. Then the winter snow piles up on it and bends it in half. I put a lot of miles in one of those. When the Highway was paved with mud, you would get going in the rain & the front tires would throw mud forward (because of the high front fenders), & you would run into it, on the front windows.

Lee in Alaska

 

[badgmc56]

I think the hardtop with windows is Canadian. i would love to have it. I wonder if the owner would part with it.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

I would love to ride by and find a 211 like that

 

[Amxhunter]

If there is any real interest, I can stop and ask about it. Tire kickers need not respond

 

[citizensoldier]

If you can get a price please do.. I know that one of us would save it or part it out.. I sure would like that hard top for my M135 " The green pig"

 

[deuceman51]

That is a canadian hardtop with the window which is fairly rare. Also I believe that it is an M135 that they just added duels to. The tailgate is extremely rare one being an early version where the top part actually forms the step before the footman loops. It looks rough, but definately should be saved and restored.

 

[APM215]

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

I agree that the truck once had singles look at the mud flap on the rear end of the bed one tire wide. This would be a great find to put in someones hands that has a shop and the money to fix it up.

 

[williamh]

Re: RE: Found what looks like a M135 on side of road

Its a 211 ( 10 wheels ) whereas the 135 is a 6 wheeler.

it is a m135 with the wrong wheels on it ... the m211 has a bed with no indents over the rear wheels ... ( used the same bed as the m35 ) unless they replaced the bed of the truck with the wrong type .... the m135 had the indents for the taller 11.00X20 tires ... and was narrower than the m211 ... if you had a picture of the truck from the rear , the tires would stick out past the bed .. really the only difference of the 2 trucks was that the 135 had singles with a narrow bed and the 211 had dual tires with a wide bed . other than that ... they were the same ...

i had both trucks ... still have the m135.

 

[randyscycle]

There is an M211 winch truck here in Virginia I looked at a few months back.....Guy wants 2 grand for it, but its had the trans swapped out, an incorrect hardtop, incorrect seats, lots of rust, and "it ran when parked!"

 

[butch atkins]

hardtop on m211/135

hey yall, it is a standard issue us made hardtop that is on this truck ,not rare ,there are 4 of these trucks w hardtops in a scrapyard near my home,my truck had this top on it but i took it of to convert to a soft top,also sent in to the ss library the TB 9-2855-17,INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HARD TOP CLOSURE KIT FOR 2 1/2 TON 6X6 CARGO TRUCK,the tb is in the technical manual section of this site,if you look closley at my avatar picture you can see my hardtop in the back of the m105 trailer,the trailer is yellow and the hardtop a faded red,my truck was a former firetruck,was in same vfd for 24 years ,so iwas told ,started stripping the rear bumperettes,of paint,truck was former scng,still stripping and am finding yellow tactical paint,hope to discover what outfit it was assigned to ,2coats usmc green/primer ,3 coats bright red enamal,several coats od and still have not hit bare metal yet,good luck to all on your projects

 

[gringeltaube]

Re: RE: Found what looks like a M135 on side of road

it is a m135 with the wrong wheels on it ....

dito, those have a 10.5" backspace (M35, M211).
M135 (& M34) wheels are only 9.5" and not to be run as duals!

G.

 

[rockbiter]

I am interested in it, I do want to know what it would take to get it out of there, what a shame. Can you find out what they want for it? Thanks.

 

[nattieleather]

Dude you found my truck... Nice find to bad I'm two states away...