Greetings from Michigan-new M1008 owner

[CSFJ]

Greetings to everyone. I figured it's finally time to introduce myself and mt truck. My name's Chris, and I actually joined a couple months ago. I've been going through all the faq's and stickied threads concerning these old CUCV's. Been a huge help so far. Picked up an '84 M1008 back in March of this year, and it's still in process of being sorted out. The truck shows 86,xxx on the odo, and has a really clean body. Appears to have spent some time with the Mississippi forestry dept, before being used as a brushfire truck by a dept. down there. I'll be starting a build thread here shortly, where I'll go into greater detail.

 

[firefox]

Welcome from California.

 

[porkysplace]

Welcome from the saginaw area,

 

[german m1008]

......Welcome and hello from Germany.
Btw, pics are always welcome.......lol

 

[Tracer]

Welcome aboard from Nevada. Yes we like pics!

 

[truck1]

Welcome from California. Lots of good reading here on the CUCV.

 

[CSFJ]

Lol. I'll try to get a couple pics up tonight. Thought I had a few on my phone, but must have transfered them to the desktop.

 

[ageregunner]

Welcome from PA.

 

[CSFJ]

Ok, got a pic of the truck outside tonight.

 

[Cape Coastie]

Welcome Chris from Cape Cod, MA. That is a great looking truck. My son is kinda on the hunt for one like that. Hope you enjoy it and this site

 

[DieselBob]

Welcome and very nice looking truck. Good luck on the build project.

 

[CSFJ]

Thanks, everyone. This has been quite the learning experience so far. While this is my fourth squarebody that I've owned in the last 20 some odd years, it's the first diesel that I've ever messed with. It seemed somewhat daunting at first, but I've really been amazed at how simple these engines are.

 

[someoldmoose]

Hi Chris ! ! I am a Chris too. First - WELCOME to the asylum from the Southcentral PA division ! Are those ACTUAL cab corners on a 1008 ? Not sure I 've seen any in decades. Beautiful truck !

Radio Edit : Just eye-balled yer pics closer. NOW I know why the cab corners are still there - FIRE DEPT. on door. We Firemens LOOOOOOOVE to keep out girls clean, ( keeps us "occupied " between runs AND we get to play with our hoses ) , until we NEED tuh gettem very, very dirty. After which we clean 'em again. Again, gorgeous. Great SCORE !

 

[CSFJ]

Hi Chris ! ! I am a Chris too. First - WELCOME to the asylum from the Southcentral PA division ! Are those ACTUAL cab corners on a 1008 ? Not sure I 've seen any in decades. Beautiful truck !

Lol. Thanks. And yes those appear to be the original corners. It's just as clean underneath (well, except for the normal oil leaks). I picked it up out of Wisconsin. Found it on Craigslist, a couple of guys out ther started bringing them up from down south. This one appears to have spent a good deal of time in Mississippi. About a month after I picked this up, they sent pics of the next one they had. It was even cleaner. The interior looked new. They must have found a honey hole down south somewhere, because all the ones they were bringing up were ex-fire dept trucks.

 

[TNriverjet]

Welcome from TN. You've got to love the southern ones with no rust. Nice truck!

BTW, my name is Chris too...

 

[someoldmoose]

Welllllll, if ya should happen tuh hear of a sexy one that would like tuh LIVE in PA, . . .Give her my #. Thanks.