DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
I’m supposed to be dragging this to my yard but can only store for a while.
El Centro, CA
El Centro, CA
-
Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Saving one from scrap-needs adopted
- Thread starter DavidWymore
- Start date
- 6,543
- 13,912
- 113
- Location
- Hawthorne, NV.
Dave that one doesn't look too bad. When you get her home, take a few more pics and post them. gentrysgarage and some other members might be interested in an adoption.
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
Thanks
I will upload more. I just can’t get more than one to go from my phone.
I will upload more. I just can’t get more than one to go from my phone.
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
Here are the rest of the pics. I think it had a CCKW powertrain transplant.
- 432
- 795
- 93
- Location
- Orygun
That's a weird lookin clutch pedal, maybe they converted it to hydraulic when they did the alleged swap ?
What powertrain should this truck have came with originally ?
Looks like the exact trans T-case combo I need to bring my old 52 GMC XM-211 to normalcy .
Love how the desert keeps things clean, thanks for saving it .
What powertrain should this truck have came with originally ?
Looks like the exact trans T-case combo I need to bring my old 52 GMC XM-211 to normalcy .
Love how the desert keeps things clean, thanks for saving it .
- 3,902
- 2,697
- 83
- Location
- Edmonton, Canada
Looks like the license plate says 05' so she might have worked not that long ago. Real groovy seeing the stick shift coming out of the floor. Thanks for sharing the pics on one of the most repurposed vehicles we know.
It doesn't look like the G749 tractor version M221...which would be rare. Likely an M211 or M220 version. There's a stamp on the face of the passenger frame, behind the front passenger side wheel. Data plates may get switched out but the stamp never lies. That stamp will read 1211xxxxx or 1220xxxxx.........but would be more interesting if it's stamped, 1215xxxxx or 217, 133, or the wettest one of all, the M222.
Spent some time in Blossom Valley just outside of Diego and probably drove by El Centro 10 times. I won't drive by again without buying you dinner.
It doesn't look like the G749 tractor version M221...which would be rare. Likely an M211 or M220 version. There's a stamp on the face of the passenger frame, behind the front passenger side wheel. Data plates may get switched out but the stamp never lies. That stamp will read 1211xxxxx or 1220xxxxx.........but would be more interesting if it's stamped, 1215xxxxx or 217, 133, or the wettest one of all, the M222.
Spent some time in Blossom Valley just outside of Diego and probably drove by El Centro 10 times. I won't drive by again without buying you dinner.
- 290
- 451
- 63
- Location
- Kansas
That one would he awesome to have, but I'm too far away.
DUUANE
Active member
- 403
- 122
- 43
- Location
- Qualicum Beach BC
What would be cheaper?..having it low bedded to my place...or divorce court.. hmm...
now that i have some spare tcases..my brain has decided i need some axles..so why not a whole truck..hahaha..i wish i could justify a trip to Cali..
Nice find, glad youre trying to do good by the ol beast.
now that i have some spare tcases..my brain has decided i need some axles..so why not a whole truck..hahaha..i wish i could justify a trip to Cali..Nice find, glad youre trying to do good by the ol beast.
gentrysgarage
Active member
- 553
- 118
- 43
- Location
- Lost Angels, CA
Tracer, So Funny you mention me, I have been trying to free up space for this truck for awhile now, it would be a good frame for the G7123 (provided the welds for the 5th wheel didn't weaken the frame) and lots of parts for the M135. But I am afraid that the M135 is going to take longer than David Wymore's patience. I might be able to find my contact in AZ who might be able to save it....hoope I didn'tt loose it!
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
Got the green light to drag it to my yard this weekend. Gonna try putting air in the tires and using the homebrew towbar that's on it. Should be able to use dirt/country roads through the farm country.
- 6,543
- 13,912
- 113
- Location
- Hawthorne, NV.
Dave, wish you an easy and uneventful move this weekend. Wish I still resided in So. Cal. I'd come down and lend you a hand. I love seeing an old MV get rescued from abandonment and get a new lease on life. Last year we had a 1941 Chevrolet G506 1 1/2 Ton truck get rescued from a vacant lot here in town. According to one of our neighbors the truck had been in that lot for more than 30 years, so it was great to see it roll on it's own wheels to a new home. Dave if you get a break in the action take a few pics.....and Good Luck.
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
https://youtu.be/nU8wV5ILt7Q
Hoped I might drag it home tonight but I think at least the front tires need replaced. Also the eye on the tow bar was too small for my Pintle. Might just try to borrow a big trailer.
Hoped I might drag it home tonight but I think at least the front tires need replaced. Also the eye on the tow bar was too small for my Pintle. Might just try to borrow a big trailer.
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
What do y’all think she weighs?
- 18,538
- 5,822
- 113
Our M35A2 crosses the scales at 13,500 lbs.
Yours without a bed, nor several other parts and pieces would probably be in the 9,500-11,000 lb range.
What does it state on the DATE PLATE?
- 6,543
- 13,912
- 113
- Location
- Hawthorne, NV.
Dave, Olive Drab has the M211 weighing 11,000. The Chaplin is real close, without the bed I'd guess 9,500-10,000lbs.
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
Home!
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
Pics
More and vids later
More and vids later
Attachments
- 18,538
- 5,822
- 113
Congratulations on a successful recovery.... and...
WELCOME HOME ! ! !
WELCOME HOME ! ! !
- 2,050
- 2,944
- 113
- Location
- Florence, SC
Great find!
DavidWymore
Well-known member
- 1,598
- 164
- 63
- Location
- El Centro, CA
I didn’t notice how thin the wood was on the loaned trailer, so I had to replace half of it today.
https://youtu.be/H8eJLOWS0Ps
Thanks to my wife for pulling it up. Usually I tow with my Cummins and bed mounted winch, but it doesn’t have a gooseneck hitch, and if it did, the hitch would be in the way.
I lifted the front end and wife drove truck and trailer out from under it to unload.
https://youtu.be/H8eJLOWS0Ps
Thanks to my wife for pulling it up. Usually I tow with my Cummins and bed mounted winch, but it doesn’t have a gooseneck hitch, and if it did, the hitch would be in the way.
I lifted the front end and wife drove truck and trailer out from under it to unload.
Attachments
Last edited: