Recent content by tommys2patrick

I believe I have two such flaps in good used condition. they came from an M101 trailer with 16 by nine wheels. bought new tires and also new tubes and flaps. shipping would be on you, otherwise free to good home.

welcome back. I am an old spanish lake guy. Of course the city has changed quite a bit since I lived there in the 60's.

I thought the factory had a midship winch mount system that offered tugging options to either end of the vehicle. I supposed if the vehicle has already been heavily modified that many not be an option now.

Odd, I always thought winch trucks had upper mounted headlights. also the LDS is typical on a early 5 ton. similar to the engine of the 2 1/2 ton. does the truck have the standard dashboard tags? if so it will have a build date shown. a lot of folks like winch trucks and its not hard to add...

sounds like you have a good one. congrats. sometimes the speedo's aren't accurate, say if they got changed, which was not that uncommon. recoring a radiator can get expensive, especially on such a large radiator. a good boil at a rad shop can tell a lot about its condition and what should be...

I presume you have done one on a deuce before. you know that some of the disassembly/ reassembly can require special tools and techniques. has anything else about how the engine/oil/cooling/fuel been something that you wanted to take care of. if its been a while since last time heads were off...

Thanks a lot. now I have this wood to deal with!

wow, looks like it would have made a heck of a noise. here's hoping it was just this and not the whole tranny. not seen that before. life can take some strange turns once in a while.

I have a 1925 dodge with a small external accessory drive shaft connected to an external distributor via a rag joint exactly like this. this little drive shaft also runs the water pump. Kind of a low tech solution but the rag joint does the job of a universal joint pretty well and can be...

not sure whats towing it but that single axle flatbed trailer is awesome. congrats on your find.. Looks like it has a few interesting differences from american M36a2

No suspension? the undercarriage looks similar to a couple I have. OK on the flat stuff but difficult on any hilly stuff. extremely stout construction. use mine for moving generators and hay etc. looks like the box will make it a great chicken tractor.

was that you just tugging it out of the weeds with a tow strap? Great to see someone still interested in a deuce. Best wishes on restore.

looks like something the forest service would have used to make fire roads. I presume the seabees/army /marines used them at one time or other. was it tagged as military before you restored it?

Do you know the seller well? a lot is depending on a third party assessment of what is wrong. does the road there have good shoulders? take a heat gun and stop every few miles and check it. plan on taking cool down stops. rig up a cheap harbor freight air tank, lines and fittings to bypass...

Awesome. was there not a sort of lowboy trailer that these used for aircraft recovery? regardless, great find and kudos on your plan and execution.