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I had one just like that in the yard a few years ago. Like mentioned it's just typical m116a3 chassis, although I don't remember a dataplate saying so.
I’ve never noticed before that there were two different booms for m60s and m108s.
Type A: Tapered
Type B: Straight and looks to be taller towards the hook end.
The one with the “heavier” boom is a 1953 s/n m35xxx. From what I’ve seen other 1953 studebakers with lower serial numbers have the...
I'm going to try to get it home to VT at some point soon for a future project. Maybe there's one out there with a good boom and a few outriggers, that could help us both out :).
An m108 has been on my "gotta have it" list for a while now. I'm sure there are plenty out there that would be a much easier restoration than this one.
It's a 1953 Studebaker.
It's got a good frame so technically it's savable. The downside is it needs all new sheet metal, a cab/doors/all...
The dump truck has actually been a little useful lately while doing some tree trimming around the yard. It would really be nice if it was on the road but at least it's somewhat operable.
A couple years back I learned that the m108 a couple posts up is owned by another friend of mine, and...
The one piece steel bows on the m103 generator trailers would be a little more heavy duty than the stock ones. You'd have to do some easy cutting and welding since they're different dimensionally.
A transfer case PTO would work for that and can spin both directions. The deuce variants with rear winches used that. There is also an accessory drive that bolts to the back of the transmission PTO but that spins only one way (used to run hydraulics).
All the steel and aluminum water cans I've seen still had three handles. The plastic water cans had one handle versus the three on fuel cans but those didn't show up until the later 1960s I believe.
Gasser grilles are about an inch shorter, gasser side panels on a multifuel truck will have a gap because they taper down towards the front.
I think I have 4 different styles of headlight doors right now.
Gasser (early 50s), multifuel with high or low lights (from a 1966), multifuel with...
Thought you might like this ad if you haven't seen it already, it's easier to read if you open it in a new window.
I also have the m35 repower instruction manual from Cummins if anyone ever needs info from it.
I'm selling oilboard stencils for various MVs. These can be used multiple times and are often used by the military to mark things like tire pressures, warnings, etc. on vehicles. I can make stencils with 0.25", 0.5", 0.75", 1", and 1.75" tall characters. If you don't see what you want listed...
Found this old thread this morning while searching for power divider info since I picked up one of these at the NJ show last year. Turns out it's the same one. Glad this stuff was saved!
I bought them from a friend, he told me he thought they were to space 11.00r20 tires away from the trunnion when running them as duals. Like running them between the duals though there will be slop from the oversized wheel stud holes which is why I'm thinking that might not be the intended use...
I really don't think these are actually m35 wheel spacers but they're pretty similar to a wheel spacer. The problem I see is that they'll fit over a deuce hub and the outer lugnuts so I'm guessing they're probably for some other application. The number stamped on them is 1092988 which I can't...
That's the "air brake hand control valve" according to the manual. Also referred to as a trolley valve or Johnson bar. It activates only the trailer brakes.
It's been a while since I installed mine but if I remember right for the 14082 to work the very forward ends of the rear shackle mount brackets had to be removed (losing one bolt per bracket). I can't remember the work for the front hitch but it was a hassle and if I was only using it for a...
I think there's a receiver hitch that will work on the back without any modifications to the rear shackle brackets.
On one of my CUCV pickups I have a Curt 14082 receiver on the back and a Warn 25855 receiver on the front. Both required some modifications to the shackle mounts (not a big deal...
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