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Opening a can of worms …. Pan gasket until more is called for.

To me, military systems that were significant in conflicts are what are worthy of preservation. That said, DoD procures all kinds of systems that are often dismal failures. I shed no tears when those failures are made into storage shacks, ham shacks and the like. You say one museum has...

Comes back as a 1969 M35A2 without winch. The frame number you are looking for is 032518011. Use this for your title. The first part 04D98589 is the US Army registration number and it won't be on the frame, it was painted on the hood during the Vietnam era and inside the door later on. The...

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The cable already attached to the alt is the ground. The cable with the lug goes under the cover held on with screws. My memory fails me on the Packard connector.

The registration number follows the Air Force pattern.

What front end damage are you talking about? Yeah engine is full of rain but otherwise looks like an almost complete truck to put on the road. And you basically stole it at $3600.

Looking at this again on a laptop, the connector is not for a 100 amp system. I think I see a taped up wire in your pics. See if it has continuity to the +24 volt battery terminal. If so that is your alternator wire.

See if you can find a taped up cable around 3/8” dia in the vicinity of the 60 amp alternator. That would have been the oem wiring for the alternator. The large connector is part of a kit that was depot installed.

Theories? Looks like a one-of prototype of a means to transport cylindrical objects that uncle spent stupid money having manufactured.

Not much. All 3 are aluminum and 70 years old in need of overhaul.

It would have a connector like in your picture and the alternator cable would be removed. This is to support the 100 amp system.

Was your Goat a shelter carrier?

Why is that a parts truck?

That is your awful noise.

Probably not a historically significant system.

Check your u joint phasing! Wrong more often than not.

Does the key fit in an ignition switch on the truck? That is a huge hint that lends a lot of credibility to the China Lake NAS provenance. Airfield vehicles would have been yellow.

In my opinion, this yellow repaint was done by the first government agency that received the truck from war surplus. Could have been the California highway dept etc.

I see uncovered exhaust leading to twin turbochargers. Engine is likely full of water. Sadly this is not economically repairable.