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Nice Cornbinder. Same year I graduated HS.

Why?

NATO (or national) stock number.

Yep, 5-tons have the "come with me" deal in the bag.

Now there is a KIA I would buy.

An old electric water heater (filled with water, BTW) can make a good load for a smaller genset. Just leave the two H2O connections open for expansion. They usually have two elements, and pull several kW in normal use, so one can rewire them to get different loadings.

Something someone stretched out to get that long flatbed on it. Poor thing really looks sad & worn. Over here it would just be a parts widow.

Also, the USFS or other fire services have this nasty habit of converting tacticals to 12-Volt systems, as appears on your truck.

That is a Hydrovac brake booster. The entire air system may have been removed hence. More pix necessary under the hood to determine just that. Reo made their own Gold Comet 331 engines in the early days, and Continental may have on a later contract. Nice project there, especially with the...

I second the use of lube in them. Keeps 'em going.

I remember the 800-series going through tests at Yuma Proving Ground. Silt, deep sand, clay mud, hot weather, cross open desert. Things not found back east, but one never knew where the trucks would wind up.

I have a '90 F350 Diesel crew cab. I have real army trucks. Now where did I put that magic wand...

A intermittent ground will induce insanity in mechanics.

I asked about the chargers as we have a 480V 200A 3ph service at home.

Does anyone make 3-phase chargers? Especially 480V?

Wow, but not surprised. In AZ, anything over 25 years old is eligible for licensing as a "Historic Vehicle". AZ title 28 (motor vehicle code) states as such, so it is non-commercial and not subject to DOT rules on lighting, logs, weight, braking systems, eTc. Hauling stuff is OK if not for...

It was something I never forgot, just seeing the carnage. I suspect individual drivers never forgot their experience, either. Probably 'cause another MSG (or higher rank) had serious words with them...

I'm so glad "they" know the bottom end can handle those ponies... I don't, having seen hundreds of LDS & LDT engines at Yermo with the center web blown out. The old MSG there called them light bulb motors, 'cause you never know when they would blow out...

I saw three prototype Hummv's at the Yuma Proving Grounds back in the early 80's. One was from Teledyne, one from AMG, I don't remember who built the third. The AMG was a very neat truck at the time. The others looks like "hurried" projects.

All because they ditched the Deutz 6 aircooled in "favor" of the GM 6.2L. And it gave you the cantilever steering box, too.