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  1. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    I cut 13 and a half inches off one side of the bows for them to work. Sorry it took so long, things have been crazy.
  2. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    The length I gave before was for the legs for the troop seats, I missread the question. Sorry about that. The bows are off a 5 ton with drop sides. I took one leg off a bow and placed the whole set up in the truck, I then marked the overlap and cut it off. When I find the pieces I will get you a...
  3. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    The 302s are a blast... plenty of reasons to keep 'em.
  4. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    Asking all the hard questions. I don't remember off the top of my head, I just measured the overall length and subtracted the depth of the short holes, around 8 inches I think... I will have to look this weekend.
  5. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    Slowly but surely working on getting the engine torn down . . .
  6. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    I got it from NAPA, it is one of the geared ones so you turn a crank to spin the block over. It looks a lot more secure now that the generator and air compressor are off the block, but the straight six is still a large mass hanging wayyy out there.
  7. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    I will see about an overhaul video. I managed to get the engine pulled and on a stand. Haven't had a chance to tear into it yet, but I can tell you things are a lot easier if you open up the center floor plate of the cab and don't forget the top bolt of the bell housing- speaking from...
  8. Carboarius

    General Dynamics Growlers

    The engine is a 2.8 liter inline- 4 cylinder turbo diesel. Torque is 230 ft lbs at 2000 rpm with 132 bhp at 3600 rpm. The mortar isn't real large. I think the main thought process when they were designing it was the fact the Humvee didn't fit in the Ospreys and they needed something that would.
  9. Carboarius

    General Dynamics Growlers

    Sort of. Designed to fit inside the V-22 Osprey it was intended to fill the role of a jeep: light utility, reconnaissance and fast attack vehicle, as well as being a prime mover for the M327 towed heavy mortar. Used by the US Marines since 2009. The confusion stems from the fact that the...
  10. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    Man those look nice. Probably two as I added a M220 to the herd this summer. No harm in not getting things done, life kind of gets away from us sometimes. An M135 is a whole lot of fun to take off road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0c51UCfrVQ
  11. Carboarius

    Carboarius' 1954 M211

    Yikes! Almost two years since an update. :whistle: The quick run down is that the truck has been a lot of fun, it has attended a couple car shows and numerous camping trips. Troop seats and a rear cargo cover were reconnoitered for her and a couple new friends joined the herd. On the last...
  12. Carboarius

    Here's our 1952 XM211. New to the site

    Thank you! The logo is a Mandalorian Skull from Star Wars over the remnants of the logo the fire department had painted over/ peeled off.
  13. Carboarius

    Here's our 1952 XM211. New to the site

    I made a new fuel tank for my '54 M135 and neglected the curved corners on the bottom, so I had to use some boards to mount the tank. It worked pretty well, but I was not going for a "restored" look for my truck. I don't have any great pictures of how the tank is mounted, but I hope this gives a...
  14. Carboarius

    MV of the Month November 2019 Nominations

    I'll join the list. Just picked this one up last month. 1972 or '77 AM General M151A2
  15. Carboarius

    Portable or Bluetooth speakers in a deuce?

    Not bad sound quality, pretty good bass, fairly loud too. But my deuce is a gasser GMC m211, so it might be a little quieter than your M35.
  16. Carboarius

    Portable or Bluetooth speakers in a deuce?

    I have a JBL Extreme portable bluetooth speaker that works fairly well for when I'm in my M211. I like the portability of it, and it has loops on top so you can hook a strap to it to mount it if need be.
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