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  1. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    I foind a sweet 936 for sale yesterday. Its 50 miles south of me. I looked it over pretty good and thought "if i wouldve fouund this one before i bought mine"...
  2. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Yes sir. I had an m35 that swarmed so i stripped it, cut it, added a 105 tounge and a 109 box. 105+109=214. Link to that thread is at the bottom of my sig
  3. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    i got back there today. sorry it took almost a year. i got more pics for you. theyre in pretty rough shape. the body on the winch truck(light green) looks to be in better shape. i know i have more pics. i just have to get them off my phone
  4. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Its coming around again soon. I didnt get to go last year. I havent set foot on the farm since last September. I saw deer paths beat clean that were as wide as my shoulders. I know theyre out there... total xfiles moment.. its just a matter of having the time to get down there. Its about...
  5. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Huh. Hadnt figured on actually killing anything more than time but that notion could be built into a removable hand rail. Weld the hand winch onto the bottom of the deck. Add. A pulley to make the corners smoothly and then its a double duty tool
  6. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    I cant wait for the reaction of pulling up in the crewcab hooked to the 214!!! "Whats that?" "Oh just something i made in my spare time":beer:
  7. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Hahaha! When i drove this one in,the whole place smelled like a bbq from his bottom end being flamed! Love the truck but have partially dismantled it. I did it for the greater good of being all inclusive to my family. The truck will become a crewcab and the shop van box is now my "M-214". So...
  8. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    instead of parting this one, ive decided to build the crewcab on kit. so far, ive focused more on the M-214 build than the crewcab. this is what ive got so far. pic 4 is the 105a3 bed that ill use. trailer suspension is in great shape but ill be using front springs instead
  9. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    took it out for a ride today. wife drove first, then i put it thru its paces. plenty of mud here now. ruts all in the yard.
  10. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    ok. so i dont think ill use it for parts. ill definately remove the bed tho. the trailer notion hasnt and wont change. after 600 miles in the winch truck in under 3 weeks, i think itll be easier to just swap the winch than to swap engine and trans. time to put in the new gauges, clear lamp...
  11. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    i took the truck for a little ride this afternoon. 140 or so miles. it ran great. temp was at 180. when i pushed it for a few miles, it crept to just over 180. maybe a needles width higher. theres still a slight smell of coolant. i got some ear muffs for this weekends 350mi trip home with...
  12. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    So i put on some of those fancy mirrors tonight. The ones with 2 mirrors on each one. WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE!!! May put on a pair or rear leds if there wont be any additional hassels with that swap and drop in a pushbutton headlight switch. Just figuring things out. :beer:
  13. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    im diggin it. let'em have fun
  14. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    took me about 2 miles but i got it to 54mph before i called it good. 54 is plenty for now. no shimmys or shakes but it did a bit of the top heavy weave. if its not to wet tomorrow, ill pimp it back to work, just to piss off the boss. word is, he was HOT about it being parked in front of HIS...
  15. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    I see a 109 as a narrow usage design in the first place. Kinda like an suv. They're great and all but they're not as useful as a true truck but I like it. Its still just a really cool donor rig.
  16. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    If ya want to make nice things, ya need to start with nice parts. I agree that its nice. Itll be hard to butcher it but, as it is, its not what i want. Soon, it will be.
  17. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Hot dang! Its home! Was running before it hit the bottom of the trailer ramps! Without batteries! :jumpin::jumpin: A great big THANK U TO ARYANKEE for comin out to help me out! Was missing a pipe plug in the coolant line, just behind the upper radiator hose and got a broken air line that we...
  18. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Thanks Angus. If i can get it going, ill pimp it around some. May even take it hunting soon, but, come warmer weather and its getting dismantled. Since its such a nice truck, itll be used to make something nicer. The cab will go for our crewcab and the box will be a camper.
  19. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    Turns out that it was driven onto the trailer when it was picked up by the current owner abt 6 months ago. Maybe with some batteries and fresh fuel itll start!
  20. Welder Sam

    M109 is coming home!

    The cab is going to be used for my crewcab. The hood and fenders will likely go on that one too. The hard top will go onto yet another truck. The frame will be measured off, cut, and drawn in to form a tounge. The remainder will stay with the enginge/trans and get legs welded on for a storage...
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