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I'm sure that in the 66 years these truck have been around, somebody mismatched bellhousings and could report back if it worked ok, but I suspect those individuals are all pushing up daisies.

As to why the bellhousing halves are matched together and to the engine, that tells me that the final machining of the bore where the transmission input shaft goes was done with the three components assembled, assuring the crankshaft and transmission axis are properly aligned.

Primer pump went there before a MWO removed it.

The G749 trucks that are truly hard to come by are the short wheelbase trucks like the 215 and 221. The dumps were all put to use after being surplused and are used and gone. Tractors were made into chassis trucks for other purposes and also got used up. I've been looking for ANY example of...

No, they were fire dept turn-ins at the state forestry yard, Utah I think.

Some nice ones came up not long ago up your way on GSA. You are correct, these trucks are getting OLD and those that have not been cared for are getting scrapped every day. That being said, there still seem to be more of these trucks available than people willing to take them in. As far as...