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Just got off of the phone with Clinto. Come and get the truck Jim, Clinto said he has to much stuff on his shovel at this time. So anytime you want to pick it up is fine with me. Will see if I can get Vic to be there also as he has the heavy equipment that might be needed to load the truck...

Got to looking at this old thread today. Since I started this thread I have done 3 more "Last truck I am going to do" projects. A Marine M37, An AF blue M35a2, and a Marine M931A2. The 1957 Utica Bend and its new running REO engine is sitting in the storage area pretty much untouched...

Interesting Jim. I suppose seeing how REO used the Gold Comet engine (and then later the Continental) in many other applications the engines could have been painted blue in the engine factory for the civilian market trucks etc.. If so did REO/Studebaker paint the engines OD at the engine...

Question for you old troops. What color was the block on the REOs' and the Continentals'? Both of the engines of both makes I have the first coat was blue. Did the gov repaint them OD right away or was it done at the first repaint job on the truck? I know about the semi gloss black parts (...

Back to the Utica restoration. Last week Jim (hndrsonj) brought up from Cheyenne a REO OA-331 that turned over. Did some little things and today I got it to run. It sounds good and will work well I am sure. Hung a temp gas tank, ran a wire from dist to batt, cleaned up some other stuff and...

Wow! Clinto that is one wild wiring harness. After driving the M211 home I looked up under the dash. About craped in my pants. 90% of all the wires had no insulation on them at all. Not a stich. Why it did not catch on fire or whatever I will never know. The hot dry temps out here are good...

The older small left red tail light works just the same as do the newer LED/bulb etc. ones. But with no turn signal function. The right tail light however is just used for blackout drive. All the older civilian cars and trucks only had one left red tail light. Not to sure what years only...

Thanks guys for the support and good information. Folks I guess that settles it. I will go with the two red taillights. It is what I have always done before but I was wondering if maybe I would do a totally correct one this time. Did you add the turn signal stuff Clinto? In the jeep you can...

Today I am trying to figure out what color paint was used on the original paint job. And just what were the markings on the hood etc.. The original paint was 23070 green shade OD not the later 24087 brown shade for sure as one of my rattle cans of 23070 matches perfectly. As far as the hood...

Another issue I have to address is do I use the original style clear front parking/blackout lights. Or upgrade to the amber ones. And then should I use the issue lights on the rear or upgrade to two red taillights. I did go with the upgraded lights on both the M34 and the M211. Reason was I...

Waayfast has your truck been upgraded to A1 or 2? Can't really tell by looking at your avatar. Very clean looking truck however.

That would be great Kenny. Thanks it will save some monkey business. Anything you need in the MV world? I might just have it.

Thanks Jim. I think I have a ton of Douglas connectors. As I mentioned they are just a pain in the shorts to deal with. Did I give you or Dan some of the spider harnesses I had for the instrument panel? Even if they are Packard ones it is an easy change to install Douglas hardware on one...

I have now to decide which connectors to use on the new wiring harnesses I will install. The older Douglas or newer Packard connectors. The darn Douglas ones can be such a pain to deal with but are correct for that year truck. Probably will have to end up making my own harness anyway, which I...

Kenny here are some interesting facts on the Studebaker, Utica Bend, Curtis Wright connection. Looks to me like the folks that were asked to loan some money to Studebaker Packard in 1956 did not want the current management to continue running the existing Studebaker outfit as they had obviously...

Here are some pics. The green tint is caused by the green tarp I have on the cab ........ a temporary deal. Like I said a few items to deal with but no biggie for sure

Last week I picked up a 1957 Utica Bend. The last gasser I did was a 1951 REO M34. I was not going to do any more trucks (to **** old) but this one is such a cherry and at $300.00 I had to have it. Came off of a ranch about 50 miles from here.so the recovery was easy. No rust anywhere as out...