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yeah, I concur.. That does not sound anything at all like any Reo "gold comet" deuce engine I have ever been behind in the service (M49C) and in my own business (M49C and M108 ). The comets I know were/are smooth and even with a steady "brrrrrrrrrrrr" out the pipe

mine too, except the bigger ancient girls with air

that is a civilian-type hydra-vac unit typically found on medium-duty hydraulic-brake trucks of the 40's - 70's .. Basically an oversized automotive power brake booster like in your car or pickup truck.. The large rubber hose is the vacuum feed from the manifold. This is being used in lieu...

don't feel bad, I once received a SF97 for a '53 AM General .. Somebody on the typewriter at the GSA believed what they were told too ;)

The US Air Force also did 12V conversions on tactical trucks , and of course there is the rare Reo M602 tactical 6x6, 12V from the factory .. There is a USAF TM covering the conversion, don't know the number off-hand, the TM is in my shop truck in a drawer

Just a technical detail, AM General did not exist until the early 1970's. Your truck was most likely built by REO, but could also be from other builders such as Curtis-Wright, Studebaker, or Utica-Bend