Anyone have any Idea what this is for?

[Crazyguypa]

I notice what appears to be some type of cylindrical holder. It is attached by the passenger door behind the exhaust stack. Maybe for a spotlight on a pole

There is also a place on the outside of the holder to bolt something to. If I knew what the holder was for, it might shed light on what may have attached here. Has anyone ever seen this before or have one on their truck and can enlighten me.

 

[emmado22]

It's the mount for the leg of the M66 Ring mount.. The other 2 legs bolt to the rear of the cab..

 

[Crazyguypa]

Oh really The wife said I could put anything on the truck, all except the Machine Gun..... Guess Ill have to tell her it came with the truck

 

[Big Mike's Motor Pool]

whats the angle iron looking peice with the holes in it for?? i dont think my truck has that on the leg mount

 

[Blythewoodjoe]

Old style mirrors. The ones that have two little pipes that go out to the small round mirror. (At least that is what I have seen on these.)

 

[FreightTrain]

That hicky also is used to mount the non turbo exhaust stack.there is an extra piece that bolts to the outside edge to extend out a little more.

 

[maddawg308]

There are a lot of trucks coming out now with that mount. Didn't realize there were that many deuces out there in service with the gun ring.

 

[Armada]

I thought they all came with one.....

 

[saddamsnightmare]

Post Mount for M66 Gun Ring on exhaust Stack bracket

My M35A2 Wo/W cargo (Kaiser Jeep, 1971) has the same set of brackets on the exhaust stack mounts, so I suspect that most of these trucks came with that mounting as standard. What I find interesting is that on the driver's side some Maintenance type hooked the butterfly nut for my windshield lock, and some other catbird substituted a machine nut in its place. Due to the hard top and many coats of paint (last one in 1990/1991 for Desert Storm), the butterfly nut's pretty well locked in place, ain't gonna vibrate loose anytime soon. Did they ever fit these critters with stack covers?

Regards,

Kyle F. McGrogan
1971 M35A2 Kaiser Jeep Wo/W "Saddams Nightmare"
1963 Swiss Unimog 404.114

 

[emmado22]

They are standard from the factory. DD would know more.

 

[houdel]

All Deuces IIRC came with the mount on the passenger door. In addition to the mg ring mount, they were also used to mount convoy flags to identify various march units in the convoy.