Can get a deuce for $500

[chevycrew]

I can go get a duece for $500 and i need to find out if it is worth it.

Its about 400 miles from home, has (owner says) about 100 hours on rebuilt motor, tranny, and t-case. It has no bed, was used as a potato truck. I know it is a 2 1/2 ton 6x6 hardcab mid 50's and has Reo and Studebaker written all over it. Owner says it needs a master cylinder and fuel lines to be driveable. It is worth going and looking at??? Or Should i just forget about it?

Thank you for any help you might have.

 

[mangus580]

Sounds like it could be a good deal.....

Might be worth a trek to go look at it and take pics?

 

[Polverone]

Chevycrew,
Welcome to the land of MV'rs. I notice with your name and the chev truck you have (with the 454 in it) that you may be interested in the pics I posted, especially the first one with the Chev 502 in the M211.

Hope you get it and tell us of your adventures/upgrading.

Here's the link:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=3119

Happy restoration.

 

[chevycrew]

Does anyone have a better idea as to what this is than i do, Im guessing an m34 or m35 but with being a potato truck im sure it is duals, i really dont know much about these but its worth learning.

And yeah that 502 sure got my ideas rolling, Well running and driving would be enough to make me happy for now.

 

[chevycrew]

Oh yeah i forgot, I also got a line on a m215 dump truck, running and driving, everything works for $2500. Year I think is in the 50's and the tranny has been swapped out to a 5 speed. Anyone know what this is worth?

 

[Desert Rat]

A good running M215 is wrth more than $2500. Depending on condition it could be double.

 

[Pappa-G]

Depending on condition it could be double.

Or halved.

 

[red devils dude]

Can get a duece for $500

I can go get a duece for $500 and i need to find out if it is worth it.

Its about 400 miles from home, has (owner says) about 100 hours on rebuilt motor, tranny, and t-case. It has no bed, was used as a potato truck. I know it is a 2 1/2 ton 6x6 hardcab mid 50's and has Reo and Studebaker written all over it. Owner says it needs a master cylinder and fuel lines to be driveable. It is worth going and looking at??? Or Should i just forget about it?

Thank you for any help you might have.

I work on a potato/veggy farm that has a old M34 Reo potato truck with the
same problems(bad master cylinder shot fuel lines) after looking at it they
dont seme like a big deal to fix just time consuming more than any thing
is the drive-train take's a killing in these truck's doing this kind of work.