Crash_AF

I was dropping off a trailer at the scrapper today and found this hiding in the back of the lot. It apparently is owned by the owner's brother and he's not interested in selling it. They used to have three, but they sold two of them to one of the mining operations around here. Another interesting thing is they were all expando vans... they ripped the van bodies off of them and scrapped them because nobody was interested in them. I'm going back next weekend to drop off the remains of my parts 1009s so I'll see if I can get better pics then.

Later,
Joe

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Joe

MVPA# 31736
MVCC (Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado)

1972 M818 WO/W (For Sale)
1977 M816
1983 M1029 (Suburban)
1985 M1008
1986 M1009
1991 M936A2

jasonjc

That looks like the same type as cranetruck has. That came in 3 types: tractor, cargo , and the van's. Hope they don't scrap it.

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cranetruck

Good eye, hope it remains safe for a while....

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Bjorn

MEP-018A (needs new generator head)

Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake and more. (SOLD)
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".

"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"

Crash_AF

Yea, I'm pretty sure it's a 757 (or whatever the specific number is for the van) It's not being scrapped, it's just stored there.

Later,
Joe

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Joe

MVPA# 31736
MVCC (Military Vehicle Collectors of Colorado)

1972 M818 WO/W (For Sale)
1977 M816
1983 M1029 (Suburban)
1985 M1008
1986 M1009
1991 M936A2

cranetruck

M656 is cargo, xm757 is tractor and xm791 is the van......

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Bjorn

MEP-018A (needs new generator head)

Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake and more. (SOLD)
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".

"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"

Oldfart

Joe,
Did you ever go back to that scrap yard? What is the deal on that XM791. I assume it resides/resided somewhere around Colorado Springs?

Bob

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