XM757 details - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

cranetruck · 10-17-2006, 11:08

Upon several requests, I'll start posting images of the 8x8 to show details of it's many features.

cranetruck · 10-17-2006, 11:12

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Towman2277 · 10-17-2006, 11:48

Thanks for the pics, i'm extremely curious to the design of the machine!!

Armada · 10-17-2006, 12:25

Interesting spring packs and other unique features. Nice score Bjorn, it appears to be in remarkable condition.

maddawg308 · 10-17-2006, 12:42

Really neat setup indeed. Are those drive axles a standard type (i.e. Dana, GM Corporate, etc), or are they proprietary to the truck?

cranetruck · 10-17-2006, 15:45

Here is the data tag, which shows serial number and delivery date.

David Doyle can probably tell a lot from these numbers. If the 0018 means that it's number 18, it could explain at least three oddities found so far, apparently only one fuel tank was used and the battery tray was never occupied. Long battery cables are connected directly to the starter and they are long enough to keep the batteries on the platform behind the cab...doesn't look like a civi fab job. The cables that would normally go from the bulkhead conectors to the battery box are different from what the manuals show. The third oddity is the lack of black-out driving light, there is not even a space for it.

Maddawg, the axles are Rockwell 6.40:1.

Elwenil · 10-17-2006, 16:31

That's odd about the BO lamp. The pic in the original XM757 thread labeled "Cab Canvas" shows it hanging off the front of the cab. At first I thought maybe it was because yours has the winch but the pic I posted of Tom's 8x8 doesn't have it either and his doesn't have a winch. Not sure if it did originally or not.

73m819 · 10-17-2006, 19:03

just a thought, the reason for the differerence may be in that Bjrons is a xm757, NOT a m757, it could be that the first few in the prouduction run remained xm so that some more experimentaion could be finished before the standeredized M number, if that is the case, then the xm757 is even rarer then everybody thinks

cranetruck · 10-17-2006, 21:05

Good thought Ron, but I don't know about the "M" version, even the manuals I have call it the "X"M757 along with the expansible van XM791. Only the cargo variant is a plain M656.
Never seen an M757 listed. Again, David Doyle is the expert here.

73m819 · 10-17-2006, 21:11

it list it as a m757 in military wheeled vehicles, those tms could be the first print along with the production where it still was refered as xm977, the cargo was the first rig, maybe thay were still working out problems on the 757 and the expando when production started