M109 in Bend, OR

Just bought a 1963 M109 from a guy on the Pirate forum. Drove it 250 miles home from Fort Jones, CA earlier this week and I'm diving right into a motorhome conversion. I read a lot of helpful stuff here before I bought this little Deuce, and now there's a lot more I need to figure out quick-like. Promise to do more searching than posting....

Welcome aboard, lets see the old gal Search often and feed us a steady diet of pics and you will fit right in.

welcome! Congrats on the purchase

Welcome to Steel Soldiers and welcome to the ever growing 109 camper converters clan

Rick

get us pics

Welcome to the M109 conversion crew. I hope to start on mine this spring. Ps PIC'S! Dave C

Thanks guys. I'll post more pics as I rip into it, but there's not much to show right now.



It seems like a pretty solid truck. I just need to score a few more things for it, like a hard top, winch, and heaters for the cab and box. I'm planning on living / traveling in this rig full-time for the next few years; and I'm anxious to get on the road, so this is pretty much a full-time project for me until it's finished. I've built lots of off-road vehicles, but I know jack **** about motorhomes and campers AND this is my first military vehicle/heavy truck, so I'm still trying to figure out what equipment (appliances, electrical, water system, etc.) I should use. As soon as I figure all that out, I'll start working on a floorplan and then, well, then the real work starts.

In the meantime, I've started organizing all of my stuff into two piles (not literally). One pile is the stuff I know I want to take with me, and the other pile is stuff that I'm going to put into storage. I'm going to start living only out of the pile of stuff that I'm taking with me so that I'll have a better idea of what I need to make room for as I build this thing out.

Search here. You`ll find a welth of info on !09 conversions here. What are your travel plans. Welcome to S S

I think I've already exhausted the 109 conversion search! Ha. Not sure where I want to settle down and build a house, so I thought I'd go have around. I'll probably be spending most of my time up here in the PNW, but I'll be up and down the whole west-coast. Down to Mexico for the Baja races, and I've definitely got up to Alaska at least once. This will also be the primary support vehicle for all our dirt bike trips, and those take us all over the place.

do a search for "RV" or "camper" and "M109" .

Plenty of good stuff out there..

Mike

tamangel said:

do a search for "RV" or "camper" and "M109" .

Plenty of good stuff out there..

Mike

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Thanks, I'm wearing out the search button, and think I've already found most of the 109 conversion threads. Do you know Ed down in Fort Jones? That's who I bought this Deuce from.

Jesusgatos.... Hello from the wet side!

Hey, what's up? You on the hunt for a Deuce?

I was looking for a Deuce, but have decided that the 5 Ton will suit me better. I am looking for an M813 or M818 to put a deuce bed on. It would be an appropriate ADV ride!

Ha. Bigger is better, right? I dunno. I looked at the 5-tons, but man...

Here you go ----> M109 RV/Camper Truck Project

EXCELLENT conversion by a member here.

Thanks. I've got the buildup bookmarked.