Recent content by 50ChevyFrank

I googled Utica Bend and learned that it was a wholy owned subsiduary corporation of Curtiss-Wright. During the merger of Studebaker and Packard C-W, already a huge defense contractor, bought some (all) of S-P's defense contracts (for dimes on the dollar) and formed the Utica Bend Corp and built...

OK, so production of the Reo-based M35 deuce ran from 49 or 50 to 70-something? With the following manufacturers Reo Studebaker Kaiser Jeep General Products Division, AMC AM General Curtiss-Wright Utica Bend who? The A3 variants were not new but refurbished trucks? Right? So they got new name...

the olive-drab site also says 10 different manufacturers for the M44/M35 series trucks but does not list them anywhere that i've seen. memphis equipment list Reo, Studebaker, White, Kaiser Jeep, AM General. i also read somewhere that White Motors at some point bought Reo and Diamond T separately...

I'm about 65 mi straight east in Sullivan. My trouble is I live in town and have no place to keep a big truck like a deuce. :cry: I guess I'll have to stick with my 3/4-ton Chevy. :razz:

Where in Illinois Biggles?

The more I learn about this motor the more difficult this swap seems to be.:cry: The 331 is several inches longer than my 216. I will probably have to cut into my firewall and re-do the rear mount/ crossmember, etc..... I'm a good mechanic but not a welder or bodyman. Better look elsewhere...

Thanks again. The 331 I found is from an M35. That means SAE #3. The owner also has the trans (3052) and some other stuff that he really wants to keep for another project. I did not know about the 400" engine. What was it found in? Thanks for the links. I am a regular visitor on the 4btswaps...

I found a Gold Comet for the right price. Now I need to find the correct bellhousing/ adapter to mount my SM-420 trans. From the scanned pages JasonS posted Reo must have offered the trans adapters for GMC's with the SM-420. I wonder where in the world one of them can be found now?? What...

Thanks for the warm welcome from everyone. :-D:roll:

Thanks Thanks for the pics! I appreciate everyone's comments. I have been studying on this project for a couple of years - so I am not in a hurry. I love inline 6-cylinders so I have been thinking all along about a bigger 6. I don't really have anything against V8's. I had another 50 Chevy...

Thanks I appreciate your first-hand experience Jason. Thanks to everyone esle for your comments. It has given me more to think about.

302 Having done some research on stovebolt.com and oldgmctrucks.com I agree that the 302 is almost a bolt-in. And a popular swap. The 331 Gold Comet may not be right for my Chevy, but it would be different. And I would think a motor big enough to propel the M-275 should move my little pickup...

dunno Maybe it will be. Having not seen one I don't know. That's why I want to learn more about them. Get dimensions and specs. Thanks.

wrong forum is there a better forum for these questions?? Is there a tech section?? I will look around some more.

Sullivan I live in Sullivan. Close to Decatur, Mattoon, Effingham. Here in Amish country. I dont see many MV around here except at the NG Armory. Thanks for the welcome!!