Recent content by Forrest XM211

Hello Everyone, it has been awhile but I am glad to report that the complete "nut & bolt" restoration of GMC XM211 #2597 is complete after 3 years. Eastern Surplus of Philadelphia PA did an outstanding job. I just came back from a final inspection, operational overview, and test drive. My dad...

Hello fellow 211 enthusiasts, the final coat of paint has been applied to my XM211 and now I am in need of applying the front & rear bumper markings. My father was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, and I am requesting any assistance with regard to the markings. His papers are...

Hello Everyone, I know it has been over a year since my last posting, but all is good here with my 1952 XM211. As stated previously, she was in over all good shape, with the body being exceptional, however the decision was made for a complete nut & bolt restoration to take her back to a "like...

Hello Everyone, just thought I would upload a few pictures of the tear down, the drums & spindles all looked good, but the brake system was in need to a complete rebuild as we found every single brake shoe contaminated with either brake fluid, grease, or both, thus we are installing a modern...

Thank you Terry, my s/n is 2597, yes the Florida weather was good to her, as she spent her entire life down there, so the body was very clean. Eastern Surplus engineered and offered me the option to upgrade my brake system to a dual circuit M35a3 brake system since mine needed a complete rebuild...

They said late December with their current schedule, since it would just go in the garage here in PA for the rest of the winter and they offered to store it for free, I said lets just make it a winter project and we will set 4/1/17 as the pick up date . My plan is to then drive it all the way...

I saw this XM211 advertised on armyjeeps.net about 6 weeks ago, it had been a Florida truck its whole life, thus the very clean body, and mileage was 24,000 with mostly all original items.

With regard to my transmission, unless you let the truck idle for 15-20 minutes to warm everything up it would slip a lot, and a pickup truck had to be used to get it up on the flatbed due to the steepness of the ramps as it was slipping badly.

So far Eastern Surplus has gotten mine to shift "OK" so I may not need a full rebuild (just a good "tune up"), but they said the shop they use for transmission rebuilds would do the Hydromatic if needed. If you call them ask for Doug as he is the project manager for my XM211. Additionally, I...

A few more pics for everyone for our "starting point", she will be painted the darker Forest Green color with Army markings, and also a cargo cover when completed.

Thank you Erik, yes the "X" on the XM211 stood for "Experimental" from what I can gather on the Internet, and it seems that the earlier M211 numbered ones were the XM211 models as I noticed that while shopping around for one (not that there were many good candidates to choose from! LOL). The...

Thank you everyone for the information and encouragement. Thankfully we started with a very clean (body wise) 1952 XM211 w/winch, which also mechanically does run OK. It will be early spring until this project is finished, but below is a current "beginning" photo. Will post restoration and after...

Hello Everyone, I am new to the antique MV world, and decided to restore a 1952 XM211 as my father was a Korean War veteran, and these are rarely seen. It is currently at Eastern Surplus for all of the large work I cannot do myself (complete brake rebuild, transmission overhaul, rewiring, etc.)...