Recent content by NDT

Make sure you have your will and advance directive filled out before using that chinese thing with the huge Allison.

Kinda Kermit the frog green there, is it the sun?

Yes, since the winch is the same as M35A2 deuce, every single part is available from numerous sources. And, lots of folks are looking for these winches to equip M35A2 trucks with a winch that is not equipped with one.

Those are MRAP wheels and will not fit the 10 hole Budd pattern on FMTVs. GL sold scores of those in years past and people were quick to develop adapter plates to mount them on Deuces. The only aluminum wheels that have 10 hole Budd patterns are Caiman MRAP wheels and GL never sold those, they...

Really the only true design changes are the dual circuit brakes and the heater fresh air intake is underneath the engine side panel, not in it.

That paint is the perfect shade. If "Lucy" ends up with one of your beds I would be interested in the other for a M34 project.

Nope

No GMC M135's left the factory in any color other than olive drab shade FS 24087. Back in the day, the Defense Department would make surplus tactical vehicles available to agencies such as the fire department under the Civil Defense program. There were offices at bases all over the US where...

WOW where did you find those pictures? See how the truck originally had singles then the fire dept dualled her out for some reason.

46 matches your main data plate, so yup you have a '52 M135 cargo truck without winch. The arctic enclosure (hard cab) was a sought after item for fire departments that did not want to mess with canvas tops.

Very cool. Looks like a nitrogen? tank that pressurizes some kind of flammable liquid? Is the discharge nozzle attached to the 37 mm? Did a radio usually go in that spot?

Well what can we tell you. The main data plate says M135 without winch, build year 5/52. M135 is the single rear wheel truck and given the way the hubs are set up on your rear tandem, that is what you have. Can you look for the stamped VIN on the frame under the passenger side fender kinda...

Those aluminum rims are off MRAPs and that bolt pattern is not 10 hole Budd and will not fit.

Yup fuzzy nailed it. The FMTV was Stewart and Stevenson’s first rodeo with road trucks, prior to this they built off highway vehicles only. The factory was right off I-10 and over the years I would see hundreds of partially completed trucks sitting outside in the weeds, waiting for this that...

How did you check the wires? When resistor wires degrade they don't pass enough energy to fire the plug when the engine is under load.