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. Just when I thought I had it figured out... all fire trucks of that era, especially late war, start with “50”. I think I’ve narrowed it down based on another truck with similar registration numbers. Shucks, I doubt anyone will get to excited about it if I’m off by a digit or two. Figuring out...

The engine code, which took a bit of cleaning to find, says it was built at Flint Michigan in 1954 and was a 235 cid, 115 HP, regular engine. Furthermore, it was built as a truck engine based on part numbers cast in to various places around the engine. Today’s tasks were to remove the fresh air...

Update: while reading David Doyle’s G506 book, I noted that all original G506 engines were painted OD green. My engine is a bright GM orange. Looking over many pages of data on the internet, I found a site that lists certain numbers cast on each type engine. Here’s the site...

Finally got out and get some stuff done. Got the fire extinguisher bracket off, dash supports and oil filter assembly. The firewall is pretty nasty so there’s going to be some heavy cleanup before too long. Getting what few pieces left to get out of the way to I can get the sound proofing...

Nothing done due to the snow. I get migraines from too much light exposure. With all the snow and bright sunny but cold days, it’s brutal going outside. Hopefully the snow will be gone enough for me to get back to work today.

Just another sunny day in paradise! :cool:

Just a little snow:shock:? How’d you fare?

Not sure if it’s a CCKW wheel. If I find a part number, I’ll see what I can find out about it.

. I need one of those machines... we used one to clean our helicopters up in Iceland.

Finally got the dashboard out. Had to remove the steering gearbox mount bolts. The dash has to rotate up in order to clear everything under it and the steering column was in the way. Tried to do things a bit easy and just remove the pitman arm... nope, not going to happen. Pics below. No rust...

What a pain. No really, I hate working behind the dash. I can say that this project has been properly christened because I cut my hands and bled all over it :tigger:. Anyway, got the instrument cluster disassembled. The temp gauge is kicking my backside. Just can’t figure out how to disconnect...

Continuing the disassembly of the dashboard. Got the steering wheel off and I’m going across the dash, removing pieces parts to get at the whole dash to make all that white paint go away. Note: according to David Doyle’s book about the G506, all models of the Chevy 1.5 ton have 3 spoke steering...

It’s been too darn cold the last few days. Throw in a migraine that lasted two days... nothing got done. Got out today to continue the campaign to eliminate all white and red paint. I pulled the glove box door then removed the glove box. Everything came apart fairly easy. Also going after the...

Not much done today. Got the voltage regulator and one of the stray voltage boxes off the firewall. Got most of the insulation hardware off the drivers side, getting the center is going to require inventiveness. There’s oil lines and stuff in the way of the screws holding the fire extinguisher...

I’m going to pull the firewall components and get rid of all the white/red paint. After that, the cab will get cleaned up and finally the frame. Then I’ll put her back together and paint her OD just like during the war. At that point I’ll start rebuilding the bed/water tank/etc to get her...

One of my M35’s lost oil pressure just as a parade was starting. I made it through the parade route without abrupt stoppage so I figured it was a gauge problem. Nope, something in the injector pump failed and was causing diesel to dump into the oil system. When I reached the end of the route...

My first M35 is Armadillo cause it is painted tan from the desert. The second is Warthog cause it was just ugly and the third is War Wagon. My first M211 is the Old Farf but the second is currently unnamed. The M1009 is the Frog, cause until I got the fuel system working, it kept “croaking”. The...

Yesterday I pulled the drivers door in order to have one hand on the bolt head under the dash and one hand on the nut on the firewall. Loads of fun! Since I’m getting the firewall cleaned up, I figure pulling the dash will help. One thing I found amusing, there were three turn signal switches...

Fire truck,but not in its original configuration. I don’t have a bed for it so returning it to a cargo configuration won’t work. I’ll be able to use its original tank support, hose reels, etc. however, the big water pump up front is broken and is removed. Getting a replacement will be difficult...

Started working in the engine bay and found I need to reach both side; inside the cab and inside the engine bay. Door does not want to come off easy aua