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Good luck with you Journey! Post pictures of your adventure. If I was along your route, you would have had a place to stop and rest.

Hi Rustystud. I have a similar story. A long time ago (back in the mid `80`s) we received our new M35A2`s (MLVW to us Canadians) and after a bit of time, they started coming in the shop for servicing. I remember a newbie mechanic was given one of these trucks to service. He did the safety...

Up here in Canada, we have HLVW 10 ton wreckers designed by Steyr. With this truck I have pulled a Leopard 1 engineering vehicle, on cement, about 500 meters with 2 90 degree turns. The wrecker weighs about 18-20 tons kitted out and the Leopard Badger another 46 tons. The wrecker has an in line...

Hey Rusty. You are right about modern truck frames. Most of the ones I have seen have warning decals on them saying not to weld or even drill new holes in them.

Hello Wilfred. What you are seeing is one of the many mods done to our trucks. That is the muffler. The exhaust ran from both cylinder banks, joined up at the rear left side of the engine through a "y" adapter, dropped down below the cab floor boards with a flex pipe, followed by a relatively...

When our trucks were built by Bombardier back around 1982, they used an American M35 as the basis and then proceeded to make upwards of 40-50 improvements. I am guessing that additional tie down point at the front of the frame was one of them.

On our trucks, those bolts and holes are there, its a tie down point on the frame. There are 3 of these tie down points on the first 6 feet of frame on each side. In actuality there were 2 mods done, the frame extension and installation of step plates between the bumpers and the front of each...

Hi Guys. Up here North of the border, all of our M35`s or as known here, MLVW`s were modified in the mid `80`s with front bumper frame extensions. Didn't`t matter if they were winch equipped or not, all were done. This mod was greatly appreciated by all because we now had a platform for drivers...

Fantastic restoration job fellas! Up here, north of the border, some guys out west in Alberta are restoring a 1912 WW1 Cadillac field ambulance. This particular vehicle has, luckily, been in storage since 1949 so to start with is in remarkable condition...

The Iltis is a great little 4X4. I worked on them from the day we received them in the CF till we got rid of them. Easy to work on and pretty reliable. I would like to get my hands on one to restore to former glory.

What you are looking at appears to be a 2 cylinder, water cooled 2 stroke ski-doo engine. Not a Humvee engine.

In my many years as a mechanic, civilian and military, I have seen electricity do some very weird things. When I was learning the trade in High school, our teacher would put faults on stand mounted engines. When my turn came, he said that the client was complaining of a no start situation, but...

Unimog 404 series with what looks like a radio comms box on the back.

Welcome from Montreal, Canada. Russia has some very capable off road trucks such as Zil, Kamaz, and Urals. The members here love pictures so post some please.

Another "modern" heater maker is the European company of Eberspaecher. We had these heaters installed in our Canadian M109's to heat the cab interiors and another to heat the coolant for the engine. We also had another model installed in our 10 ton trucks to heat the coolant, the battery box...

Hello From Montreal (ok, 35 km south east). This site has very knowledgeable members so when your time comes, you won't be alone. I too am slowly looking for a "big green toy". I will probably start small with something like an M38, a M37, or an Iltis. But you never know, If I find a Deuce, I'd...

Up here in Canada, many Reserve units had CJ-7's in the mid to late '80's. They had the in-line 6 258 cubic inch engine mated to a 5 speed. As for military equipment added to them, there was a 12 to 14 voltage converter bolted under drivers seat, a radio rack mounted on one of the rear fender...

I sure could have some fun with that truck. Brings back memories, I drove them for close to a decade. Tough as nails but they loved to suck gas.

Welcome to the club! In that configuration with the singles, she looks a lot like our Canadian setup.

If they would start selling at that low of a price, I would love to buy one. But because I am Canadian and they sell with an ECU, good luck at that. But one can dream....