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No, there were gasoline Deuces (the original M35 was a gasser, as well as ones built earlier) and there were later Deuces that were pure diesel (the M35A3, which was a near-total rebuild of an A2, used a Caterpillar diesel). However, the auction description isn't the place to check that. The...

It comes down to Risk vs Reward. If you don't know what it really wrong with the turbo, the risk is quite high. I can't see a reward. Me, I'd inspect the turbo, but if I had a spare and the ability to field-replace it I'd just do that for the piece of mind. No way I'd run an engine with...

That makes me think it isn't the one I was thinking about- the truck my Dad's coworker had was a M35A2, not a converted M109. Plus it had the cab canvas and I don't recall the floors being rusty.

If it is the truck I'm thinking of (which would have Washington plates on it), the truck ran fine. The under-truck routing didn't seem to effect it at all except make it significantly quieter. I was so used to the whistler turbos that the truck didn't even sound like the Deuces I knew at the...

I'm 68% sure that the truck in Renton used to belong to one of my Dad's co-workers. He sold it about the time I got mine last year. Non-turbo with a muffler and the exhaust routed under the truck, and painted a uniform shade of green (not camo). It was very quiet for a Deuce.

I doubt there's a M-number, and I don't think it's Army. If anything, it's Air Force. The Coast Guard also bought converted vehicles- the Coastie unit that lived next door to my USNR unit had a late-90s Ford E350 15-passenger 4WD van that was a conversion job. While unrelated, the conversion...

You'd be surprised. I can't believe the prices some stuff goes for. I badly wanted a towbar, Ft Lewis had something like 40 lots (2 per lot). I never expected them ALL to go for $350-500 a lot. Then I saw what the guy who bought them all wants on the open market... I can take a...

My old F250 has the spare up front. Was that way because it had a cabover camper on it which meant there wasn't anywhere else to put the spare. I never had overheating problems. Been up there since 1976 or so (the mount, not the tire. I changed out the 1971-era spare a couple years ago)...

Here ya go... you can clearly (well, not that clear but it's my old camera) see the 3 side marker lights on mine. And no rearward turn signal (I know someone posted a pic of those somewhere else). Sorry, I don't have any pics of the trucks we ran in the Navy Reserve. It was 6 years ago.

Emmando, I'm a bit confused by your post... I know that Deuces don't meet FMVSS 108. They can't... it requires reverse lights. Anyhow, what I meant was that at the time that's what I thought, because that's what I saw when I was in the Service. Since I've seen newer ones I now know that...

I got the email. Pretty much will end my GL buying, as I only went after stuff no one else bid on. Or occasionally on metal cabinets which aren't worth $100 per lot as it is. All they are going to do is get fewer bids; and end up with more unbid items. They have plenty of lots that aren't...

Mine has them. In fact I bid on it specifically because of that; I kind of like them. When I was in the service I was of the impression that all Deuces and 5-ton cargos built before 1970 did not have them, but ones built after 1970 did because of federal lighting requirements. I never saw...

How about just walk into the DMV together? The SF97 (well, the reassignment sheet) will go to you, but you'll be right there with your brother. Heck, I've done that when it wasn't even relations. I bought a truck off a classmate, but it was his brother-in-law's truck. His brother-in-law...

That depends entirely on your State. It's never entirely easy, but it's possible in some States (that's where titles go to get "title washed" when they have "issues") and impossible in others. Some Southern States (or at least Georgia) don't even require a title for vehicles over 20 years old...

Also, just because it runs doesn't mean it's roadworthy. It might run just well enough to get it on a lowboy. Things like brakes, lights, etc may not work. Mine I drove home (10 miles) sans lights because the batteries were dead and the light switch was gone, but had a chase vehicle (neighbor...

I went the GL route for price reasons alone. The truck was in my driveway with under $1200 spent (bid price was under $1100) mainly because I drove the thing home... being within spitting distance of the base helps (under 10 minutes from my door to the gate). I still have less than $2000 in...

Abandoning equipment is nothing new... been happening since before the first group of men became an Army. After Vietnam they dumped hundreds of Hueys in the South China Sea. WWII, they pushed the equipment off ships. Sank ships with full loads. What did end up back in the States got buried...

That Craigslist deuce looks a lot like the one my Dad's co-worker sold about 8 months ago out of Carnation, though I don't remember his having troop seats (he may have just had them out when he pulled my grandfather's Isuzu back up onto a road). IIRC the one he had was a Sprag, it had none of...

It's different site to site. The "unmanned" sites can be a hassle and pretty much require you to tow stuff out. The Deuce I picked up in June stated "Runs with jump". No kidding... batteries were dead flat and one had a shorted cell. Neither would maintain charge, but the truck lit right off...

Mine is parked in the driveway holding the Hedge up. I need to trim the hedge. I don't need a ladder, I just stand in the Deuce bed with the chainsaw (you know the hedge has gotten out of control when it takes a chainsaw to trim it). Trimmings go right in the bed. When it gets full, it's off...