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ATTENTION TO DETAIL Note shock mounted instrument panel. Grounding is via dedicated ground wire and not through iffy mounting screws (M35)...

Looks like a lot of money tied up in those chains, wow!

XM757 HEATING AND DEFROSTING SYSTEMS Heaters for crew compartment, defrosting and engine are entirely separate and fuel burning, so that the engine does not have to run for the heaters to be operational. Coolant heater with circulation pump. Benmar crew compartment heater, including...

Thanks for your support! I really love working on this machine. Still got a way to go, tires, fuel tanks and more...

Private sale. Surplussed in the early '90s, I believe and not many in private hands, not running anyway, perhaps a dozen, mostly the m656 (cargo) version.

FORDING THE XM757 SIR! Pressurize "components" with the flip of a switch, wait a few minutes and the truck is fording ready. It's "fording ready" because of design features like sealed brake drums, pressurized engine, transmission and axle housings. Compressor gets air from the main...

BASIC ISSUE and TROOP INSTALLED ITEMS Some things are readily available, like the 5-ton snatch block (3940-105-9933) and 5/8" 16 ft chain with grab hook and pear shaped coupling (4010-473-6166). Other things were not so easy to find, like the tire chains (2540-933-6937), which I ended up...

Here are images to go with my previous reply to you (bumper marking and a vintage shot from Germany, ca 1970).

My xm757 came from the field artillery school in Ft Sill, the only place outside Germany where they served. Note bumper markings. Mine never made it overseas.

LIGHT WEIGHT The xm757 (m656 series) was designed for minimum weight to benefit cargo carrying capacity, floatation, air-dropability, transportability and ease of movement across off-road terrain. The total vehicle weight is 16,650 lb, with many parts made of heat treated 6061alloy aluminum...

The xm757 (m656 series trucks) was designed with easy or no maintenance components, for example the LDS465-2 multifuel engine has top loaded fuel filters for easy replacement of filter elements and the primary fuel strainer is of the "scraper" kind and no filter element does ever have to be...

Thanks for your support 8x8 fans! Ford wanted to make a military truck that met all possible requirements and hoped to replace the 2-1/2 and 5-tonners in that era. It became too expensive and came with too many features, rarely needed, so only a token 500 very ordered and assigned to the "hi...

The tubeless 16" wide tires allow airing down to 10 psi in the snow, it's fitted with fuel burning heater and we just love driving the xm757!

The xm757 served the 3 Pershing 1A battalions in Germany and the field artillery school at Ft Sill, OK, for about 12 years until 1983-85, when the heavier Pershing 2 replaced it. A vintage picture: With less than 200 truck tractors ever delivered (all in 1969), it's a rare vehicle and many...