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Yes, very rare those peroxide rigs were. They were essentially an M37 with a custom assembly in the bed.
However, all the M56 trucks were the long wheelbase jobs, same as the M43 ambulance.
Few realize all M56 G741-series were custom builds on limited contracts.
The M56 was built by Dodge as a cab & chassis, then shipped to the respective builders.
The contact truck, the R2 crash wagon, the X? wrecker, and other rare ones are examples.
The one here (maybe was, now) in the Phoenix metro came from the Guard base in a DRMO auction in the mid-80's.
Legend has it, it was the last G741 in inventory there. It still ran great, so it wasn't to be offed. So some enterprising individual drained the oil, ran it, and when it locked up...
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