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Pictures of the improved crossmember. The welds are now on the inside.

Thanks Clinto! The repair in your picture is almost identical to the one i saw in the PS magazine. I searched PS magazine online and found an article in issue 209 April 1970, page 46. There has to be another article in another issue, i will seach for it, as i remember the picture looked somewhat...

That's what i would think, as the pressed steel style is a more advanced technology, but now my question is, when was the design changed? And why, if the ''new'' style was made from at least 1954 (call that new), do so many later trucks have the welded set? It almost seems that for some time...

Right, but it is hard to determine which one is the old and which one is the new style . I have a 1954 TM 9-8022 and it clearly shows both styles.

Originally Posted by clinto I can't speak from experience on the gasser, but there are 2 totally different front engine crossmembers and 2 totally different transfer mount systems. The M44A1 style crossmember was also used on M44A2...