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Per one of the posts below, an article on the various bridge trucks by DDoyle would be great! Since we have three (an M812A1, the water truck conversion and the spare M139) it would make for great reading. There seems to be a lot of the M139/M328 trucks around here (New England) that are more or less original. The only problems are that most of them have sat so long that the sheet metal is rusting from lack of care and the low hours/mileage drive-trains are suffering from total lack of use. The spare truck I just picked up is a prime example, having only 10-12,000 miles and low hours (if I believe the gauges). The body has the usual rust in the box section under the rocker panel, and the hood and fender joints are all rusted with some through holes. But the frame, axles, TC and transmission all look nearly new. Even the tires are original 1961 BFG Silvertown 1400x20 NDCC. Iguess most of these will endup as parts trucks due to the width issue and the costs to cut down the body and the frames to make them legal.
