Some Kansas hill country treasures....

[91W350]

This week's business had me making a short road trip yesterday. When the temperatures approached 110, I quit pulling parts and went to check on these trucks I heard about this week. The report of a deuce with winch had me rolling... I was hoping for a M35, but found a M135 and..... a.... I am not sure truck...

 

[91W350]

Forgot the photos

This looks pretty solid in spite of resting on a hillside.

 

[davesgmc]

and i assume you had a camera?

 

[TIGERFANS2]

Looks like a great project truck for that excess spare time you have.

 

[davesgmc]

fairly decent 135, does it run? trans any good? I assume its still the automatic?

 

[91W350]

GMC Diesel 860

I found this truck much more interesting. Like the last truck, they drove it to its resting spot and shut her down, replaced by newer and faster, not necessarily better.

I did some Google searching and found several photos of 860s with sleepers, none like this one though. I also climbed around on this for a while and the engine mounts look original, not cobbled into the frame. The frame looks OD... Anybody else see one like this before?

 

[91W350]

I am having trouble with photos today....

 

[91W350]

More photos, I like this truck, it would make a neat rat rod with that screaming Detroit 6-53.

 

[Warthog]

I would love to have the COE. Not that I need it but I have always had a softspot for the COEs.

Install new running gear and the old sheet metal.....

 

[91W350]

I forgot to mention, that second GMC does have a military data plate inside the left door.

This thing is a brute, 35 tons of Clark, powered by a 350 horse small cam Cummins.

 

[91W350]

I would love to have the COE. Not that I need it but I have always had a softspot for the COEs.

Install new running gear and the old sheet metal.....

Did you catch that it is running a 6-53? It is on M135 running gear, they said it always had plenty of power, I would imagine so! They were confident it would fire up and run with a short pull start. It is pretty unusual with that slab back of the cab, like it was made for a sleeper and never had one installed. It has hydraulic assist steering. Glen

 

[Warthog]

It appears that the COE w/sleeper is called a Cannonball.

I realy like this red one in the first picture

Flickriver: Most interesting photos from GMC Cannonball COE's pool

 

[91W350]

None of those have the flat back cab like this one, some really cool looking trucks though. I hope we can save this one.

 

[davesgmc]

the coe motor is pretty sweet. I love the 2 stroke detroits,,,ELMO has one in it.