From: R. A. Moir aka RAM (cyclopsram@starband.net)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2003 - 03:34:17 PDT
That truck started out as either a gas engined model and was upgraded to the
Turbo, hence the fender cut, or was a M35A1 with the 427 motor which had
rear low exhaust, or was a non turbo M35A2 with the small round hole in the
fender which had to be oval to fit the turbo stack. The best clue is the
hood, the brace had to be modified to fit the air cleaner for the M/F
engine. It was done in many ways, hammer, torch or channel locks... So that
hood is for a gas engined truck...modified... Look on you front frame
rail left side for the vin... if it starts with M12345 or similar it is a
Gas engined truck.. The M/F # will be 0525-10069 or similar... National
Guard and Reserve units had big repower programs during the 80's so it is
probably a product of that era Check to see if there is a hole above and
to the right of the accelerator pedal...it may have a patch pop rivited over
it... this is where the starter pedal came thru for the Reo motor... Some
repowered trucks got new cabs if the original ones were rusted... Is your
tranny primed or green? Primed are the replacement overdrive units, is your
steering box primed... replacement at time of engine change... Do you have a
M/F left fender? no ledge to mount heater and good access to injection
pump and filters? Lots of times the gas fender with lots of flat inside
the hood were left on during replacement to use the new fenders in the kits
for other trucks. Are there hole on the fire wall where the regulator for
the 25 amp system was? You should now h ave a 60 amp alternator with
internal regulation... And the list goes on..... Happy trucking RAM
(now only 21 months away from Social Security Checks) OH yeah, lastly..
Hood side panels for Deuce should all be same dimensions, but with various
cutouts for heater and air intakes etc.... R
----- Original Message -----
From: <Gandjpappy@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 21:11
Subject: [MV] Request for M35 Information
>
> This will be a long note about hood fit, so if you're not interested at
least you were forwarned.
>
> The M35 that I just got appears to be a frankentruck. The truck has a Van
body on the back but the condemnation paperwork said that the dataplate on
the dash said M35A2 wo/w although the military was calling it an M185A3.
Here is what I know/believe:
>
> The truck is a 1967 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 wo/w which probably came as a non
turbo truck. I say that because the engine is a 1989 LDT465-1D and they had
to cut the inner fenderwell out with a torch to get the exhaust out to the
fender. The truck was condemned in November of 1998.
>
> The Cab is painted OD but the doors, the air inlets in front of the doors,
the fenders, and the hood are painted camo to match the van body. I believe
that they might have been put on this truck from the one that the van body
came from which would explain the cab and hard top not being painted to
match.
>
> When I bought it the grill was misadjusted and stuck out about 0.75 inches
from the front of the hood. Because of this, the hood latches did not work
and the hood was held down by wire. At some time after it left the military
it flew up and was creased by the hard top. I figure it was done later as
the condemnation papers mentioned the grill problem but did not mention any
damage to the hood. I fixed the grill by removing the frame mount bolts and
moving it rearward to another set of bolts. Seems to fit fine now.
>
> Now for the question. The hood on this truck had to have about 2 or 3
inches of the rear brace flange on the passenger side cut away to clear the
air cleaner and the hood has about a 3/4 inch gap between it and the side
access panels on both sides. I have never seen a truck with this big
clearance so I am trying to figure out what does not fit? Did the non
turbos or gas trucks have a different hood that did not come down the sides
as far and have a different rear brace? Are the side panels different on
different trucks? I really could use some assistance from someone who
really knows the diffent configurations on these trucks.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
>
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