From: Nigel Hay (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 01:43:25 PST
Its all down to defence cuts i guess.......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] SWB 2.5 Tons
Hi List...
There is a guy in Sunnyvale, California who chopped his deuce down to
a single rear axle. He keeps it in his side yard behind a fence near
the following intersection:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=6MAj3Op_0TrTHDPWrXD0erWTaXShPoN3sfWYweR
jAPtaNqI-&csz=sunnyvale%2C+ca&country=us
Anyone know him?
>Well, Dave at Eastern Surplus has gone and done something I thought
>would be kinda fun to do. It started with my thoughts on the Chevy
>and Ford CMP HUPs. That's Canadian Military Pattern and Heavy Utility
>Personel for those that don't speak the Commonwealth MV speak.
>
>Those look like: http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/museumreviews/id17.html
>(scroll down to the Diamond T wrecker)
>
>Then I got to thinking that a 2.5 tonner modified by dumping a real
>axle and shortening the chassis to make a North American Unimog would
>be interesting. Mind you, this is just idle thoughts I have as I
>drive my Honda Insight around Atlanta and drive past the morons in
>their H2^h^hYukons.
>
>So, I'm looking at trucks today online and Lo, Dave at EAstern
>Surplus has gone and made what I've been thinking of.
>http://www.easternsurplus.net/180a.jpg
>
>I can't say I'm happy with the placement of the fuel tank, but its'
>still a rather nice looking truck. Perhaps some kind of fuel tank
>placement between the frame rails would work better. All it needs is
>some kind of rear body over the back chassis (a crew cab setup and
>small cargo area?), a tire mount on the end of the chassis and it'd
>be set.
>--
--Jim "Ike" Newton
o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half" 478 CID Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine Air Shift Front Axle 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
See These Trucks at www.CUCV.NET Keyword Searching of 22,000 Electronic TMs at www.MILDOCS.com
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