From: Joe Scheaffer (jsinvent@charter.net)
Date: Fri Sep 10 2004 - 16:06:54 PDT
My 1962 M422A1 Mighty Mite has a single stop/tail light on the left side. So did the early M151's. M151A1's,
which began production in 1966 if I remember right, have two stop/tail lights with a separate black out stop
light.
I'm planning on replacing the blackout light on the right side of my Mite with a stop/tail light like is
used on the left and adding GI solid state turn signals.
My Dad has a 1962 M37B1 that had early turn signals added during a rebuild at USMCSC Albany, GA in 1968.
Joe
The Elrod's wrote:
> All of the early M series vehicles till I believe 1955 were produced with
> only on a single rear tail light and no turn signals. This was true of
> commercial trucks also.
> My M-211, a friends M-35 and another's M-211 that are in original condition
> (read as not attacked by the civilian sector or zeroed by Uncle Sam) all
> only have single tail lights and no wiring I the harness for the second.
>
> Mark
>
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> Does my M35 have stop, turn, and "break" lights? Of course it does. I would
> not be able to register it in NY State if it did not. I have added
> (manually-operated) back-up lights, and have all the gear ready to install,
> to add a limit switch to the gear shift to make them operate automatically.
> The state does not require them, but I added them for convenience and
> safety. I have also added clearance/markers, and conspicuity tape, to make
> the truck DOT compliant. It was not necessary, as it is registered as an
> historical vehicle, but prudence dictates an occasional expense.
>
> Are you aware of any M-series truck that is not equipped with stop, turn and
> brake lights? I am not. You claim that "deuces" do not. (CCKW's do not.
> M135/211/35 do.) I have never seen an M-series deuce, 5-ton, or ten-ton
> that did not. Please explain your concerns more explicitly.
>
> apb
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