From: shoop19@brick.net
Date: Mon Oct 04 2004 - 12:52:58 PDT
One of Sam Werner's is in St Louis, being restored. Yes, rough, but
restorable.
Jon
> I think this one is a copy, but Sam Werner (Tracy City) had two of them.
> I saw them about tens years ago when I was prowling for M37 parts, they
> were rough but restorable.
>
> G.R.Baker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: m35products [mailto:m35prod@optonline.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 11:41 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] 1966 XM408 6x6 Military Jeep Prototype?..Not!
>
>
> Jim:
>
> How was the six-wheel drive done on the original and the copy? Or is it
> a dummy axle? Thanks.
>
> APB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gilmore" <jgilmore@ptd.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] 1966 XM408 6x6 Military Jeep Prototype?..Not!
>
>
>> At 08:36 PM 10/3/04, you wrote:
>> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2492595
>> >067
>> >Ebay Item # 2492595067
>>
>> Sadly........this is NOT a XM-408.
>>
>> I told my friend when I gave him the data and photos of a real
>> XM-408
> that somewhere down the line it would be sold as a real one and some one
> was going to get taken.
>>
>> This jeep was built originally by TE Murray as a six wheel M-151A1.
>> It
> was made from a standard M-151A1 with the body lengthened and an extra
> axle added. Later my friend Beryl Horning in Clio Michigan bought it. It
> was badly rusted and Beryl wanted to restore it to as close as possible
> to a real XM-408.
>>
>> I sent him photos and documents from Ford Motor Company files and
>> photos
> of a real one from a collector in the South.
>>
>> Beryl with the help of Dave Crompton (Kubel restorer ) rebuilt the
>> body
> and included the X shaped re-enforcements in the tops and sides of the
> rear fenders.
>>
>> Beryl had the finished jeep displayed at the Findlay Ohio MV rally
>> a
> couple of years ago and sold it then.
>>
>> It is NOT an Original vehicle but is instead a replica.
>>
>> The main spotting features are the data plate and the location of
>> the
> tail lights. On a original XM-408, the tail lights are at the top of the
> rear panel while this one has them at the bottom as do all M-151A1's.
>>
>> The data plate lists the vehicle as a Federal Stock number
> 2310-782-6056.......this is the stock number for a M-718 Ambulance and
> NOT a XM-408. This number plate is not for this vehicle and was stamped
> with the number as it was a blank plate.
>>
>> There are other differences between this replica and a real XM-408
>>
>>
>> Buyer beware....
>>
>>
>> Jim Gilmore
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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