From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 07:36:06 PDT
You never know what you might see in pictures in Vietnam. Those guys were very resourceful when push came to shove. A big suprise to me was when I found a pic that was posted of a deuce with a 5 ton air cleaner on the fender. I asked about the picture, thinking it was some hot rodder dressing out his truck with something cool. This was in the right direction when the guy posted the answer......."5 ton motor under the hood"
Jeff
Vietnam War Line Haul Historian
---- Tactical Truck Info <info@tacticaltruck.com> wrote:
>
> > I had two deuce and a halfs in VietNam with the 427-1
> > with turbo on them.
> >
> > Sonny
>
> Sonny, your memory serves you better than mine, I always
> forget about the short lived M35A1. Out of the hundreds of
> M44 series trucks I've seen, I can remember two M35A1s.
> They had the exhaust out between the rear tandem. It's a
> pet peeve of mine that people will spend alot of time
> getting their Vietnam impression as acurate as possible
> then blow it when they pull up in their turbo stack M35A2.
> Anyone ever seen a picture of a deuce and a half w/ a turbo
> stack exhaust in Vietnam? I saw one late war picture at the
> National Archives of a M35A2 that had the expanded metal
> stone shied on the grill. The exhaust was not visible in
> the photograph but, with that grill, it could have had a
> turbo/stack exhaust. It was being strapped down to a boat
> and appeared to be a South Vietnamese truck.
> Jeff
>
>
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