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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: Laderhosen on March 03, 2010, 04:47:52 pm
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Seen this for sale, the guy says this is how he got it straight from the army.... looks like a bit of a homemade job though.... any ideas???
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/dobbeuse2001/CUCV4.jpg)
(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/dobbeuse2001/CUCV5.jpg)
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I was in the Army while these were in svc. I dont remember any Duelly. But i could be wrong. I tlooks good though.
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i've never seen a cucv with a cab and chassis axle under it, but it could have happened. the dually front is telling me that the axles were swapped in, but if it was by the military or not is a good question.
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That a long bed?
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I was in the Army while these were in svc. I dont remember any Duelly. But i could be wrong. I tlooks good though.
It's cheap too.... ;)
I think it looks odd without the dually arches though....
Have seen pics of these before but never in the flesh (http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t253/dobbeuse2001/CUCV6.jpg)
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That a long bed?
yeah, 8 feet.
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I would say it could potentially be a CUCV but it would definitley have fenders on it. Army was all about safety, that would be slinging junk all over the place.
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Didn't gm make the narrow rear end so they could have a fleetside/ not with the fenders. Or is that one just have hacked off fenders?
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Didn't gm make the narrow rear end so they could have a fleetside/ not with the fenders. Or is that one just have hacked off fenders?
if you look at how far the rear tires stick out from the bedside on the one with the flares, then look at the one in question, the axles are 2 different widths. the tires on the one in question are within the fleetside wheel wells, not protruding out that far. i kinda think it's a C&C axle.
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There is a member here that has a fleetside dually (sorry I cant remember your name). I wonder if it is the same thing as his.
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I'm wondering if the army just had a spare Chassis Cab and put a CUCV bed on. The wheel tubs inside the bed are the standard size ones, like on a single wheel truck.
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I think they would have had to replace the rear axle,because the cab and chassis is longer
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A few things I would look to see if it's a real Military vehicle for are a tag on the drivers door inside the cab that would give the model number. Does the 6.2 diesel have dual alternators for the 24 volt starting system? Does the door key fit the ignition?
The Military bought so many trucks from GM that it seems GM would build them any thing that they wanted within reason. Strange things happen with the Military trucks. I've seen a few Military duallys with SRW Dana 60 front axles in them (front and rear rims did not match). The Blazers (M1009's)are rated At 3/4 ton (not 1/2 ton) and the pick ups (M1008/M1028) are rated at 1.25 tons compared to the K30 1 tons.
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well from what I see the paint job is home made since the tail gate has bed cover snaps in it I think, and the rest of the bed does not make me think the tail gate was added later then painted all at once. I don’t think the military would even use bed covers?
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If this guy claims that he got it straight from the Army he should have some Government paperwork for it.
By the way, how muck does he want for it?
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Bed snaps can be added after paint!
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Right blazin but why only the tail gate.
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Right blazin but why only the tail gate.
Maybe it has a cap like my M1028 has on it and they made a canvas enclosure for the back of it?
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didn't think of that now it makes sense ::)
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That is for sure a military truck. From what I understand gm never made a cucv dully. What happened was they were having problems with rollovers from some of the trucks with tall boxes on the back so gm put together a kit to send military bases for conversions. I've seen some that they didn't finish the conversion, like left the front dana 60 alone and didn't install the front axle kit, etc. I was wondering if they didn't finish the bed but that does look norrow, hard to say.
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M1028A2 and M1028A3
mines an A2
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I was in the Army while these were in svc. I dont remember any Duelly. But i could be wrong. I tlooks good though.
Actually, i think this series(though not nessesarily the one pictured above) is still in service. i saw several in a convoy last yr in ohio. i could not get a picture at the time.
i don't know if it was national guard or what, but it was definitely official government business.
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That one came from Ft Drum, NY.
Though it was WVARNG when I got it about two years ago.
HAD 13,500 mi - now right around 19k...
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spent 6 yrs working on these 90-96 it defiantly military interesting to see if it has a 208 or 205 transfercase. This is somehting somebody pieced together most of your bigger bases had can. points (canibilization point) basically a junk yard for military parts, just show up with a requistion tag and help yourself! I would frequent the can. point regularly to get squarebody parts to fix our other vehicles. our favorite mod was putting hummv tires 37" on our service trucks.