My new Jeep!

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I found this monster by dumb luck, and fell in love with it. For those who are wondering "What the h%^& is that?" - it is a Jeep Kaiser M715 1 1/4 ton military truck. I have been looking for something to put the Cummins 6BT and 5 speed that I acquired a while back into. The thing is a beast. Its got a Dana 70 rear, a Dana 60 frontend (it is a closed knuckle, undfortunately) with 5.87 gears and a NP-200 cast iron, gear driven transfer case. These came with an "Tornado" OHC 230 cu in inline six, and a T-98 4 speed. The engine is messed up, and they are pretty expensive to build, so the Cummins is looking like the way I'm going right now.

The truck is VERY solid, and has no rust through that I can find. I got another that has top, tailgate, hood mounted blackout drive light, rear bumperettes, and rear D rings to use on the white one. I have everything I need to make a nice truck. These things will hold 40" tires no lift, so I'm going to put a set of Deuce tires on it to retain the military look, but cancel out some of the crazy low gear ratio. I am probably going to lift it just a little too - maybe 3 or 4 inches at the most.