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Posting here before listing for General Consumption(salute!)
1967 Kaiser/Jeep M715 soft top convertible 4x4 pickup truck; $2500
Located in Columbia, MO
Pics to follow tomorrow....
Former Military vehicle, which then saw Forest Service duty before being a work/play truck for me for the last 6 years or so.
Converted from 24 volt to 12 volt. Battery box moved from in the cab to under the hood. New 12 volt alternator and regulator. All new Stewart Warner Vintage series gauges installed.
Converted from straight six to chevy V8.
It has a rebuilt 1978 Chevy 350 4 bolt main engine out of a one ton 4x4; edelbrock carb and manifold, light head work, stock ram's horn manifolds. The 350 was installed using a kit from a guy in Texas that did hundreds of these for USFS. Simple, easy, nice.
The 4 speed transmission is a T98; the stock one was bad, it has a new old stock military surplus replacement in it, along with a new clutchpack.
Transfer case is NP200; new gaskets and seals installed.
Rear axle is Dana 70, with Detroit locker, new gaskets and seals.
Front axle is Dana 60, new gaskets and seals. I have a Detroit locker for it I'll include, it's not installed, see below.
It has power steering added. This was a simple drop in of the pump and box as Wagoneers were the same.
I also added a GM one ton dual circuit master cylinder to replace the single circuit that was stock. While the soft brake lines, shoes and wheel cylinders were replaced 5-6 years ago when I got the truck, at least one of the wheel cylinder is leaking now. NOS replacements are available, as are rebuild kits; but one can also replace them with 1993 Ford F250 one ton rear wheel cyinders. Cheaper, and easier to find.
The tires are Swamper 38x13.50x16; the 4 on the truck have about 1,000 miles on them and are in great shape, also includes four spare Swampers of the same size. While they have plenty of tread, they have seen some rough duty (though not by me).
The axles have 5.89 gears in the differentials (stock) so the truck is top speed limited by that to ~45 mph. The rear axlw has a detroit locker installed. The front axle does not, but I will include another Detroit locker for the front. The front is a more complicated install; and since I never felt like I needed it, I never put it in.
I have the stock brushguard as well. The big chrome grill is from a 1968 Jeep Wagoneer.
The high clearance front bumper is great protection and built to hold a Warn 8274 or similar mounting pattern winch
The truck has about 28,000 showing on the odometer..
1967 Kaiser/Jeep M715 soft top convertible 4x4 pickup truck; $2500
Located in Columbia, MO
Pics to follow tomorrow....
Former Military vehicle, which then saw Forest Service duty before being a work/play truck for me for the last 6 years or so.
Converted from 24 volt to 12 volt. Battery box moved from in the cab to under the hood. New 12 volt alternator and regulator. All new Stewart Warner Vintage series gauges installed.
Converted from straight six to chevy V8.
It has a rebuilt 1978 Chevy 350 4 bolt main engine out of a one ton 4x4; edelbrock carb and manifold, light head work, stock ram's horn manifolds. The 350 was installed using a kit from a guy in Texas that did hundreds of these for USFS. Simple, easy, nice.
The 4 speed transmission is a T98; the stock one was bad, it has a new old stock military surplus replacement in it, along with a new clutchpack.
Transfer case is NP200; new gaskets and seals installed.
Rear axle is Dana 70, with Detroit locker, new gaskets and seals.
Front axle is Dana 60, new gaskets and seals. I have a Detroit locker for it I'll include, it's not installed, see below.
It has power steering added. This was a simple drop in of the pump and box as Wagoneers were the same.
I also added a GM one ton dual circuit master cylinder to replace the single circuit that was stock. While the soft brake lines, shoes and wheel cylinders were replaced 5-6 years ago when I got the truck, at least one of the wheel cylinder is leaking now. NOS replacements are available, as are rebuild kits; but one can also replace them with 1993 Ford F250 one ton rear wheel cyinders. Cheaper, and easier to find.
The tires are Swamper 38x13.50x16; the 4 on the truck have about 1,000 miles on them and are in great shape, also includes four spare Swampers of the same size. While they have plenty of tread, they have seen some rough duty (though not by me).
The axles have 5.89 gears in the differentials (stock) so the truck is top speed limited by that to ~45 mph. The rear axlw has a detroit locker installed. The front axle does not, but I will include another Detroit locker for the front. The front is a more complicated install; and since I never felt like I needed it, I never put it in.
I have the stock brushguard as well. The big chrome grill is from a 1968 Jeep Wagoneer.
The high clearance front bumper is great protection and built to hold a Warn 8274 or similar mounting pattern winch
The truck has about 28,000 showing on the odometer..
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