1968 M35a2 Deuce and a Half Walk Around, Startup and Ride!
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- Check out our parade vehicle that has been singled and upgraded with 46" tires. 1968 M35a2 walk around and discussion - this is our company vehicle that can bee seen in parades and at our shop behind Mission Survivor!
i had driven this same kind of truck at south korea army for two years. Your truck condition is amazingly good. i also fix this truck also. I changed tires from wheels by hands. One day i had drove this truck in DMZ for some operations and a fork crane pushed tale gate so it was broken. I ought to replace it. It's good to see this lovely truck again. thank you.
I was in an army reserve mash unit from 1969 to 1975. we had the m35 and the m151 and an m37 dodge 3/4 ton (which was our oldest vehicle and the most reliable vehicle) I was a wheeled vehicle mechanic and spent a lot of time on the highway in our vehicles. great video. nice looking duece and a half.
Excellent video. Well done, sir. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane.
Before I comment further here is a short history on my Driver Training in the US Army.
When I entered US Army basic training I ---like everyone else---took multiple batteries of tests. One of which dealt with driving. Apparently I did well in the driving test? Stay with me....
Much to my surprise in the first week of 'Basic' we were initiated into what was known as “Detail Day”. A day in which our training was interrupted and all members of the Company were assigned (by groups) to particular 'details'.
I learned later that most 'details' had to do with, cleaning things, digging holes, painting things that needed painting, filling and/or moving sandbags, and any other menial tasks that needed to be accomplished.
Well, the group I was in was marched down to the Motor Pool. Where we were introduced to what the Army called the “Duce-and-a-Half”.
It was a two and a half ton truck. In the eyes of a novice like me it appeared to be a damn big truck!
As well, The United States Army intended---nay they INSISTED they were gonna teach me and my buddies how to drive these monsters.
And they were not gonna charge me extra! As a matter of fact they were gonna continue to pay me!
Of course the first 'perk' was that from that day forward on “Detail Day”, while so many other guys were busy painting, cleaning, digging, and filling sandbags, I would be driving a big ass truck.
Now before I elaborate on the future jobs I was able to secure thanks to my Driver Training in the US Army let me say a few words regarding ratings. Having passed the class I was automatically qualified to drive (and received ratings for) ¼ ton jeep, ¾ ton pickup truck, and the more stout M35a2 “Duce-and-a-Half / Multifuel. This was all on my newly minted Military Driver License.
My training on and rating for the M113 (which is the most interesting part of my story) would come later.
Now for my comment on your video.
It is interesting you mentioned the poor performance of the windshield wipers. We drivers were nearly always assigned an 'assistant driver'.
Besides the obvious (taking over for the driver if he is injured) the primary duty of the assistant driver was to manipulate the the flippers at the top of the windshield to MANUALLY POWER the windshield wipers!
This came in handy for me once while in convoy from Fort Jackson SC to Fort Stewart GA. During a heavy downpour that seemed to last half a lifetime my 'assistant driver' (Murphy) worked very hard to make it possible for me to see the road! Later, I bought him a beer for doing such a great job.
At at any rate, thanks again for the video. I just hope that the next time you show someone your magnificent truck you will remember to point out the quirky feature: auxiliary (human powered) windshield wipers. :-D
Walter Holland thanks for your service.
Yes thank you
Job well done: thank you.
Walter Holland ...Yes thank you for your service!… I would also imagine that the odometer had been switched out several times as well…
STill awaiting the M113 tale. Lighter, faster than the M59 due to 1" Aluminum hull even though powered by a single front mounted Chrysler V8 (gas); floated better too. My unit stuck with the M59: power was TWO GMC 6 CYL GAS mounted midships on either side. Carburetor synchronization was real fun. Cooling air forced thru the engine compartments by two heavy fans, shaft mounted and driven by V Belts (prone to break) from engine pulleys. Hydramatic trans fed power into a steerable differential in turn powering the front drive sprockets on the tracks. The weak link V belts to the cooling air fans were the weak links, a contributing factor to the superceding M113. Because my service period ended prior to Tonkin, I never did get to play in amongst the hooches and now get to write this jumbled essay.
Speaking of hearing protection, I installed an aircraft intercom in my Deuce. Looked funny with headsets on, but you could have a conversation in the cab. I even put jacks in the back so anyone back there could plug in also.
I would think it not that hard to relocate that vertical muffler assembly some three feet toward the rear...that exhaust tip right outside the passenger window needs relocating.
Thank you for sharing this classic War Horse.. She looks and runs great , you're doing a amazing job with keeping her in great shape. 🦅🇺🇸🦅
Well presented. As a former owner of one of these it was nice to hear someone who actually appreciates and understand these machines.
I bet you would get more attention from that, than a Lamborghini.
Totally agree with you man. Tell you what. You go get the Lambo, i'll go get the deuce then we'll trade, ok budd.
lambowho? :D
Thats a Marines Honda civic!!!!
I own a deuce and have driven many supercarse before. I can say the deuce gets as much if not mpre attention
You should slap a "I love the environment" sticker on it and visit a local Prius owners club.
Really?
I own a Prius V & yes it gets crazy gas mileage, but at the end of the day, it's still just a wee little car. It's not a vehicle that I can throw a gutted hog or deer in the back, Where would I put the carcass, next to my daughter's car chair. Or how about being able to tow my 25 foot Boston Whaler ( it's a fishing boat, not a type of endangered marine mammal).
I intend to purchase a Deuce & a half in the very near future to use for hunting, camping, fishing & as work-horse around my ranch.
If you really think about it, hybrids & electric cars are just as bad or even worse then their uncouth & environmentally incorrect fossil fuel devouring brethren.
Consider how much energy is used to build a hybrid, not to mention what type of negative long term effects the old & used hybrid batteries will cause.
At least a beastly Deuce can give Mother Earth a helping hand by feeding on old veggie oil...
Bill Clinton call it a hybrid lmao
@@ShawnHaufe your a dumbass.
The Pentagon called them hybrid/ multi-fuel. You could run unleaded gas ( not av gas) diesel, jet fuel, kerosene,( similar to jet fuel) and just about any light oil, engine will run on crankcase oil their just hard to start.
Ku`i Used hybrid batteries are recycled or refurbished, not simply discarded.
Ferrari275gtbengine
I love the purr of a Deuce and a Half, I drove these in the Army, thanks for the video
I also have a 1968 M35A2C with winch and C turbo with air assisted power steering. I've owned it for over ten years and it has been a workhorse for me over those years. Easy to work on and fun to own. I live in West Melbourne Florida.
Well done on the restore, I drove the M35A2 and M52A2 when I was in the service. Still painted OD.
HAHA, She might get 11 mpg, but I guarantee if she was pulling 10 tons of whatever behind, she'd still get 11 mpg.
11mpg aint bad. I had a ML55 AMG (which is the racing division of mercedes) with a factory handbuilt racing engine and I got about 6-8 mpg in traffic.. and it uses premium fuel only.
Just like a Diesel should.
you did a magnificent job ~ the colour and larger michelin tyres are both spot on decisions
ENJOY‼️
Could’nt be nicer…👊🔥🥂
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Heck yeah ! Thumbs up. I will bet people don't mess with you in traffic driving that beast. I want one some day.
When there are no roads this is the Truck! Nice example, I like the tires and the diesel heater that heats the bed.
Ryan nice Deuce you have there. I have been collecting military trucks for a few years and have owned a number of Deuces all very good trucks but one thing I always tell folks looking to buy one are the HP rating and the fact that if they are expecting miracles of performance look else where! The Deuce engine makes 134 HP and that is in a 14,000 pound truck, if you doing something with a truck like this and need lots of wheel speed you wont get it here! Concerning the lubrication of the engine and primarily the injector pump I always add a qt of engine oil to every tank of fuel, with todays ultra low sulfur diesel fuel is very hard on the pump. Ryan you were certainly correct on your statement concerning the stock tires, they are know as NDT for non directional tread and they were designed to be somewhat good an ALL surfaces, well in reality really completely SUCK equally on all surfaces, if your not a stickler for originality there is serious improvement options concerning rubber! As far as the "hearing protection required placard" in the cab HELL YES you need hearing protection in a stock Deuce, they are almost deafening cruising down the highway! On my last Deuce I did a 100% resto on it and I rhino lined the inside of the cab up to the back of the seats and all the floor area then I used a FAT MAT under the center floor section on top of the transmission and this reduced the inside noise dramatically to the point you can easily have a conversation inside the truck while driving down the highway, I will be selling this truck this spring. Great video Ryan and thanks for sharing!
I have a 1968 M35A2C with the air assist power steering. Would LOVE to get tires and rims like the ones you have! Also the warn-type hubs would be nice as well. I've used my winch a lot over the years I have owned this truck. Living in Florida with hurricanes it's a great truck to have when there's flooding.
OUTSTANDING Deuce Ryan. Love the upgrades, the great video and thanks for keeping an important part of our military history alive and well!
Love the truck. I just bought mine in Alaska. Use to drive them when I first joined the USAF in the early 2000s. Now I'm about to retire and going to restore mine. Love the details in your video explaining upgrades and everything you have done. It was very helpful!
Considering how most of those ended up, that's a lucky survivor. It's also fun to see a no nonsense military spec vehicle. It's loud, crude and just about unstoppable. That turbo makes me laugh!
Dear God it's getting better mileage than my 04 GMC hahaha
Not hard to one up a Garbage Motor Car (GMC).
two of us soldiers were slowly driving in two separate duces on the bumpy desert of Kuwait towards the paved road (after the war) back in 1991 when suddenly we got this juvenile urge to race! we were bouncing and kicking up dust for about a mike. the guy i was racing against already had several flat tires anyway. it was fun!
a few days later i also had a flat tire, which i changed by myself using only the truck’s tools. the standard tires had inner tubes and could be changed by lifting the rim ring out with a crow bar. to inflate, i mounted the finished tire/rim towards the inside in case the ring would pop out while filling air with the truck’s compressor, which it never did.
good times!
I own a M-35A2 also. The capabilities are crazy. Your's is sweet, bro!
Very handsome vehicle and your upgrades are well chosen. I remember many of these sturdy well made "Whistlers" in Vietnam. This is the first time I've ever seen a well turned out "strac'" example. In Vietnam they were usually covered in red mud !
That turbo is to die for!
That is a fantastic truck! Thanks for the video.
LOVE that whistle sound
Dude that is so clean. That engine bay, oh man. Entire truck is MINT. I would load that bed up and go camping so hard.
then it would not be mint. Why "camping so hard" What is wrong with camping?
Very cool thanks for the ride . I've built them in 1/35 scale model and love the looks of the thing.
Wow! Love what you have done to that truck! Great video!
Thank you! Be sure to visit us at www.missionsurvivor.com for hiking, camping and prepping gear!
Awesome truck! I will have to keep an eye out for you around town. Cheers!
Outstanding truck! I'd spend hours listening to that Hercules screaming the hell out!
If I'd have one, I'd probably want no other vehicles in all of my life :D
Very nice vehicle ;) glad to see it in such a good condition.
Nicely done with some really nice upgrades. With no glow plugs that diesel started up super fast.
See those knobs to tension the windshield tip out? That's what we used to hold m16's, the carry handle fit there perfectly.
My local fire department has a couple of these and boy are they fun to fight fire in. they are indestructible!
Austin Shook for real
Really nice truck. Can't wait to get mine going!!!
Air brakes don't automatically mean it's a CDL vehicle in most states anyways. Hell here in Missouri you can drive a semi on a farm license with no CDL legally(Limited to a 150 mile radius though). A lot of rental trucks have air brakes though and no CDL required.
Garrett Smith you do need CDL in Florida if full air brakes. I believe he said some statex.
Thanks, GREAT looking truck. I'm looking to pick one up as a haul,plow, etc truck. The info you provided is helpful.
Check out a channel called "deuce and guns " he made an awesome 20 video series about everything you could want to know about these trucks.
Will do.
Nice restoration job, and good advice. I have two bobbed deuces and a custom M900 series and am always looking for upgrade options, with the impending winter I like the idea of the heater you installed, very nice.
Love the sound of that Whistler Turbine.
Beautiful truck!
Magnifique restauration , Bravo à l'équipe !!!
50 gallon tank, 11 mpg 400 mile range! Brilliant mathematics there!
This is a very nice truck, congrat! You did a good job on that thing! Some years ago we have a Csepel D344, which is a Hungarian army truck, similar too this M35, but we have to sold that :-/ I miss that thing when I watched this vid. Congrat again, great truck and great job!
Thx for the post. Nice piece of history there.
You did an outstanding job on the review!
really cool truck…. thanks for sharing
Great quality video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. It helped a lot.
That thing is bad-ass!!! Man...I need to move out of Los Angeles and buy one those bad boys. Very nice rig sir.
Wow! That's awesome! I've been looking at bug out / adventure campers & this or the 5 ton would make a great platform.
Awesome I love big trucks...
The distance you had from your wingmirrors to your garage is the same as I have getting me little Merc into me little garage :D
Very informative, LOVE ride-along videos... love hearing that turbo all-fuel go to work! Subcribed!
Beautiful truck!! Love it
Great video Dude. God Bless.
Beautiful truck!! Love it.
Love you kept the origional turbo in it. Most people replace it because of the wistle.
That's a nice truck. I have a 1969 deuce and I enjoy it too.
mileage?
Ah, this brings back memories of playing Far Cry 3. Deuce was my favorite vehicle to drive.
Haha yep. Ever play the mudrunner games? The sound design is nearly identical to what these trucks sound like in the video, and the in game trucks are similar too.
@@TheTWhite Ah, just looked it up. It appears to be a Spin Tires clone.
This is my favorite track
Beautiful restoration job Ryan. Bet it brings a smile to your face every time you drive it.
Very Nice!!!. I am in the process of trying to get one.
Black out lights are not infared, They are red lens lights used to convoy at night. Red lensed lights can only be seen close by others in a convoy and not by the enemy at night from a distance. Driving with blackout lights requires paying great attention and driving at reduced speed. You would hear a deuce and a half long before you saw the blackout lights. Infared lights are invisible to the naked eye and requires special gear to see they were not equipped on military vehicles in 1968. Infared is also super expensive even today.
- 1944 Sperber
I call BS on the "red light" crap.
Had you ever gone through actual military training you'd know red will not cause you to have to readjust your eyes to dark like long color spectrum white, red is shortest which is why it won't close up your pupils.
If I remember (been a couple decades) there is 2 bars on the blackout lights at the right distance, if you see one, you are too far away and need to go faster and if you see four, you are too close and in danger of hitting the lead vehicle. Red light actually travels further than any color (why the dawn or dusk is Red) even if its not as harsh on the eyes, so its a mixed blessing. As far as not being able to be seen by a enemy by having red lights, not so much.Being heard before being seen, yeah definitely, but it at least (in theory) it won't be artillery from miles away that hits you unless the enemy really did his homework.
And the red lenses helped you see when you used NVGs (night vision goggles) when the convoy was in "lights out" mode...
Fiftyeight Bushido - yeah right. Even ten plus years ago, and long before your comment, I could buy a security camera from Harbor Freight for around $40 that had both an infrared capable camera, and infrared LEDs.
Infrared is not expensive. Maybe military grade is just because the military industrial complex rapes the American tax payer.
Congratulations! Excelent video, excelente truck, i liked a lot!
You should take that rig on Trooper Tyree's 2022 Great Smoky Mountains Convoy in October. See HISTORY in MOTION magazine 'Events' listing of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association.
Damn! I wanted to say something cool, but I'm just sitting here with my mouth open. Love your big boy, big toy truck.
i need this in my life. daily driver. id put prius logos on mud flaps.
What about ratios with the bigger tires? And also payload, does it stay the same or do I lose some with the bigger tires? Asking this simply because the 44s look and probably (most likely) are better than the stock tires...
Gotta love those 3116 CATs. Man do they ever sound good.
It's not a CAT.
RagingHippo
Just the old inline 6 with a whistler turbo then
farmerallis ldt 465 with a c turbo
That would be my Lamborghini for sure
Now that's a truck. Oh the things we used to do with those...
Awesome job my compliments sir
Awesome truck! Great video
...AWESOME!... Thank You, Ryan
Wow that thing is quiet. At first I didn't think it was running.. Edit: Okay it's loud in the cab.. hehe I just meant at startup in the garage.
That thing is beautiful!
amazing
And what looked like a green extinguisher on the floor next to the shifter is a decontamination bottle power by his CO2 cartridge don’t remember the liquid we had to put in there I think usually it was just some water that we sprayed on the trucks for practice and then scrub like hell with a brush. Also if I recall those are not map lights but dash lights I thought they were read for black out driving at night but it’s been a while
nice job
It's very interesting to ride on this noisy truck :). Thanks.
Hell yeah! Hear that engine roar! US Army veteran here 💜 it's been over 30 years since I drove one, but you never stop loving it.
In 1966-67 the 2 1/2 had gas engines. The 5 ton multifuel had the diesel.
Not true mine is a kaiser deuce and a half made in 67. It has the multi fuel
can you put a list of where you found all the upgrades you've done? Tires, hubs, electric windshield wipers ect?
That turbo is real loud!
awesome truck
awesome !!!!! thanks for posting
MAN TOWN U.S.A!!!!!!👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Have you thought about an interphone system in it? The head set helps with the noise and you can talk. That works in small airplanes where it is to noise to talk. I don't know what one would cost but if you look around and see if it is something that you could do.
A estos camiones que eran del ejército en 1969 que preste el servicio militar, los llamaban Reos; ahora que los veo me recuerdo de esos tiempos ahora son una reliquia.
OH !!! MAN !!! I HAVE SORTED THROUGH THESE STINKING TRUCK VIDEO'S FOR TWO DAYS
TRYING TO FIND ONE
TRUCK / VIDEO WITH THAT TURBO DIESEL WHINE .
PLEASE TO MEET YOU
I HAVE HERD THAT SOUND
EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER .
FIRST TIME I CAN RECALL WAS MY SCHOOL BUS . AND THE WHEELS ON MY SCHOOL BUS
WERE LAND BOUND AS WELL AS GOING ROUND & ROUND .
THANK YOU 1 MAR. DIV . AMPHIBIANOUS ATTACK.
Might i suggest spraying the interior with a lizard skin sound insulation, it cuts down on the unwanted engine noise.
I am very surprised and I can’t understand why a diff.locks weren’t installed on these trucks?Actually when the goong gets tough,you have only 3 wheels spinning witch is no good for trucks and people trying to get away in a hurry out of a difficult situation.
shift pattern is designed to get 5th gear shifter near dash so it is away from the center passenger knees,,,so he has more room
Sometimes you want a little bit more of attention when you're driving around.
This is bad ass, thanks for the video.
I hope to soon get dat .
I am new to this hobby an I would like to get the single set wheel and tire configuration - where would I go about purchasing this set up?
It's been 10 years do you still have it
When going from low to high and vice versa, the shifter needs to be in neutral, right?
Great video.
what did you have to do to the truck in order to switch wheels?