Deuce and half restoration...interested?

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there seems to be a growing number of army car (as oppsosed to army gun) restoration projects here in the milsurp forum...

anyone interested in another...?



 
your going to do a restore thread on this truck? I am interested, I will follow along, this is one of the first cars i'll be buying when I win the lotto.
 
Klunk said:
lotto????

I bought 2 of them for 2g

no lotto required.....I have payed way more for a gun
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I've never bothered to look how much they could be had for, I always assumed quite a bit!, my living arrangements don't cater to parking one of these either, so there are a few things I need to get in order to get one.
great deal though i'm looking forward to more pics.
 
The reason that they command much less of a premium because there simply is a lower demand for them. They are more expensive to run, reproduction parts are less plentiful than other vehicles, they require larger equipment and a higher degree of mechanical know-how to maintain, and they take up a lot more room than the smaller ones. These unfortunate vehicles which served quite proudly and effectively are often relegated to back corners of fields to rust away. There is one up towards Norland that I see quite often working on the property with either an oil or water container in the bed. Unfortunately even armoured vehicles don't command the sort of prices that you would expect for quite the same reasons. When you restore a vehicle you are never getting your money out of it if you decide to sell. They are laybors of love that you keep, enjoy, maintain, and share with others.

You definitely need to do this resto! There are quite a few of us in southern Ontario who would definitely lend a hand.

It looks like you have a great base vehicle with even original lights still installed. Do they run the 24V systems? How much were you left with in terms of original bits and components?
 

a pic of it in its last resting place before being 'rescued' from the crusher

the truck is 99% original with just a bit of bubble gum wiring and a crappy civy trailer hitch

even the paint is original 1952 canuck pattern ( its a Canadian pattern Deuce-you can tell by the heaters)

it came with a second rolling chassis and drive train-parts ubique

as stated by jeep boy (hawkshadow) the big stuff is just plain harder to deal with so they can be found cheap-in this case it was an estate sale-take it NOW or it goes for scrap

it took a few hours and 2 new batteries (24volt) to get it running-another couple hours to get it moving-another hour to get it to reverse....I now drive it VERY short distances to annoy and amaze the neighbours

I don't plan on a frame off full restoration....that's just crazy talk....but it will be street legal by next spring

my local helpers http://www.nmvac.org/
 
I saw one of these in a feild in northern BC this summer. I dreamed of buying it but, where the hell would I park it and what would I do with it. I took my drivers training on one when I was 17 posted to Kingston in 69. A great thing to learn on.
 
They certainly have a look "all there own" funny thing I have noticed is the larger the vehicle the less the cost to buy. The real pain comes restoring, running and storing the thing. Thats a nice straight, complete truck and should give you lots of fun motoring about. I love the sound of those old deuces.
 
Ya ,there is nothing like riding in the back ,and looking out over the cab, and seeing the rear tire going down the other lane of the highway.
great trucks.
 
ah when I have time and space I'll get one

the newer (US pattern 548 I think) come up for sale fairly regularly from what I can tell.

Seen one that they chopped the third axle off to make it into a 4x4.
 
Yeah, why people like to cut the rear frame and axle off is something I cannot get my head into. If your buying a deuce and a half your buying that but to make it into some weird bubba-mobile Unimog404 wannabe is well, just weird. To each there own a suppose.
 
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