RE: [ihc] Wheely David

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ryan,

Brake parts for military vehicle are easy to find and not all that
expensive, people are just averse to spending the money on a "free"
vehicle. That is how many fire departments/countys/whatever view
vehicles like that.  They were fun to own, but since they got them for
nothing (or next to it), they don't want to put anything into them.  I
own an M220 because of just this reason.  Nobody saw a value in it.  

Try: www.memphisequipment.com for the deuce and:
www.vintagepowerwagons.com for the power wagons.  

Plenty available for the Power Wagons and comparable to '60s and '70s IH
parts price wise IMO.  Pretty good when you are talking about vehicles
from the 40s and 50s. 

There are some good upgrades out there: 4 wheel disks for PWs and power
steering for Deuces.  




Ed

  


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WWII Power Wagons (and maybe later?) use them for one.   Single wheel of
that size 6 lug... with offset rear diffs... beefy looking axles.
There's a
professor here who is restoring one (driving project).  He brings it to
the
airport occasionally.   Not a parts source even if brakes are the same
though... since parts for those things are worse to find than for the IH
application!  There is a volunteer fire dept around here with two of
them...
neither runs because they got to the point where they didn't have enough
parts between both of them to keep one on the road.  Along the same
lines
there is a 2.5 or 5 ton 6x6 sitting at another station because they
can't
put brakes on it... find a source for brakes and someone could get ahold
a
working 6x6 cheap...