Studebaker Monster Truck? Military

[clonelark]

Altho i admit i have never seen a Studebaker Military Pickup

http://fortsmith.craigslist.org/cto/2072547380.html

[Jim B PEI]

Well, it has been 'bobbed and lifted' too, so besides the engine/tranny, not quite as from the factory. It could have started out as the closed body type and was 'updated' to a pickup as well. I would guess that it would be a fun ride. Still, it makes that GM look like a little Subaru beside it. All it needs are a pair of Rocky Mountain oysters hanging from the back <g>

[DEEPNHOCK]

Looks like it has a military trailer bed put on it, too.

[comatus]

"I can't say I approve," but I like it, in a sniffy, look-down-one's-nose sort of a way.
That cab design is not credited to any of its several makers. It belonged to the Dept of Defense. Reo designed the suspension though, and they didn't design it to run a 60% grade with a bobbed frame and just one rear axle. My short-wheelbase tandem has a hunking USMC armor-plated cab shield that might, on a bad day, serve briefly as a roll bar. You couldn't pay me to take that thing up a hill over 30%. Somebody's going to get hurt. Cute though.

Someone had a 352 just lying around? It would be a fundamentally better off-roader with the Gold Comet 6 or a dual-fuel. Now, if it had a Jeepified Rambler 6, you'd have my full attention. And Reo did make a V-8, if you had to go that way.

[Lothar]

Its a Studimog!

[StudeDave57]

That is one cool ride!!!! Being in Springfield, MO makes me wonder if a certain 4x4 shop in that area didn't have something to do with it. You may have heard of them- MidWest something or rather...

Most folks just know it as the Home of BIGFOOT!!!!

[PlainBrownR2]

I know I've seen another version of the bobbed 6X6 before, then I remembered this little diddy from Spike TV

http://www.spike.com/full-episode/military-6x6-bobbed/37181

There's three parts to this build, but I can only find parts 1 and 2. You'll have to wait 30 seconds for the commercial to clear, but it's there in all its glory. With the way they built it, these are more or less for leveling the trees and bushes on the trail as they demonstrated in a later show. Basically it's for running through the mud and mowing down the trees rather than skirting between them like the Jeeps would, but it's neat nonetheless. I love it, but I won't go rock crawling with it . Some would say it looks like a Unimog, I'd also say a Unimog, or Pinzgauer .

They also found out on the test drive that it could not fit down normal four wheeling trails as the vehicle was a wee bit wide.

Of note the vehicle I believe they used was a GMC M35A2.

I think I know the place for Bigfoot. The monster truck had a display sitting along the interchange on I-55 in St. Louis. You could see the truck as you went by on the interstate.

[JRoberts]

Now that is a TRUCK and I like it!

[PackardV8]

So many mods it is difficult to tell, but looks more like a '62 than a '52.

jack vines

[comatus]

I don't think GMC built any M35's. Surprise, Bom-bar-dee-ay built some, and that ought to give an old Weasel fan really wicked ideas...
You sure as heck won't tell a 62 from a 52 by the "styling"!

[PackardV8]

Can anyone refresh my memory on the production span of the M-series cab army trucks versus the later Reo style multifuels?

jack vines

[PlainBrownR2]

I don't think GMC built any M35's. Surprise, Bom-bar-dee-ay built some, and that ought to give an old Weasel fan really wicked ideas...
You sure as heck won't tell a 62 from a 52 by the "styling"!

Yeah, it was Kaiser and AM General. The M35A2 was to replace the GMC CCKW, so the vehicle they picked up was a either a Kaiser or AM General version, so it's like, but not like the Studebakers, since they used the same facilities.

[comatus]

Studebaker built M35's. Here's the in-joke: virtually all the Reo-built "Reos" had the contract engine.
Studebaker-Reo's had the Reo Gold Comet.
It was...a government contract!