I am a long time military vehicle junkie, and love CUCV's, so when I decided to build a truck that was the obvious platform.
I looked until I found and M1028. The M1028 was a version of the M1008 that was intended to carry communications shelters in the back. So the 1028 had a beefier rear suspension, it has a factory dually setup on a single rear wheel axle, and it has a track lock in the front Dana 60. Rear is the stock 14 bolt with Detroit Locker.
The truck had belong to a the SC National Guard, then it went to SC State University where it was used by the police department. They slapped an ugly white and black paint job on it and some non stock wheels. The had the glow plug relay explode on them and the wiring fry, instead of fixing it they sold it. A local military truck dealer I know got it and parked it in his junk lot, it has 28,000 miles on it when I drug it out and looked like this:
I cleaned it up, and swapped some factory wheels back on from some M101A2 and M116A2 trailers I was selling, and it looked like this:
Note the chrome rms painted black now on the trailer.:sombrero:
Then a while later I painted it back in a proper military color:
Mods I have done so far:
Manual glow plug control switch. Eliminated the electronic control on my plugs, now I activate them only when needed.
700R4 Transmission swap. I went went a custom built non-lockup 700R4. Now my truck can do highway speeds without killing the engine with its 4.56 gears, and the 700R4 also gives me a lower 1st and 2nd gear. It has greatly increased the driveability.
Homebuilt receiver hitch- since factory hitches won't work with the CUCV shackle mounts, I modified a used Class V hitch I got at the flea market for $15 to work. Pics coming soon.
As you guys may be able to tell by now, I am also a fan of doing things on the cheap.
Future plans:
Front receiver hitch. I have a concept for one that will go on the front shackle mounts.
Reciever mount winch.
1.5" front add a leaf to level the truck
In bed tool box/aux tank combo.
9.00x16 Michelin XS tires (I just had 5, but someone offered me too much money)
Bucket seats from the CUCV ambulance, police style center console for my radio gear.
I looked until I found and M1028. The M1028 was a version of the M1008 that was intended to carry communications shelters in the back. So the 1028 had a beefier rear suspension, it has a factory dually setup on a single rear wheel axle, and it has a track lock in the front Dana 60. Rear is the stock 14 bolt with Detroit Locker.
The truck had belong to a the SC National Guard, then it went to SC State University where it was used by the police department. They slapped an ugly white and black paint job on it and some non stock wheels. The had the glow plug relay explode on them and the wiring fry, instead of fixing it they sold it. A local military truck dealer I know got it and parked it in his junk lot, it has 28,000 miles on it when I drug it out and looked like this:
I cleaned it up, and swapped some factory wheels back on from some M101A2 and M116A2 trailers I was selling, and it looked like this:
Note the chrome rms painted black now on the trailer.:sombrero:
Then a while later I painted it back in a proper military color:
Mods I have done so far:
Manual glow plug control switch. Eliminated the electronic control on my plugs, now I activate them only when needed.
700R4 Transmission swap. I went went a custom built non-lockup 700R4. Now my truck can do highway speeds without killing the engine with its 4.56 gears, and the 700R4 also gives me a lower 1st and 2nd gear. It has greatly increased the driveability.
Homebuilt receiver hitch- since factory hitches won't work with the CUCV shackle mounts, I modified a used Class V hitch I got at the flea market for $15 to work. Pics coming soon.
As you guys may be able to tell by now, I am also a fan of doing things on the cheap.
Future plans:
Front receiver hitch. I have a concept for one that will go on the front shackle mounts.
Reciever mount winch.
1.5" front add a leaf to level the truck
In bed tool box/aux tank combo.
9.00x16 Michelin XS tires (I just had 5, but someone offered me too much money)
Bucket seats from the CUCV ambulance, police style center console for my radio gear.
