Re: [MV] lights anyone ??

From: richard burrell (miltrkr@concentric.net)
Date: Mon Jul 10 2000 - 20:48:42 PDT


hello
are we sure late ones were cast aluminum and early were plastic i have a
'71 and they are plastic as are all the M35A2's i've seen . i've also
been all over a M35A3 and the composite lights were plastic also
just my observations
Richard Burrell
MVPA# 20227
MVCC
1971 M35A2 w/w

Jim Gilmore wrote:
>
> Tom wrote:
> >want two rear brake light units and one front turn light unit. not the
> >composite ones, but the cast aluminum ones with the two extra screws to
> >remove the main lens. this is the style that came on my 1970 m-35.
>
> These are also composite lights. The term "composite" refers to the
> fact that they are a composite of standard tail lights and blackout lights
> built into one light unit. The early ones were plastic and the later ones
> were cast metal.
>
> >and the book calls a m-757 a 'MOVER' is this an acronym? and what for?
>
> As a former owner of a Ford M-656 8x8 (cargo version of a M-757) I
> did some digging and was unable to come up with any data that this was an
> acronym. It seems to be a nickname as is the "GOER" nickname.
> Jim
>
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