From: Baker, George R. - Eastman (grbaker@eastman.com)
Date: Mon Oct 04 2004 - 12:14:06 PDT
I think this one is a copy, but Sam Werner (Tracy City) had two of them.
I saw them about tens years ago when I was prowling for M37 parts, they
were rough but restorable.
G.R.Baker
-----Original Message-----
From: m35products [mailto:m35prod@optonline.net]
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 11:41 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] 1966 XM408 6x6 Military Jeep Prototype?..Not!
Jim:
How was the six-wheel drive done on the original and the copy? Or is it
a dummy axle? Thanks.
APB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Gilmore" <jgilmore@ptd.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] 1966 XM408 6x6 Military Jeep Prototype?..Not!
> At 08:36 PM 10/3/04, you wrote:
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2492595
> >067
> >Ebay Item # 2492595067
>
> Sadly........this is NOT a XM-408.
>
> I told my friend when I gave him the data and photos of a real
> XM-408
that somewhere down the line it would be sold as a real one and some one
was going to get taken.
>
> This jeep was built originally by TE Murray as a six wheel M-151A1.
> It
was made from a standard M-151A1 with the body lengthened and an extra
axle added. Later my friend Beryl Horning in Clio Michigan bought it. It
was badly rusted and Beryl wanted to restore it to as close as possible
to a real XM-408.
>
> I sent him photos and documents from Ford Motor Company files and
> photos
of a real one from a collector in the South.
>
> Beryl with the help of Dave Crompton (Kubel restorer ) rebuilt the
> body
and included the X shaped re-enforcements in the tops and sides of the
rear fenders.
>
> Beryl had the finished jeep displayed at the Findlay Ohio MV rally
> a
couple of years ago and sold it then.
>
> It is NOT an Original vehicle but is instead a replica.
>
> The main spotting features are the data plate and the location of
> the
tail lights. On a original XM-408, the tail lights are at the top of the
rear panel while this one has them at the bottom as do all M-151A1's.
>
> The data plate lists the vehicle as a Federal Stock number
2310-782-6056.......this is the stock number for a M-718 Ambulance and
NOT a XM-408. This number plate is not for this vehicle and was stamped
with the number as it was a blank plate.
>
> There are other differences between this replica and a real XM-408
>
>
> Buyer beware....
>
>
> Jim Gilmore
>
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