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REFERENCE
SECTION: MILITARY TRUCKS |
M809-SERIES 5-TON 6x6 TRUCK (CIVILIANIZED/DE-MOBBED/SURPLUSED)
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In the early 1970s, AM General
was awarded a contract by the US Army to develop a family of trucks
to replace their aging M54-series 5-ton trucks. The result was the
M809-series 5-ton tactical truck. This truck has been surplused
off from active duty, and judging by the door stickers, has progressed
through several different owners including the Salt Lake City Airport
Authority. This truck has had the front clip replaced with an aftermarket
one-piece fiberglass tilt hood, and this has necessitated moving
the air cleaner from the fender tops to the side of the cab (as
a traditional civilian conventional tractor), as well as relocating
the exhaust stack from where the air cleaner now resides to the
rear of the cab...the relocations don't seem to have gone so smoothly,
as by looking at the photos you can see several intake/exhaust pipes
disconnected/bypassed.
The M809-series trucks are equipped with a Cummins NHC-250 diesel
engine, a 5-speed manual transmission, and a 2-speed manual transfer
case. [All statistics and quotes from GlobalSecurity.org]
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Silver State Specialties was created in 1999 to offer quality resin
accessories, replacement parts and conversion kits, suitable for
many 1/25-scale plastic model kits. SSS specializes in accessories
and parts for plastic model pickup, SUV, 4x4, and heavy truck &
trailer kits. 1/32-scale and 1/35-scale parts and accessories
will be available in the future for model truck kits, such as the
1/32 Monogram Snap-Tite and ERTL snap-together kits, as well as
1/35-scale Revell, Italeri, AFV Club, Trumpeter, Airfix, Heller,
Tamiya, and other military model truck
kits. Some of these smaller scale model kits are quite well
detailed, and a wide variety of photo-etched, resin, and other accessories
are widely available for most of these military truck model kits.
What's even more exciting is the line of 1/24th & 1/25th-scale
military model kits and conversions we are in the early stages of
developing, to nicely compliment your ERTL, AMT, Italeri, Revell,
and other brands of truck models.
Silver State Specialties is working on resin accessories and complete
kits for G- gauge outdoor garden railway trains ("Large Scale")
in 1/24th-scale. Some patterns have been completed, and many more
are under construction. These kits and accessories will include
complete Beyer-Garratt style of locomotives and Narrow Gauge ore
hopper cars, as well as 24-inch & 30-inch gauge industrial equipment
in this same scale.
SSS also has master patterns partially completed for many 1/16-scale
model truck accessories and conversion kits, mainly for the Monogram-Revell
1/16-scale model truck kits. Some projected accessories for
these 1/16-scale kits are front drive axles, different wheels and
tires, air cleaner accessories, pusher and tag axles, oil filters
and engine accessories, and possibly different engines. Cab
& hood conversion kits remain a possibility for these monsters
as well, but are still years away from being offered as there are
more pressing projects to push forward with first. But someday
they should be available!
Thank you for your continued support!
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