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Oh, more goodies. Some communications and an original period correct light-bar that's supposed to be on this particular vehicle. On the road in the United States, everyone still has a CB radio right? "Breaker 1-9, breaker 1-9, Rubber Duck, you got a copy on me?" That looks like a good...

Went to a military show/swap meet and picked up some more goodies. Also got the generator sort of working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xJfqU8DHfo It would be nice to also bring this vehicle to the military shows as a display vehicle. So we'll try to keep the exterior true to it's original...

Truck stops much better now. Time to take a look in the cab to make it more, drive-able. The windows leak, don't go up and down like they should, and boy it's gonna get old hearing nothing but screaming engine for hours per day. Some new weatherstripping is in order here. And some of the...

So we made some room in the garage, and the truck runs and drives. Stopping is a different story. Never overlook the most important system in any vehicle, the brakes. What kind of fluid in here? The military uses DOT 5 brake fluid. It is very different than DOT 3 like you see in most auto...

Ok, so we can't collect all this stuff that will be going into the vehicle and just store it in the garage, there just isn't room for that. So I guess the best place to store this stuff is in the vehicle itself. The bottom section of this tool cabinet fits almost too good. It fits, but so...

Those M1010's have that silly Duvac thing. And having been a dept vehicle of some sort is always a bad thing because they get Joe Shmo in there because he knows what a wire nut is and bam, you got a cut up nasty mess. It be hard to make that electrical system work for anyone. If it was me, I'd...

Thanks. What would a build thread be without lots of pictures?!?!?

So I was out at some yard sales and came across a few goodies. Hope they fit, well, we'll make them fit. The M1031 was originally equipped with giant 3 phase stick welder. I didn't have it, didn't want the weight, and didn't feel like spending $3000+ for a welder I wouldn't be using all that...

Thanks for the advise. Question, how did you adjust the regulator valve? Are they meant to be adjusted? I hate automatics, even simple ones like these. If it weren't for the awesome generator setup, she'd have a manual swapped into her. :) The wiring on these trucks are a little weird, but if...

Well, the truck enjoys the new tires. Here's a video of her driving down the street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baz0aZBdAPs Yes, she needs some exhaust work... Well the one downpipe surely needed to be replaced. The whole exhaust will most likely need to be replaced, but for now, to get...

There are just a handful of people on here that have done the M1010. Pretty cool stuff what they did. The electrical system is a whole monster of its own. Never seen someone do anything with a M1031. A M1010 you can surely almost live completely inside the vehicle like a camper. This M1031 will...

There are many benefits from doing a SOA swap. The interweb has lots of info on that. Popular with the Jeep and offroad guys.

Yea, some of the wires have a tag id written on the wire and others like the ones running around the truck have metal tags crimped on. Just gotta get used to looking back and forth to the schematics all the time.

Well, she won't break 300 miles on 20 gallons, that's a fact. And I hear rumors that there are some roads out west that sometimes have quite the distance between fuel stations. The Boyscout in me just says to carry extra fuel. I've run out of fuel more than once in the backwoods highways of West...

This rig is so big, ugly, and nasty, it's beautiful! Nothing looks and sounds better than nice 1st gen Cummins. Great built, keep it up!

Wow, just amazing! You are a true craftsman. Most people wouldn't have tried to even think about doing a project like this. Love it! You should definetely get some photos up on how you have the rig setup for camping.

So there's obviously a lot of work to do. The runs runs and drives, but it's been sitting awhile and semi neglected in the maintenance department. She's gonna need new tires, shocks, brakes, fluids, filters, everything greased, some ujoints, exhaust, and just general maintenance things. We'll do...

It is quite popular to take the contact body off the back and slap it on a trailer. These old Chevy's usually rot out and fall apart long before the aluminum body on the back will. My truck still runs and hasn't completely rotted out yet. But maybe phase 2 of this vehicle's life will be a...

Alright, now onto the good stuff! Ah, the heart of this build. A good amount of potential going on back here. Maybe some fold down cots, hammock, or other kind of bed of some sorts. All the way up front you can see the pto driven generator. On the left is the onboard air system. Here is the...

So I found the truck on the interwebs. Talked with the owner about all the good and bad about it, grabbed some cash and a truck, and went out to see where we stand. As the truck sat when I went to look at her. After some minor haggling, my buddy and I went to the local Uhaul to borrow a...