New (probably) unattainable life goal

"Mason-Dixon" (Mason-Dixon) 10/04/2013 at 17:35 • Filed to: peking to paris

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I want to outfit an old 40s Power Wagon for a rally. The Peking to Paris Rally.

HammerheadFistpunch > Mason-Dixon 10/04/2013 at 17:37

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good luck finding one, but i guess since you are going full restoration/rebuild you can get a trashed one and go from there.

Mason-Dixon > HammerheadFistpunch 10/04/2013 at 17:41

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There's always some good ones on eBay. I probably shouldn't have written "40s." Basically, I like the old body style. Here's a 1954 .

DavidHH > Mason-Dixon 10/04/2013 at 18:58

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A better choice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M35_2%C2%…

BATC42 > Mason-Dixon 10/04/2013 at 19:33

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Some people did it in an electric commercial van. So should be fun in that huge truck :)

Mason-Dixon > DavidHH 10/04/2013 at 22:38

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I'd prefer an M923, or at least a M35A2. But you're right, these 6x6s are absolute monsters.

DavidHH > Mason-Dixon 10/04/2013 at 22:57

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An American military truck with a diesel, and if possible manual transmission:

would consume less fuel than the L head,

could burn kerosene or moonshine,

be faster than the suspension of the power wagon allows,

allow you to buy two parts trucks and still co$t less than a power wagon,

allow you to run over the race official's parked 4x4, if they disqualified you on a technicality,

and while may not win, unless you sucked, you would finish.

Mason-Dixon > DavidHH 10/04/2013 at 23:03

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Yeah, it's amazing how cheap you can pick up a clean 6x6. A friend of mine got a recently overhauled M923 for $9K, rust-free. He parks it on the street in Albuquerque.

And with much cheaper parts, increased reliability, and a much bigger payload, I don't see how you could go wrong. Slow and steady wins the race (and by win I mean finish, as you pointed out).

DavidHH > Mason-Dixon 10/04/2013 at 23:20

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Exactly,

The old cold war gear is best, the military should never have surplussed it, we might actually need trucks that could operate for years without spare parts, and can run on Naphtha.

Instead we have Allison's that last five or so years in reserve, or a year or two in the field, less multi-fuel engines, and are not prepared for a natural disaster. Progress...