halftrack in Overland Park, Kansas for sale $2850

[steve-0]

not mine


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1941-47 WHITE MILITARY ISSUE AMRY HALF TRACK
THIS TRUCK IS MISSING THE FRONT FEDERS AND REAR BODY PANEL
THE DRIVE TRAIN IS COMPLETE AND SHOULD RUN
THIS HAS BEEN SITTING FOR YEARS AND NEEDS SOME TLC
TRACKS ARE STILL IN WORKING CONDTITION
SOLD WITH A KANSAS BILL OF SALE

$2,850

CALL SCOTT 620-214-3675

[Torque]

Notice the track assemblies are reversed, drives from the rear.

[Tapper02]

Notice the track assemblies are reversed, drives from the rear.

Wow...good catch.  I wonder how (or WHY) they would have done that?!

-Tom

[steve-0]

i cant think of any reason why someone would do that.
weird

[gab]

Not a easy job. Too bad its not a T-14.              Greg

[1951D47U]

After looking at mine and seeing how much room is between the bell housing and the differential I think you would move the differential to the back if you were going to install a different tranny and divorced tranfer case like the deuces have.  There just ain't enough room for anything but the original otherwise.  I was thinking of doing such if my tranny/tranfer case was bad as I have duece stuff, but I think my original stuff is going to be OK.
Just my two cents worth.

[HenryVIII]

I Think of one reason for the diff to be in the rear would be if you were going to be pulling heavy loads. Withe the diff in the rear all the pull is on the bottom of the track and the top is slack. If used as original, when pulling hard the top of the track and the rear idler are all under strain. It would seem to me it would be easier to throw a track because it would buckle or strip in the front under load. I am not sure but I think tanks and heavier vehicles have the drivers in the rear because it is less strain on the track. Just a guess. Henry   

[Sprouse]

I can't really tell in these pictures but is their a front diff in it also? There were a few of these that had dual wheels in rear instead of tracks and had a CCKW type bed.

[spec4don]

It looks the front axle is orignal. Although depending what they did with the drive train the front axle maybe just along for the ride. Putting the diff in back may have also upset the ratio balance? There was a back half of a HT melded to a CCKW down at tower park a year or 2 back. It was a very clean job but no drive line to the front diff, the running gear was from the truck.

Don G.

[judyron]

I bought this track about 3 months ago, it's a M2 converted to a M2A1 by Wylie Company untouched except for the drive train work, gas and wiring makes them run.  I have the drive put back to the correct location now.  To settle all the speculation about why it was switched, there was a bulldozer blade put on this track for snow removal.  The track was not in Overland Park Kansas, it was out in the middle of nowhere north of Dodge City Kansas in a salvage yard.  Bought it with 2-WW2 WC weapon carriers.  The previous owner only had it on there for about a year and then parked, there are extra brackets still on the front that held the cylinders and mounts.  Not sure why the intake was put through the cowl area unless there was a lot of snow build up from clearing roads and cattle feeding areas.  Sides of hood were gone so I am trying to get number.  Dash tag and frame number matched and had a lot of stuff still on it.  I have several extra holes in the frame from the switch, just wondering if anyone has a good opinion about filling the holes with welds or just leave alone?  I'll see if I can get a couple of pictures posted of the progress.

Ron M.