A M725 followed me home
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:29 pm
I just picked up a really clean un-restored, un-molested 1967 M725 from a fellow who bought it surplus over 20 years ago. Really nice older gentelman who finally realized that he would never have the time to do a restoration on it. So I got it for a great price $2400. It had sat for a few years, but some fresh gas and batteries and we were able to get it running and loaded on the trailer for the ride home. This will be my next project. Anyway enough talk and on with the pics!
It should fit in nicely with the rest of my M-series vehicles.
As I explored through it last night I found a few neat things hiding in the bins in the back, including a really cool Dec. 1970 TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED field manual. Also a helmet liner, new seat covers, sand bags, tent stakes, all the tow shackles and pins, bumper support brackets, battery tiedows, the special spark plug wire removal tool and a lot of dust and dirt that has accumulated for the last 45 years.
The story from the owner was that it was one of several that were stationed with the Army's detatchment at Selfridge Air Base for its whole life. In the early 80's they auctioned off the fleet of them except for this one which was kept and used by the maintenance guys at the Air Bases golf course until it was sold at a surplus auction in the early 90's. The owner was a big surplus auction follower and bought and sold all kinds of surplus items over the years. He bought it with the plans to resote it and keep it with the rest of the military vehicles he had. He finnaly made the decision that he would never have the time to get it done so he put it up for sale. It was stored inside it's whole life except for the last 4 or 5 years since he moved out to the family farm. He was relieved when I showed him my restoration book of trucks I've done and I even left him several of the pics out of it so he could show his family what the old 725 has to look forward too. He even got a little teary eyed as I pulled out with it, running his hand over the fender flares as I pulled away. I promised to send him updated pictures of it as I move along with it.
It should fit in nicely with the rest of my M-series vehicles.
As I explored through it last night I found a few neat things hiding in the bins in the back, including a really cool Dec. 1970 TRANSPORTATION OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED field manual. Also a helmet liner, new seat covers, sand bags, tent stakes, all the tow shackles and pins, bumper support brackets, battery tiedows, the special spark plug wire removal tool and a lot of dust and dirt that has accumulated for the last 45 years.
The story from the owner was that it was one of several that were stationed with the Army's detatchment at Selfridge Air Base for its whole life. In the early 80's they auctioned off the fleet of them except for this one which was kept and used by the maintenance guys at the Air Bases golf course until it was sold at a surplus auction in the early 90's. The owner was a big surplus auction follower and bought and sold all kinds of surplus items over the years. He bought it with the plans to resote it and keep it with the rest of the military vehicles he had. He finnaly made the decision that he would never have the time to get it done so he put it up for sale. It was stored inside it's whole life except for the last 4 or 5 years since he moved out to the family farm. He was relieved when I showed him my restoration book of trucks I've done and I even left him several of the pics out of it so he could show his family what the old 725 has to look forward too. He even got a little teary eyed as I pulled out with it, running his hand over the fender flares as I pulled away. I promised to send him updated pictures of it as I move along with it.
John
