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A contract was offered to the Chance-Vought Aircraft Company to develop a six-wheel-drive articulated machine. Chance-Vought discarded the Metrac’s hydraulic suspension in favor of independent coil springs on the front and rear axles with a swing-arm setup similar to that of the M151 MUTT, while the center axle used a traverse leaf spring. Possibly because Chance-Vought was an aircraft company, this vehicle had an all-aluminum body. It was powered by a Chevrolet Corvair six-cylinder “pancake” air-cooled engine. The Chance-Vought vehicle also featured a new articulation coupling between the tractor unit and the cargo body. This coupling was designed by Roger L. Gamaunt, hence the name “Gama”.

The M561 Gama Goat: A post-apocalyptic flop Steve Turchet

Warming up, heaters, blacking out and more in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet

International Harvester Corporation (IHC) supplied large numbers of vehicles to the U.S. military during World War II. While IHC already had decades of experience building assembled trucks — meaning vehicles custom-assembled from other manufacturer’s components — this was IHC’s first full-scale production of all-wheel-drive vehicles.

Ploughshares into swords: International Harvester tactical trucks in WWII Steve Turchet

Headlight illumination, Otter work, MUTT Mags, shift levers in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet

Were there actually Burma Jeeps in Burma during World War II, and if not, how did the Ford GTB get that nickname?

Burma Jeeps: Were there any in Burma?Steve Turchet

Sputtering M38, going with the flow and headlight woes in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet

Split Personalities: Servicing and understanding two-piece MV wheels Steve Turchet

Temperamental clutches, M37 tire pressure and ‘Bungle in the Jungle’ in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet

Early M-series lamps with aluminum housings, such as seen here on an M37, were used on virtually all types of U.S. military tactical vehicles from the 1950s up into the 1980s, though the very last models had plastic housings. In front and fitted with clear oval glass lenses, they functioned first as parking and white blackout marker lights, and later as parking, turn-signal and white blackout markers.

Bright Ideas: Service and care of early M-Series lights Steve Turchet

Just stop it!Steve Turchet

Surface rust removal, tie to tow, sniffing your dipstick and more in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet

Jeepology locking hubs, crossmembers and more in this installment of Tech Tips Steve Turchet