Off Roading My new "old" truck

[TWhetten]

Just picked up my new project. It is a 1967 kaiser M715. It currently has a 230 six cylinder, t98 trans, NP200, dana 60 front, dana 70 rear,5. 89 gears and a pto driven winch. I'm thinking 12V cummins, NV4500, NP 205 and rockwells with 4. 56 and lockers. What do you guys think.



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[MMeier]

What size tires are you going to be running, 4. 56's seem to be a bit low for anything under 40" with the mighty C under the hood!

 

[TWhetten]

Yea the 4. 56 still might be too low, I plan on running at least a 38" tire. But anything is better than the 5. 89 ratio it has now. I got it up to 50 mph hour one time and it sounded like it was going to blow up. But it will climb a tree in four low at an idle.

 

[NVR FNSH]

Why Rockwells if you're not using huge tires? Are you going to rock crawl the thing?



Brian

 

[TWhetten]

the rockwell idea was just my thinking outload and excited about my project. I might need new axles is why I thought rockwell. The axles in it are small diameter tubing, and the front axles are closed knuckles with drum brakes all the way around. M715 guys tell me that the axles have trouble with tires over 38", and it is very hard to find rims to fit the bolt pattern.