Old Beastie

Found this old beastie yesterday.
What is it?
I wonder how long this will take...
To be sporting,you only get the in-cab photos

Eye'm read n Kaiser Jeep
Cya
[ch9786]

Yeah I'll go with M35 Kaiser US army 6x6

or your local spiders club house.............

Eye'm read n Kaiser Jeep
Cya
[ch9786]

I'll run with a hunch that the Federal Stock Number was 2320-051-0489. What do you reckon, Swishmeister?

A Kaiser Jeep XM816 Wrecker, powered by an NH-250 Cummins, driving though a 5 speed tranny and a hi-lo range, giving 10 speeds.
They are ex-Vietnam War era, and available by the hundreds. The U.S. military still has thousands of them to get rid of.
Some have been sitting in storage yards for 30 yrs or more. There's generally dozens available for sale every week.
They are rough as guts, and slow, but reliable as they come. The greatest single problem is that most have a rag roof .. so the few with hardtop roofs are sought after.
The South Americans love 'em, they are highly suited to the rough as guts roads, and the rough treatment dished out to them by the South Americans.

www.industrytrader.com/trucks-trailers/t...ser-jeep-xm816-57594

gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucdsclnk?sl=71QSCI10325009

www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4340818

And it's still got some air pressure!

3 seconds shy of 7 minutes..
Good work Swish.
Great job Werk.
Outstanding , again , Onetrack.
I spent 10 minutes looking around that beast looking for a badge or something to I.D. it before giving up and looking at the ( farmers ) rego label.
1966 Kaiser..
I wasn't born until that year so that will be a good excuse for not identifying it straight away.