20,000 pounds of fun!! M2A1 Halftrack project

[M2A1]

Actually I bought this for my farm. I have a small farm north of Toronto Ontario and wanted to be able to give rides. Most farms that have rides are usually hay, i didn't want to be like other farms. This is also a potential money maker as i can lease it out for events etc. I'm still looking at more armor. I was thinking of maybe an m8 or m20 greyhound. This will be rebuilt back to the way she was in the war. If you do a search on google for m2a1 halftrack you will see what it will look like. I still need to find a few .50 mg's to mount (insert sinister laugh here)

Andy

[Jake98]

That is very cool, and I agree with Geezer about the value. 3 mpg is probably comparable to tractors that can't go half the places that thing can. I want one too!

[DaveO]

Why replace the armor? (The sarcastic in me is replying "It's just too fast" and "Gas mileage is just too good".) Is replacing the armor part of making it a full and complete restoration?

[Mike J]

Why replace the armor? (The sarcastic in me is replying "It's just too fast" and "Gas mileage is just too good".) Is replacing the armor part of making it a full and complete restoration?

Rouge cows?

[SeanMurphy265]

Does this one have a continental engine? I know some of those old military trucks used them. I believe you can burn gasoline, kerosene, diesel, or just about any combustible fuel in those things!

[M2A1]

Back in WW2 they didnt have that type. Germans had mostly diesel, Americans gas. This is gas

Does this one have a continental engine? I know some of those old military trucks used them. I believe you can burn gasoline, kerosene, diesel, or just about any combustible fuel in those things!

[M2A1]

Well the power plasma 50 has done me well. Before and after shots of what I used it to do. The frame had been highly modified after the war for non military use. All the crap welded on top of the original frame had to come off before I can start the restoration and install the floor/rear armor





And finally down to the original frame the way it left the factory in '43

[M2A1]

I can think of a few. Resale (originality always brings better bucks!), if i ever want to start a war, or those zombies that have a habit of biting

Why replace the armor? (The sarcastic in me is replying "It's just too fast" and "Gas mileage is just too good".) Is replacing the armor part of making it a full and complete restoration?