EXTREMELY RARE 2.5 TON WITH M9 DECONTAMINATION APPARATUS, LIKELY THE ONLY ONE IN THE COUNTRY!!

$5,000.00

THIS TRUCK I AM LOOKING TO SELL ONLY TO A SERIOUS COLLECTOR OR DONATE TO A MUSEUM. 

THIS TRUCK I RESCUED FROM A FARM AUCTION BEFORE THE SCRAPPERS BOUGHT IT. 

I THOUGHT AT FIRST GLANCE THAT IT WAS SOME FARMER BUILT SPRAY CONTRAPTION, BUT SEEING ALL OF THE ORIGINAL AIR FORCE MARKINGS ON IT TOLD ME IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. 

IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF THESE IN EXISTENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. 

FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND THIS IS AN M9 DECONTAMINATION APARATUS MOUNTED ON A 2.5 TON GAS POWERED TRUCK. 

I HAVE ATTACHED SOME PICS OF A FEW EXAMPLES I HAVE FOUND OF SIMILAR TRUCKS, AND THE ONLY MODERN PIC I HAVE SEEN OF ONE WAS A KIA BUILT COPY OF ONE IN KOREA BEING USED BY THE KOREAN MILITARY. THE ONLY OTHER COLOR PIC THAT HAS NOT BEEN COLORIZED IS OF ONE OF THE DECON UNITS ON A WWII ERA GMC IN THE FORT LEONARD WOOD CHEMICAL MUSEUM. 

FROM WHAT I COULD FIND, THESE WERE ALSO USED TO SPRAY DEFOLIANT (AGENT ORANGE) AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS OF AIR BASES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WHERE IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE BASE TO BE DROPPED BY PLANE. 

I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK ABOUT 5 YEARS AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS, AND THE PICS HERE ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE. 

THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED BY THE FARMER I GOT IT FROM BACK IN 1971. A LOCAL TOWNSHIP WAS USING IT PRIOR TO HIS OWNERSHIP, AND THERE IS STILL PAPERS IN THE GLOVE BOX FROM THE TOWN WITH DATES ON THEM. 

THE FARMER WAS USING IT IN THE FIELDS FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. HIS HELP LEFT WATER IN THE PUMP AND IT FROZE AND CRACKED. THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME HE BUILT A NEW BUILDING, AND THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE BACK CORNER AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADE, IT GOT BURIED IN WITH TONS OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT TRACTOR PARTS, EQUIPMENT, ETC. IT FINALLY SAW DAYLIGHT WHEN THE 96 YEAR OLD FARMER DECIDED TO AUCTION OFF HIS MASSIVE COLLECTION OF STUFF AND RETIRE. 

ALL OF THOSE YEARS THIS WAS STORED OUT OF THE WEATHER, SO OVERALL IT IS IN NICE CONDITION FOR A VERY EARLY GAS POWERED TRUCK. 

THIS IS A 1952 MODEL, AND I BELEIVE I MAY POSSIBLY HAVE GOTTEN A TITLE WITH THIS. 

I HAVE NOT TRIED TO START IT, SO IT IS BEING SOLD AS IT. IF I DONT HAVE A TITLE, A BILL OF SALE WILL BE PROVIDED. PRICE IS SEMI NEGOTIABLE. 

LOCATED IN CHATSWORTH, NJ 08019

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