M-151 Mutt / Jeep

Tell us Bill, what is titanium on the Mutt?

And, is the engine really manufactured by RR or even a RR design?? I always thought it was a Ford. I have worked on actual Rolls Royce engines and the four cylinder Mutt engine just never even looked like Rolls Royce. In fact I don't think any US military vehicle ever used a RR engine.

LOL! The 151's we had were Fords! We always said they had Pinto engines, but don't know if that was true or just general griping!

Paul B. SP-5, USAR, 1971-77

It's obvious you jointed a _lot_ in the military.

Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK getting cut up with a torch is exactly what happened to most of the 151s, I've seen a few that were welded back togeather again. For Titanium they were damn rusty-

Don't ever recall ever seeing one burning JP4 insted of gasoline though- :).

From

I quote -

"In 1960 quantity production of the M151 started at Ford's Highland Park factory in Michigan. The engine was the Ford L142 - a 4-cylinder

2,320 cc. unit delivering 72 bhp. at 4,000 rpm. - but the steel bodies were built by Fruehauf. "

Howard.

Bill's got a tendency to correct you if you're right...

;-)

Looks like a Stromberg or SU.

This page (and others) says that the M151 used one or two engines, either a Continental license-built by Ford or a militarized Hercules Industrial.

1. The M151 Page

Other sources also say that the bodies were built by a variety of makers, including Fruehauf and Budd.

Appears to be the dashpot cap of the sewer valve SU's, but seems a bit short unless the photo is from an unobviously bad angle. Hitachi-Solex would be another guess, but they were tall much like the unlamented SU.

PS. Wonder how much a Unisyn and SU Tool is worth on eBay?

Dave Milne proclaimed:

Its a Zenith apparently...

That sure looks like a Stromberg to me. Same one they used on the Volvo's.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

L>

That Austin is sweet. Triple SU's, man those must have been a riot to sync up. LOL! I played with lots of dual SU and Stromberg systems and they were a hoot. Got good enough the boys were bringing me the 6 packs to sync.

The SU has a taller pot >