Hello KFD68 , I have all of Stuart's book's , tapes and DVD'S that he has written about Ford's and the 4X4 Conversions for the Fords . Somewhere along the line someone got the Information wrong that's all . Dodge Entered the Military Market in late 1940 after building experimental trucks and drives in 1939 and 1940 . Dodge has NEVER built a Split Housing Axle, and from 1939 - 1977 EVERY Military Dodge has had FIVE LUG WHEELS not six lug like GMC / CHEVROLET MILITARY . Dodge also ONLY USED TWO GEAR RATIO'S 4.89-1 and 5.83-1 . I have owned and worked on every variation of the Dodge Military axle . If you look up ELENCO on the Internet you will see my 4x4 Conversion for the Fords and you will see the difference in the Axles . If you look closely at the pictures you posted you will see the drive hubs sticking through the front wheels are EXACTLY like the Bigger Roadless conversions and the six lug wheel pattern is the same and the Complete Steering Knuckle assemblies are also the same because they are all GMC axles not Dodge . All of the early WW2 GMC/CHEVROLET MILITARY CCKW trucks used the split housing axles front and rear then the later trucks were changed to the later design that Selene first used in their conversions because they were stronger and all Korean war and Vietnam war GMC MILITARY trucks used the same axle with different gear ratio's and fine spline axle shafts as the earlier one were coarse splined . I have no problem sharing the info. for future generations but you have to get it correct that's all . I am glad you can still speak with Mervyn Ford as I have read about him winning all of those plowing contests with Roadless 120's I believe and seen him on the old tapes that have been reproduced also plowing with the Roadless's . I would like to talk with him myself sometime about the Roadless Convesions . Thanks Tony
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