1967 Kaiser Jeep M715 Kaiser $8,000 Bulverde, TX
This one is a neat rig. As a kid of the 80’s the M715 was unknown to me, but it reminds me of GI-Joe type vehicles of which I was fortunate to have many, and still have a few of my childhood relics. I can clearly remember when I would come home from school and catch an episode of GI-Joe and He-Man, good times for sure!
Way later in life I ran across the Willys 230 Tornado engine on OWF and only then was exposed to the 1967-1968 M715 “series” or “variants” which contained the 230 Tornado engine. The 230 installed in the M715 is quite a bit different and refined from the early 230’s in the Trucks, Wagons, and then early J Series stuff. Released in mid-1962 the early 230’s were plagued with issues that have been documented many times over, from oil leaks off the front plate mounting design, to head casting issues, ring seating issues, they just struggled to catch up on all the issues, regardless of these issues the 230 is a wild engine and super fun to drive. The TSB’s are a plenty on the early rigs, which make these later 230’s in the M715 pretty cool pieces at times.
There was a period of time where the 230 was no longer being installed in Kaiser vehicles post say early 1965’ish, (Willys was gone by now and fully replaced by “Jeep” and the J Series). Some interesting changes on the later M715 variants like a 1bbl carb vs the Truck/Wagon (TW) had a Holley 2bbl 2415. Being military they were 24V vs TW were 12v. Typically have massive DC Generators, large full blown PTO, T98 4 Speeds with a divorced transfer case. TheY had improved engine mounts that came off the block not the front plate, all the lessons learned from the casting issues were applied.
Overall the M715’s can be found in super low mile examples, which is good and bad, its never good for much anything to sit not used, there are a lot of systems to the rigs, with the 24V, PTO’s, this has DRW’s and a dump bed, its really neat. Hope you enjoy this one and if you are in the market and local for a heavy, not fast, but super cool rig with a unique power plant, this would be fun to go check out and put it through its paces.
Information from seller:
67 m715 Kaiser 4×4 1.25ton dually with hydraulic dump bed and wench. $8,000. Not looking to trade and will not respond to is it available, if adds up its for sale. Ran when parked but will need carb work as its been sitting more than a year, seats need to be mounted to drive, so will need a trailer. Clean Texas title. 4 new tires and all military manuals on it.
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