John,
Sorry it takes me awhile to respond. I've been working out of town lately with limited or no service.
Driving the old bolts is fun, reminds me of when I was a kid riding in old trucks with my dad on the farm.
The story with the M817. A friend had it stored at my property while going through a divorce. He signed the title over to me incase anything happened to him while he was in North Dakota working. It has two engines in the back for it, a 350 Cummings and a IHC DT466. I was going to help him install one of them this summer but he passed away last fall. Not sure what I'm going to do with it. Nothing for awhile.
Steven