M726 question

[mountainrat]

If anybody has a M726, does the data plate say 726 or is it stamped 715?

[fishtail]

It says M726. I put the pic on FB, so you'll see it there.

Scott

[brute4c]

Some that were converted after they were built as an M715, usually in the 1971-74 era, have M715 on the dash data plate...and still have the M715 type vin...no telling how many but I think we have seen roughly a half dozen over the last 15 years here...

[kwai]

The M726 is the telephone truck body. It will say M726 on the data plate.

The M724 is the cab/chassis which was usually configured as a maintenance truck with the 6217 maintenance body on the back.

In the early or mid-70's some M715's were reconfigured as maintenance trucks and will be M715 data plates.

The M724 base maintenance trucks used the np200 t-case while the M715 based maintenance trucks had a np205 tcase

[brute4c]

So its not the M726 that was converted but M715's were converted to 6217...gotta keep the record clear and straight...thanks for that Kwai!

[Cornholio]

My maintenance truck has the M715 data plate with the 6217 data plate on the bed. It has the NP205 as noted by Kwai. I think there are pictures of my blue truck as it came from the Syracuse, NY public works department...and is still in that state of condition.