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Question: how hard will these spots be to repair or should I look into getting a new cowl?
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Rust there is common problem in those Dodges.
I had to fix that once, so I sandblasted off all the rust (top & bottom).
Then I built it up with a fiberglass kit. It lasted over 35 years I know of. No more rust...
Sourcing and replacing the cowl is a lot more work in my opinion.
DG
I had to fix that once, so I sandblasted off all the rust (top & bottom).
Then I built it up with a fiberglass kit. It lasted over 35 years I know of. No more rust...
Sourcing and replacing the cowl is a lot more work in my opinion.
DG
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@G744
This is what I was asking about in the PM...
Yours, notice the handles and button
Mine: notice the one handle and "knob"...
(Please excuse the sticker bush... it will be going away!
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This is what I was asking about in the PM...
Yours, notice the handles and button
Mine: notice the one handle and "knob"...
(Please excuse the sticker bush... it will be going away!
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Yours is the stock set up. Top is the hand throttle, bottom is the choke.Mine: notice the one handle and "knob"...
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(Please excuse the sticker bush... it will be going away!
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.@G744
This is what I was asking about in the PM...
Yours, notice the handles and button
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Mine: notice the one handle and "knob"...
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(Please excuse the sticker bush... it will be going away!
Your truck will have a "peddle" (foot button) above the gas peddle that is where you step on the starter.
There is no electric solenoid. It is a manual actuator. Unlike the truck above yours with a start button.
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Subscribing to watch your progress. This is going to be a great build. Also I know very little about these trucks and I'm learning a lot from yall. Shared knowledge is the best. Congrats again, Ken! Looks like you have another keeper.
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Well, if you go by the manual, a single point of the hood star should point 'forward', as in toward the front of the vehicle rather than at the windshield like yours.
That said, the proper-per-the-manual way always just looked wrong to me, and if you go by photographs, a lot of soldiers thought so too, as it is not uncommon to see them "backwards" on in-service vehicles all the way back into WWII. So you could actually be 'technically wrong' but 'motor pool correct' with the star pointing at the windshield.
Fortunately for me, most of my vehicles end up in USMC markings and Marines don't put stars on our vehicles, so I am saved the dilemma of deciding to put stars on how I'd like them, or according to the manual.
Cheers
PS - added a photo from my files. This is a motor pool in Germany in 1966, the two trucks indicated by yellow arrows have their stars pointing at the windshield, and I'm pretty sure the two with red arrows do too, but the photo gets a bit too grainy at that point to be positive when you blow it up.
Note also that some trucks have no hood stars at all.
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The hole plug between the throttle and choke was for the deleted fording control.
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If you still want the M37 book , let me know I will mail it to you . Looks like all the pieces are there for a nice rebuild .
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One reason the spare tire carrier bracket is scarse as they were used on the front of M101A1's trailers to mount a spare tire as a field mod.
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I would say you have a good start with that chassis. After all it is in Louisiana where everything either disappears in the swamp or rusts from sight? Is there a third?
From what I see the truck has some very desirable features. I am Green with envy!
From what I see the truck has some very desirable features. I am Green with envy!
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Yup. Im an old jarhead too, and that won't be an issue either. I've seen some GREAT USMC M37s. So if I decide to go back OD it'll be lusterless green and yellow, like this one:
Of course, I'll add personal touches to make it "mine".
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Absolutely bud. I'll pm you my address!
Waitaminnit... is this a ploy to get the place where the truck is?!?!?!?!
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Thanks bud!
I'm looking forward to the build and honestly, if I didn't have this site and the collective knowledge here, I wouldn't do it!
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Those little guys look like me in "normal" mode!! A___N__T___I__C__I__P__A__T__I__O__N......................remember ketchup commercial!! LOL
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Semper Fi, brother! Looking forward to seeing this one done.Yup. Im an old jarhead too, and that won't be an issue either. I've seen some GREAT USMC M37s. So if I decide to go back OD it'll be lusterless green and yellow, like this one:
Of course, I'll add personal touches to make it "mine".
A couple of my trucks have 'US Army' stenciled on the dash, I added my own above it that says "Liberated from the".
Cheers
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Pictures came up for me finally!
That looks like a SOLID truck!
If you are on Facebook, I have a small page called Dodge Rehab. I put pictures up of my M37 rebuilding progress there. My truck is in limbo right now due to the winter cold.
Looks like your truck is all there, and I think that is the most valuable part of all. I don't see anything missing. Having the spare tire in the bed is a GREAT thing to have, as they are not easy to come by at all.
Don't overlook that jeep engine in the bed!! I wonder if that's a WW2 engine. Can you get pictures of the casting marks, head, and serial number? Serial number is stamped on the driver's side top left corner...same place a Dodge engine is stamped.
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That looks like a SOLID truck!
If you are on Facebook, I have a small page called Dodge Rehab. I put pictures up of my M37 rebuilding progress there. My truck is in limbo right now due to the winter cold.
Looks like your truck is all there, and I think that is the most valuable part of all. I don't see anything missing. Having the spare tire in the bed is a GREAT thing to have, as they are not easy to come by at all.
Don't overlook that jeep engine in the bed!! I wonder if that's a WW2 engine. Can you get pictures of the casting marks, head, and serial number? Serial number is stamped on the driver's side top left corner...same place a Dodge engine is stamped.
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Huh... didn't even notice the engine. I'll take a look when I get home.
Tried to find your fb page. I'll have to get better signal.