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My M151A1 restoration project is nearing completion and I'm starting to look around for another project. The MV I did before this current one, was a '44 WC51 and that was a 5 year frame off total resto. around the same time I was doing the WC51, I was also working on a '43 WC62 which I sold to fund the completion of the WC51. I originally owned a 1951 M37 that was unrestored, running and would have been an ex candidate for restoration but, I traded it for the WC51 and some cash.
I've posted the above to give the reader an idea of my MV experiance and that I've also owned these fine trucks and am aware of their foibles. What I want to know is which one you would do and why.
I like the practicality of the M37, and the classic styling of the WC51. There's something cool about the WC62 mostly because it's a small 6X6 (well, compared to an M35 or 5 ton) and that's the one truck that I never got running/ finished (sold it before it was completed) so to me it's sort of the "one that got away." It has a smooth ride (so I've been told) and a longer bed it also has the turning radius of the Queen Mary.
Matt
My M151A1 restoration project is nearing completion and I'm starting to look around for another project. The MV I did before this current one, was a '44 WC51 and that was a 5 year frame off total resto. around the same time I was doing the WC51, I was also working on a '43 WC62 which I sold to fund the completion of the WC51. I originally owned a 1951 M37 that was unrestored, running and would have been an ex candidate for restoration but, I traded it for the WC51 and some cash.
I've posted the above to give the reader an idea of my MV experiance and that I've also owned these fine trucks and am aware of their foibles. What I want to know is which one you would do and why.
I like the practicality of the M37, and the classic styling of the WC51. There's something cool about the WC62 mostly because it's a small 6X6 (well, compared to an M35 or 5 ton) and that's the one truck that I never got running/ finished (sold it before it was completed) so to me it's sort of the "one that got away." It has a smooth ride (so I've been told) and a longer bed it also has the turning radius of the Queen Mary.
Matt