I grew up with mechanical brakes, single master cylinder hydraulic drum brakes, bias ply tires, vacuum wipers, no seat belts, no passenger compartment padding, or any other efforts by the manufacturers to protect me. I also grew up when most young drivers knew who their daddy was, and he taught them...

All the posts in this thread seem to be considering only installing seat belts to protect the wearer in a sudden stop situation. This is best shown in knattrass' concerns about the upper mounting point posted Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:54 AM. This made me think that having a proper rollover cage would provi...

The WDX - WM300 series Power Wagons, and the M37's used frame extensions to mount their winches. ("W" series through '71 as well - not sure about the '72 - '80 "W" series) Only WWII WC's had winch unique frames, i.e., WC51 frame had no provision for a winch, but WC52 had the long...

If the wiper vacuum valve is OFF, the wipers move to the PARK position from any position they may be when there is a source of vacuum (engine running). It is possible that the PARK feature has been damaged so this is conditionally correct. If the wiper vacuum valve is in any position other than OFF,...

To clarify M-37Bruce's comments... When the motor is running and the vacuum valve on the wiper is in the "OFF" position, engine vacuum moves the wiper blades to the park position and then HOLDS them there. The hand levers are designed to ASSIST the wiper motors when the vacuum valve is in ...

The choices do not cover all uses. Parades to honor all who have served and those who are serving our country - Yes Enter it in shows to honor American ingenuity and manufacturing - Yes Hit the trails and get muddy - Yes Use it as a ranch work truck - Yes Display it on National and Military holidays...

There's always a lot of whining about restrictions on driving vehicles registered as antiques or "Former Military Vehicles" but the bottom line is that you can't drive to work or run to the store to buy your wife some tampons. Everything else is okay. Included under driving for routine mai...

I really enjoyed your "pocket status" / "social status" response. We've all been there.

Most ignition (spark) fired internal engines have to deal with exhaust back pressure. In two-stroke engines, a certain amount is necessary and uninformed youngsters who remove the baffles from their mufflers actually experience some power loss - even though it "sounds really kuwell, man." ...

Here's the Wittenberg Conversion.

http://www.texaspowerwagon.com/wittenberg1.jpg The is a fair amount of interest in the Wittenberg and similar conversions. Why "kill" one? Answer to fit question: The M37 requires a 60 inch wide windshield frame. The WC 3/4 and 1 1/2 ton Dodges require a 53 1/2 inch wide windshield. There...

By the time you are 70 years old, you'll begin to apply the "K.I.S.S." principle to all the situations you encounter. I suggest that you and the others who responded consider this option. The most common and most SIMPLE cause of the compression loss you describe is a bad head gasket. You d...

Can you be more specific?

Stop by and see if I have anything you are interested in.

Mr. Garbee, I join kc8sfq in asking you to respect, but not dwell on, the more experienced members.

I'm older than all the "M37 grandparent" Dodges back to the VC's (born 1937) and still firing on all cylinders.

How you doing, Cabell?