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by just me
Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:15 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: hemi engine in 37?
Replies: 13
Views: 2646

hemi engine in 37?

Has anyone fitted a 50's 241 to 331 hemi into their m37?
Will the flat 6 bellhousing bolt to one?
My neighbor has several good ones I could pick from cheap as he owes me an engine for previous parts swapped from old race cars.
by just me
Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:30 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: Plans for 2015
Replies: 10
Views: 1456

Re: Plans for 2015

In between sailing and maintaining the sailboat, spending time in the recording studio and doing general stuff, I'll completely rewire the truck and complete the 24 line item list of preliminary things to get it on the road nicely. (3 are done, 6 in process at present )
by just me
Fri Dec 26, 2014 5:49 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: Ready for snow.
Replies: 15
Views: 2268

Re: Ready for snow.

I'm in the Sonoran Desert. Cold this morning. About 35f. But it will be mid 60s this afternoon and good sailing on Lake Pleasant.
by just me
Thu Dec 25, 2014 7:16 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: Ready for snow.
Replies: 15
Views: 2268

Re: Ready for snow.

Uhm, I guess I have to ask. What is this snow you speak of? Would it hinder my afternoon sailing trip?
Soon as it warms up a bit I'll go do some fiddling on the truck. It is a bit too chilly at 48f right now.
by just me
Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:19 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: How to letter the truck correctly for...
Replies: 6
Views: 1074

Re: How to letter the truck correctly for...

Thanks so much! His discharge to the reserves from Germany was Nov 1969. We were both very much into motorcycles and that is where our friendship started. He rarely talked about his time in the service, but was proud of it and happy he had served. I learned so much about life in general from him tha...
by just me
Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:31 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: How to letter the truck correctly for...
Replies: 6
Views: 1074

Re: How to letter the truck correctly for...

I think it was 3rd Armored-7th Army, he wore a Spearhead patch up to the day he died. I got the other info off his DD214 his daughter provided to me. He served in Germany.
by just me
Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: How to letter the truck correctly for...
Replies: 6
Views: 1074

How to letter the truck correctly for...

... Co C 3rd BN 35th Armor US ARSEVEN?

I want to leter it in honor of a great friend and mentor who served in that outfit during the cold war era (Viet Nam era)
Thanks in advance.
by just me
Sat Dec 20, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?
Replies: 18
Views: 4701

Re: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?

Closest I can find from a major supplier in small quantity now. The last decade has been hard on a lot of suppliers. http://m.grainger.com/mobile/search/tubular-and-semi-tubular-rivets/rivets/fasteners/ecatalog/N-8mmZ1z0nn0iZ1z0nn05Z1z0nmzyZ1z0nn0e?navigatingFromPage=%2Fsearch%2Ftubular-and-semi-tub...
by just me
Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:20 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?
Replies: 18
Views: 4701

Re: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?

Hi just me, I check McMaster (I always do), but no tubular rivets with an oval head......all theirs are countersunk. thanks, bob Odd. Must have stopped stocking them I bought a box years ago from them. Might still have it around somewhere. BTW, they were called escutcheon pins, not rivits when I bo...
by just me
Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:14 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: m37 hard top
Replies: 19
Views: 4665

Re: m37 hard top

When I get home, I'll shoot some pics of my homemade hard top. Might give you some ideas on a DIY top. That glass top does look like a nice option, however.
by just me
Fri Dec 19, 2014 3:06 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?
Replies: 18
Views: 4701

Re: Where to get flat headed steel rivets?

McMaster-Carr
by just me
Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:44 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Were any M37's painted Flat WWII OD?
Replies: 7
Views: 964

Re: Were any M37's painted Flat WWII OD?

My truck was a repaint with MIL-E-52798 Enamel, Alkyd camouflage Dark Green. It was just a repaint in 1987 and has been outside the whole time. (I was given a new 1986 gallon of the paint with the truck.)
by just me
Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:59 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: My truck is home.
Replies: 8
Views: 1156

Re: My truck is home.

My plans are to completely rewire it. Do whatever maintenance needs to be done. Remove the electric wipers and put the vacuum wipers back on and drive it. then, when I can get the parts, repair the winch. The truck is too cool to restore. They are only original once, so very little of what is missin...
by just me
Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:17 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: My truck is home.
Replies: 8
Views: 1156

Re: My truck is home.

Not able to pist pics here. Hardware issues. There is one on the m37 group on farcebook.
by just me
Sun Dec 14, 2014 3:46 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: My truck is home.
Replies: 8
Views: 1156

My truck is home.

Got the new to me '53 home last night. Drove it on the trailer and off at the house. Once around the block and then parked it for the night. Spent the entire day today doing an inventory of what is good and what is not good on the truck. until I can make an entire new wiring harness for the truck, i...