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by 52 M-42
Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:21 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: New Guy
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

Re: New Guy

The Registry is the home page for this site. If you click on M37 Registry below the M37 cartoon on the top of the page it will take you to the Registry section. You can then pick either Display Registry or Search Registry and it will take you to a specific truck. The serial number of my truck is 800...
by 52 M-42
Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:16 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: New Guy
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

Re: New Guy

I'm at the add Sub-Album page and I have no idea what they mean by Name. They want to know the name of the "album" on my hard drive. Whatever name I put in there it doesn't like and says it is "invalid". The slashes in my path are all opposite of the one on the gallery page (I'm ...
by 52 M-42
Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:01 pm
Forum: Builders Blog
Topic: New restoration thread
Replies: 67
Views: 14804

Re: New restoration thread

Phillip, sandblasting (or plastic media blasting) is your new best friend. Once you get everything apart blast everything to see what you got. Also, best dip / boil out the tank and see if it is full of pin hole leaks (that is the usual case with these tanks; they are 60 years old after all). You mi...
by 52 M-42
Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:34 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: New Guy
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

Re: New Guy

52M-42 Welcome to the site. Funny you should sign up now. I just started a tear-down of my M-37/M-42 in the last day or so. Check out My M-37 Restoration thread in the Technical side. Mine is a 3-1953 DOD. Still has the 100 amp generator, rectifier, and 4 fanbelt setup. I am posting pictures by goi...
by 52 M-42
Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:31 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: Marine Corp Rear Lifting Shackle Bracket Forgings
Replies: 2
Views: 866

Marine Corp Rear Lifting Shackle Bracket Forgings

Hi All, I'm a new subscriber to this site and I'm looking for a couple of rather esoteric parts to complete a restoration. I've had my current M-37 / M-42 for over 30 years now and I am on my 2nd restoration. The parts I'm looking for are the two shackle forgings for the Marine Corp Rear Lifting Bra...
by 52 M-42
Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:51 pm
Forum: General M37
Topic: New Guy
Replies: 10
Views: 1350

New Guy

Hi All, Just wanted to say hello, I'm a new member here. I'm not new to M-37 / M-42's though. I've had my current M-37 / M-42 for over 30 years now (and it is not my 1st M-37). I'm just completing its second restoration. I've been lurking for awhile and have reviewed all the old threads and read a l...