Pics of the USMC M37....

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Joe
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Post by Joe »

Wow! Nice Save! Some people have all the luck! How did you find it? Is your's undercoated?
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nice find
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Joe wrote:Wow! Nice Save! Some people have all the luck! How did you find it? Is your's undercoated?
I believe it is undercoated. And I used to say that about luck and other people but if you spend just a small amount of time looking when you are doing other things...you can be lucky too.

When my buddy and I (also a club member) go to flea markets or whatever, we always go back roads to and from the destination. We had found a big junk yard with lots of 30's and 40's trucks and cars in it. We contacted the owner and he gave us a tour. No military trucks there but you have to look everywhere. But he told us about another junk yard with "weapons carriers" in it. So we hunted and found this second junk yard, stuck back way off the road where we'd have never seen it.

That's where we found the m37. It's strange, but amongst all those junk cars and trucks, many upside down, was this truck sitting on top of a hill by itself.

So go back roads when you travel if you can and always keep your ear to the ground. You never know what you will find.
-John
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1953 USAF M37 wow, restored
1962 M151 Ford Production, on the rotisserie now
1953 USMC M37 w/w -in storage
1942 M6 Bomb Service Truck (sold to UK collector)
1967 M116A1 Pioneer Trailer
1968 M101A1 Trailer
S-89 Comm box
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