I found this in Summerland BC when I went down for a hot rod swap meet last week. I was unsure about getting it, but some arm twisting talked me into it.
Its a '52 - Same as my 53 but with the correct winch bumper.
The heater isn't the only thing thats been swapped in...
...the low mileage 283 under the hood was a selling point! The owner figures it might have 5000 miles on it since it was rebuilt. The 465 4spd also has a new power take off (PTO) unit as well.
Its got some bumps and dings from being on the farm for 25 years, but it has a clean title and only needs a little bit of work to make it driveable again. Some new clutch linkage, and brake job would be a good start, change the fluids and then try it out!
I've seen quite a number of M37's over the years and I've never seen the same heater setup twice! This one definitley seems passenger unfriendly...
Thats not the only "interesting" mod though - being on the farm, the truck probably hasn't been out of low range or 3rd gear for 25 years or so. The PTO setup was deemed more useful that the floor clutch - so the clutch pedal was eliminated and a Johnson bar was installed to operate the clutch in its place ( I have no idea why farmers do what they do...?) Anyway, the transmission cluch is now activated by the large lever bolted too the floor with the linkage running through the gas pedal hole...
I'm sure you'd need two arms on the right side of your body to drive it on the street with this setup. I plan to change it back to the "normal" way of de-clutching... but if thats the only oddball job, I'll consider it a good purchase.
As a side note, anybody have any idea's why a square hole would be cut into the fender like this?
rixm37 wrote:HOLY CRAP are you gonna make another monster ???
To be honest, probably not, I figure one monster is enough. This one however will probably stay as it is, but get some minor upgrades and TLC. I'm envisioning this truck more as a driver/work truck. I'm really in need of an everyday 3/4 ton truck, and I'm hoping this will fit the bill once its cleaned up and checked over. Plus, I've now got lots of spare parts for it!
As for the arm twisting - that took a little bit of outside encouragement (I'm scared of the wife... ) I just needed to be reminded that fenders and such aren't usually available from the local auto wrecker, so if I bend one on the other truck, I might really be stuck in a jam. That was a good enough argument to get the purchasing ball rolling...
I figured out what the hole in the fender was for. The previous owner put a hole in both fenders. Then ran a cable through the fender to an eye bolt in the frame. The cables acted as the support wires for a gin pole, a-frame, whatever moniker aptly describes it. Looking at the angles from the eye bolt through the holes and such, I figure the frame had to be almost 20 feet tall!
Owner said it worked great, but didn't steer worth a hill of beans with a load on it...
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) I just needed to be reminded that fenders and such aren't usually available from the local auto wrecker, so if I bend one on the other truck, I might really be stuck in a jam. That was a good enough argument to get the purchasing ball rolling... 
