EOD M37

vtdeucedriver · Post by **vtdeucedriver** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:32 pm

Ok, I am going to start my thread here about my truck. This is my 1st MV that I bought in 1995. I have been puttering with it ever since. Its a father and son project and were having a blast but dad does harass me when will it get done, he would like to drive it while he still can. I will admit, she went on the back burner a few times (like 3 deuces and a 5 ton tractor). But this winter, I will give it the good fight once again to finnish it up but will go back on the rear burner when the snow melts. I still have a M62 and M54A2C to do.

vtdeucedriver · Post by **vtdeucedriver** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:45 pm

The truck is a 1951 but was in service for a very long time. It was converted to a b1 by adding the later transmission and setting up the spare tire on the door.

Now dad and I have had a difference in opinions on what we both wanted so this is our story on what where telling and where were going with it.

Dad was former Airforce and he wanted it Strata Blue. I said no and wanted it army. So we decited to paint it late ww2 as it would have rolled off the line. My one mistake that I should have done was to paint the engine block silver but oh well. So now we knew it was going to be EOD with the red fenders. So I am setting it up as a Command truck US.Army with the early USA numbers on the hood. Well the airforce stole it and put a F at the end and used it for EOD. I have seen this done on a M38A1 which gave me the idea and then THIS VERY PIC SHOWED UP.

Dad had already done the bumper from other pics he found so it just backs us up even more.

vtdeucedriver · Post by **vtdeucedriver** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:00 pm

This was this summer. I ran the NOS fuel lines from the tank to the engine and finnished installing the New brake lines and bled the system. My only concern is the NOS Lockeed wheel cylinders. I did the wheels and shoes years ago so I hope everything will be ok. My new fettish right now is when I install NOS parts (I have a ton). I am leaving the tags on them. I will take a bunch of pics of this before I really start driving it and they fall off but its pretty neat to look at. Not to mention I am putting back as much of the Dodge/Mopar bolts as I can. My friend who made a living selling M37 parts has taken many apart over the years and he had many coffee cans full of the hardware that I bought and have been using. If he did not live 30 min from me, I dont think this truck would have turned out this well. I am sure someone will find faults with it but it should be pretty decent.

HingsingM37 · Post by **HingsingM37** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:32 pm

Looks like a great rig. Have fun and thanks for sharing the pics

NCmountainman · Post by **NCmountainman** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:03 pm

Great job!!! It is going to be a good looking truck.

k8icu · Post by **k8icu** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 7:36 pm

Very nice looking truck. Keep up the good work.

Actually your not to wrong with your paint color. I've been stripping my 1953 down and yesterday I power washed it and took a lot of crud and paint off. The truck frame is black, then the in between wwII-24087 semigloss OD, then strata blue, then in civilian hands red, white, and brown. Very interesting.

Post by **Cal_Gary** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:03 am

Nice pix-thanks for sharing!
Gary

Rail man · Post by **Rail man** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:55 am

Nice work I remember wene mine looked like that this is where it is now in the restoration.

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rixm37 · Post by **rixm37** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:04 am

Nice job and the tractor is pretty cool also!!!

vtdeucedriver · Post by **vtdeucedriver** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:28 pm

Going to bump this back up since I am working on it. I will take some detail'd pics this week.

russcal · Post by **russcal** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:50 pm

Hiya, VTdeucedriver!

Good looking rig! It'll look especially sharp with the red fenders. Look forward to seeing how it comes out.

When my pops had first moved out to Arizona in the mid 90's, he told me he would like to find an old army jeep or something to prowl about in the desert. He never ended up doing that due to health problems, but he put the bug into me. Finally got my own MV last year, an exUSAF XM152 panel truck. Unfortunately, too late for my pops to enjoy, but I'm sure I'll have a sympathetic guardian angel, probably shaking his head, once I get it roadable.

I feel your pain about the color, tho'. I'm an Army vet, and when I got my vehicle, thinking it was a M43 ambulance, I thought it's gotta be OD! When I found out it was a very rare XM152, oh well, gotta go back to the original strata blue. No sweat tho', next rig will be OD!

Russ
Proud son of Rose and Wes

NCmountainman · Post by **NCmountainman** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:37 am

It will certainly stand out from the rest! I like it.