M37 vs M37B1 Beds

[refit1701]

Is there any difference between the two beds? I just bought a complete bed, to replace my rusted one. I don't see any differences but I was wondering.

EDIT:

Pics of the bed..

http://apollosaturn.smugmug.com/gallery ... 2742_976fu

I this for what it would have cost to get a bed floor and tailgate. It came the troop seats and the spare tire bracket and spinner, neither of which I had. So this was a good deal for me at $1000.

[VROD02]

Hole for the radio harness in front of bed?

[Carter]

The B1 had the spare tire mounted at the drivers side door thus the cargo bed has no mounting holes for the spare tire carrier and the troop seat bracket holes are also different since the passenger side seat is full bed length unlike the shortened M37 one required to accomodate the bed mounted spare.

[refit1701]

Duh, I forgot about the spare relocation. Mine is an original type then. I edited the original post to put up photos of the bed where it's being stored at a friends house. It's covered with a tarp.

[m-37Bruce]

Carter's Right, As Usual,
I didn't see the mounting holes for the jump seat. My new to me bed also had the radio hole in the forward panel as well as the jump seat mounting holes.

A better explanation might be a field modification or MWO for the vehicle in question to carry two spare tires?

BTW, Your "NEW" bed looks nice & straight!
JMHO?,

[refit1701]

The bed is super straight and the tailgate is perfect. I could not find one dent on it. There are a few scratches on the bed sides and worn spots on corners which have some powdery surface rust on them. I hit them with a wire brush and a couple of spot coats of rusty metal primer just to keep it good until I get ready to start sanding.

It has one coat of military primer with one coat of OD. There's a thin coat of grey or something on top of that, but it rubs off with a T-shirt corner. So a good sanding, rust treatment and primering (with more sanding) should yield a bed ready to be blue.

Even the under side is excellent. The toolbox is perfect.

[Lifer]

Sounds great! Especially the part where it's about "ready to be blue."

[m-37Bruce]

Blue is good! I am just starting to reassemble my new to me bed, daylight savings is going to be the end of me, dark to darn fast!

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Click on the pic, it'll take you to my webshots "bed" page.

[Carter]

Duh, I forgot about the spare relocation. Mine is an original type then. I edited the original post to put up photos of the bed where it's being stored at a friends house. It's covered with a tarp.

That's a good looking bed, you are fortunate to have found such a well preserved orig. one. How did you move it and get it on the pallets?

[Carter]

Carter's Right, As Usual,
I didn't see the mounting holes for the jump seat. My new to me bed also had the radio hole in the forward panel as well as the jump seat mounting holes.

A better explanation might be a field modification or MWO for the vehicle in question to carry two spare tires?

BTW, Your "NEW" bed looks nice & straight!
JMHO?,

"Carter's Right, As Usual, "
Bruce, it's more like I'm right once in a while

"A better explanation might be a field modification or MWO for the vehicle in question to carry two spare tires? "

I "field modded mine by adding a B1 spare carrier at the drivers door so now I can have a spare in the bed and another on the B1 swing-away carrier. I just wanted the ability to have 2 well secured spares with me when I am on the road or off.

[Rick C]

Just to throw a wrench in the mix. My Bed is not a B1 but had a later front panel added at some time with no holes for the spare or jump seat...
Rick C

[refit1701]

That's a good looking bed, you are fortunate to have found such a well preserved orig. one. How did you move it and get it on the pallets?

We borrowed a friends huge truck and trailer for the 35 plus mile trip to my buddy's house. We removed the tailgate and lifted it with a boom on his tractor. We eased it up the side of the hill and leveled it on those pallets.

Originally, I wanted it on blocks, so I could get under it. But after we got it on those blocks, the bed swayed too much for it to be safe. So we had to go with the pallets it sat on during it's trip.

When I get ready to clean the underside, I guess we'll tip it onto the front panel and I'll be sanding standing up!

I was VERY lucky to get that bed. I heard about it last year at this time but could never find the guy. He's got five or six M37's behind his trucking company and a whole mess of NOS parts. It was a treasure hunt for sure.

I got an original air cleaner, a oil filler pipe with oil pressure sensor, and the "J" shaped pipe the aircleaner mounts on for $40 total.

Trouble is, some of these parts won't fit on my Plymouth Industrial civilian engine I have in the truck. So sometime next year, I'm going to have to get a military engine for rebuilding. This is AFTER I finish the rest of the truck.

[refit1701]

Just to throw a wrench in the mix. My Bed is not a B1 but had a later front panel added at some time with no holes for the spare or jump seat...
Rick C

Mine is "early" but has no holes for the jump seat. My old bed parts do but the front panels is badly bent due to some idiot's mods.

[Paul in Kempner, TX]

The M42 kit and MWO may also make some differences in the beds - accessory mounting holes, radio antenna mounts, wiring harness plug locations, etc.

Also, the 100 amp kit for the signal hut (RATT) has specific electrical connectors.

[refit1701]

This bed may have been in a radio truck. It has three sets of holes for antenna mounts down the driver's side. Only the forward most set has the center hole for the cable. The cable pass through in the front panel is open and the grommet or gasket is missing.

The tool box looks like it's never had anything in it.