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M-37's were built by the Dodge Truck Division of Chrysler, so there were no Plymouth M-37's. The correct motor for a M-37 will start with T214 on the stamp on the side of the engine. A P14 stamp is a Plymouth 230 engine and they were put in M-37's as replacements for the original by civilian owners.

Rick

rickv100 wrote: The correct motor for a M-37 will start with T214 on the stamp on the side of the engine.

Ummm...I believe that the engine numbers for the M37 start with T245, not T214.

Lifer is correct, the engine for the M37 series trucks is the T245.

Copied from: TM 9-1840A, manual for M37 series Engine and Clutch

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Old salts being what they are, OLD, they sometimes have things confused. After seeing my truck, one Korean conflict combat Vet. told me "that's one of those old weapons carriers that were made of solid brass so they wouldn't rust after being in salt water" (True Story)
Maybe Plymouth made the brass ones

Sometimes, ya just gotta shake your head and go on your merry way...wondering all the while just how some of these "proven facts" begin. I think it has someting to do with the Old Salts tellling "war stories" to the Recruits. (Not that I was ever guilty of such behavior, of course!)

That's just what I did after thanking him for serving his country, no reason to ruin a guys day telling him he was wrong. He might not have believed me anyway, maybe thinking I was to young to know what I was talking about.

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"Anyone seen an engine with Plymouth on it or a dash serial plate with Plymouth on it?"

No.

Carter wrote:"Anyone seen an engine with Plymouth on it or a dash serial plate with Plymouth on it?"

No.

Lol

Could any of the Canadian M-37's been manufactured under the Fargo export brand like the WW2 wc's? That might explain the Plymoth mention on the Data Plate, if one did exist.

Thanks for the help longshot.

From the replies above the poor guy will never get a serious answer. I am with drawing the question and will look for a more reasonable web site to place it on.

My brother has a 1941 Dodge WC12 and a 1947 Plymouth sedan: both had the same 214 engine. In fact, we swapped one for the other during some stage of rebuild. I don't know the history of all of this old metal, but it is possible that there are other Plymouth/Dodge compatabilities.

Most, if not all, of the old Chrysler/Plymouth/DeSoto/Dodge/Fargo flathead sixes could be swapped directly from one car/truck to another. Many of the parts were interchangeable, too, allowing for Plymouth parts being installed in Dodge engines and so forth. It's entirely possible that someone saw an M37 with a Plymouth/Chrysler/DeSoto engine in it, but it was not the original engine. Someone had to have swapped engines at some point.