Found door panels for M-37!

[Joe]

Thanks to all that responded during my search for inside door panels for my M-37. I finally found a source for ones that match the ones for the M-37 exactly! I tried Power Wagon door panels but they were completely different. However I stumbled onto these on E-bay and today I received a set from an Ebay seller named 'MattsOldMopars'. Except for the color (and condition!) they appear to be identical to my old ones. These are out of a 1948-1953 B-Series Dodge pickup.

I wonder what other parts out of these trucks might fit our M-37s?

[SOTVEN]

NICE FIND WELL BACK THEN INDUSTRY WAS UTILIZING ONE ITEM FOR MANY APPLICATIONS, AND AT TIMES IT DOES MAKE SENSE. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE 230 ENGINE WAS AVAILABLE IN MANY CHRYSLER-DODGE-PLYMOUTH VEHICLES THROUGH THE YEARS. SO I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF OTHER SMALL PIECES WERE IDENTICAL ALSO

[Paul in Kempner, TX]

In discussions about product development on the Kempner Power Wagon Web Site http://www.texaspowerwagon.com I refer to the great extent of parts and component interchangeability as "Parts Room Engineering". Before the time of Computer Assisted Design, it seems that a design engineer just went into various parts rooms and found a part that was close to what was needed and maade it fit.

If you have Parts Lists for the various series of Dodge Trucks, you will be surprised how many different trucks use the same parts - and the number of years various trucks had the same part.