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Hemi M37
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:28 am
by Ross11972
I thought I would share my project with the community. It's been a long process so far but I'm very happy.
To start I bought a pretty rough M37. It did have a winch and hardtop but the motor was seized and it had rats nests all over.
https://imgur.com/QIF8Rbm
https://imgur.com/Pz1FnxO
https://imgur.com/Y0WdB4X
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:31 am
by Ross11972
Next I hunted down a good donor chassis. I ended up finding a 2004 3/4 ton 4x4 hemi truck with a blown motor and bad transmission.
https://imgur.com/qUk5rAg
https://imgur.com/GRe0F0Z
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:58 am
by Cal_Gary
That should be most interesting! There's a guy on YouTube doing the same conversion.
Thanks for the photos!
Gary
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 3:57 am
by Ross11972
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 5:23 am
by sturmtyger380
It should be a good driver when you get done. Will you connect up the winch?
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:48 am
by Ross11972
Unfortunately, the winch won't make it. I sold the entire original chassis to another member here.
More shots of the 2004 Dodge chassis that has been shortened
https://imgur.com/LsM5lTM
https://imgur.com/mrt24Ea
https://imgur.com/sZ3wKW9
Transmission rebuild time
https://imgur.com/0UvOObB
Cab body work begins. So much rust and random holes
https://imgur.com/ZF4KDUz
https://imgur.com/qxU7UIj
https://imgur.com/qt7fG3M
https://imgur.com/2Zt1lqn
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:20 am
by Ross11972
More rust repair on the cab. Time was also spent filling various holes and mounts I wouldn't need anymore.
https://imgur.com/8NqMZmF
The front cowl vent was rusted pretty bad and beyond my abilities to fix so I filled it in. This will also give room for future heat and air conditioning(maybe).
https://imgur.com/8s2RiDY
https://imgur.com/Xzgoe61
https://imgur.com/GaJutNv
I finished up repair on the cab bottom so I could get it undercoated and back on the chassis.
https://imgur.com/1GFn1NJ
https://imgur.com/2FgkHFL
https://imgur.com/gUbnzO0
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:01 am
by Ross11972
Re: Hemi M37
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:34 pm
by Cal_Gary
Wow, moving right along Ross-thanks for the pictures and the updates!
Gary