New Speedometer Question

[Rdinatal]

Has anyone else changed out the speedometer (with new) to keep track of the miles? I'm keeping the old one for the 'nostalgia box'.

Or am I just crazy in buying a 73 year old truck. Then spending time and money on it. I'm not sure at this point.

I certainly am enjoying it so far!

[just me]

It's only crazy to buy a 70 year old vehicle and expect it to be like a new vehicle.
Our term for the lack of amenities is "Embrace the suck".
I've hotrodded some vehicles to death. (1925 T C cab, 1926 T roadster pickup, 1971Camaro.) And driven/owned many dozens of T's A's and other old cars and trucks that were stock as a rock.
Anyone can hot rod or restore a vehicle. They are only original once.
By the way. It's your truck. Do whatever you want to it.

[Argie1978]

I am restoring the original as the internal mechanism fails a bit (also the needle wobbles a bit too much for my taste).
Thought about procuring a “new” one but didn’t find anything at the time and I don’t see mine as a lost cause.
And I don’t think it crazy at all.

[Travlr]

Has anyone else changed out the speedometer (with new) to keep track of the miles? I'm keeping the old one for the 'nostalgia box'.

Or am I just crazy in buying a 73 year old truck. Then spending time and money on it. I'm not sure at this point.

I certainly am enjoying it so far!

I'm doing a body swap... M37 on a '78 Chevy 3/4 ton chassis... so a few modifications are demanded. Since I won't have the same tire size or gearing the old speedo isn't going to work without a lot of searching for mechanical parts that may not exist. So I bought a GPS speedo. If I change gears or tire size it will still be accurate, and it serves as an odometer too.

New gauges in the old housing. Still haven't figured out how to size the pixels to fit the entire picture.

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[DCook]

Hey Everyone -- Have you considered how advanced our M37s were at their conception? My 1951 is a 1st production year "As It Rolled Of The Assembly Line" example, that included Keyless Entry, and Push Button Start! I could go on and on, but most of you already know why you are so proud of your's

[PoW]

Big Mike's has new speedos for your M37:

https://www.bigmikesmotorpool.com/colle ... -ms39021-2

PoW

[Cal_Gary]

Great post DCOOK!