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Starting the journey to rebuild a 1953 M37. I have long been looking for a 50's Power Wagon and ran across this in the back of a photo for some farm equipment. A 2 hour journey, and a handshake later, she was on my trailer and on the way to her new life.

Here is the first post.

So far i've cleaned 20 years of dust off, pulled the damaged (but present) canvas cover off, and removed the rats nest infested old upholstery.

I'm a big fellow so i started removing the bed to more easily access the rest of the back end. This thing is nearly rust free except the square tube and the rear of the bed where presumably water got trapped and rusted through.

Initial Photo:


Full Gallery:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KrgyqGbzAHPoTvEG6

Welcome to the site, we look forward to seeing more pictures of this project as it progresses.

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Regards,
Bert

Truck looks nice, straight, and largely rust-free. From the data plate, it appears to be a 1951. You did well. Congratulations.

Congrats on the acquisition, now the fun begins!
(I'm being a bit ironic too)

xperthunter wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:17 pm....is nearly rust free except the square tube

If you're talking about the tool box on the bed don't stress out, usually is a mess after decades. Mine was destroyed, and after rebuild I've put special attention with the epoxy right there.
Regarding the year, the delivery date is not matching the serial: #80017370 should be dropping within the January 1952 range. But hey, nothing is 100% accurate on this MVs, don't worry.