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Old federal electronic siren?

Everytime I re-spool cable; I lay it out in a straight line in front of the truck. Attach the hook end to a tree (or other anchor), put the truck in neutral, and have an operator in the cab spool the cable. Have one guy outside the truck with heavy gloves making sure it spools correctly. Take...

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I think this is a very good idea... However as to the original idea, my thought would be there is a reason they never made this feature on deuces, safety Probably would make things much easier in certain situations, but I prefer to always have a second person with me, and doing this clutch...

I can't believe somebody would show up and ask that amount of $$$$ for a vehicle such as this without doing the research first

I immediately thought this was the telephone maintence truck BUT! I knew somewhere I had read of the M-56 (M-37 chassis without bed) being made into a compressor truck...I found the link, it talks about the M-56 and variants it was used for, and shows several pictures of the CMU-5...

VERY interesting stuff guys, and great photos!

No real updates to report so far; for christmas my girlfriend got me the engine and clutch manual, so that was pretty cool...just stopped by the shop today where the headgasket, etc is being done and dropped it off for them to use. The truck has been unearthed from the mountain of snow it was...

I work as a firefighter/truckman for my state's forestry agency

I just noticed...it runs eh? Even with the alternator on the hood like that? :wink:

So true! I hate over tightened oil filters, one of my BIGGEST pet peeves :? I've got that same tool your last photo shows...I bought it to use in my '94 saturn

Here ya go, I just went to the site and copied them! Juskatia, thank you very much! Thats probably about the best we're ever going to do

Looks good! What are you doing with the old GMC top? My '52 has that same top, think there is any possibility of selling it when removed?

The troop seat along the front of the bed should go across the entire bed for the M37B1, which is the truck you have. Here is a picture, not a very good one, but you can see EDIT: I should clarify, yes the side troop seats should go all the way to the front on the M-37B!

Nice pictures! I agree, painted is mil spec, but I think the bare wood looks killer!

There we go! I knew it! :lol:

Isn't there a comedy movie from the early 90's where these two "fools" join the army and become purification specialists? It seems to be it was like a dumb and dumber kinda thing....well the reason I mention it is I remember quite a few shots of one of these trucks being used in the film

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I vote keep it origional... It's really not that hard/bad to double clutch stuff, do it enough and you'll be doing it without even thinking!

+100 With an emergency vehicle which may not be used everyday it isn't worth the hassle