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    Front spring over axle question

    I kept the stock angle and it worked nice. I had to modify the cross member for the front drive shaft to move up and down. I welded a "U" out of 1/4" flat stock on to the cross member. Also, my truck's U joints had a binding issue that I fixed with this: Tom Wood's Custom Drive Shafts - Tom...
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    what not to do with an m37

    Here is my last MV project: http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm172/day1240/P1030629.jpg
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    what not to do with an m37

    The reason for the Ford, Chevy Dodge mix is simply economics and pragmatic sense of what works for the application. The Crown Vic front idea came from here: http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/716058-buildup-06-crown-vic-front-suspension-into-67-f100.html For the M37, it was a good fit. The Crown...
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    what not to do with an m37

    Glad you got a kick out of my truck. Modification to date are: Chop roof and roof bows 5" and get new canvas top made 5" shorter with zip up rear window Lower and pitch back two driver seats and make custom center console Lower steering wheel 3" Remove all power train (donated to MV restorer...
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    Hood and bumper number help

    Good info. Just curious, how did you get this data? I surfed all over the net and found nothing.
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    Hood and bumper number help

    Good info. The Field Engineer makes sense, this 715 started as a 726 Maintenance truck. FYI, this is my truck: http://www.m715zone.com/vb/view.php?pg=m726_order_sheet and the order sheet indicates that there were 87 vehicles in this order. Perhaps this was the 86th out of 87?
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    Hood and bumper number help

    Hello, I am looking for help with figuring out what the hood and bumper numbers mean on my M715 truck: "FRC" (passenger side bumper) "FE 176" (drivers side bumper) US Army 03A 86069 (hood) Anybody have a guess?
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