My New R2 Crash Truck

I got a PM about a R2 near me today so I went and looked at it this afternoon... The truck plus a whole truck bed FULL of NOS M37 parts!!!

OD fever... it’s now mine!

I’ve been looking for a M37 for a long time to do a street’able conversion on but I figured that this chassis would work just as well being that in was only 5 miles away... and with the price of aluminum and steel recycling I should be able to get enough cash from the box and fire accessories to buy a new bed and cab to go on the frame!!!

I’ve got a spare set of 2.5 ton axles and talked Kenny out of his 6.5 he just bought for the project!!!... Now all I need is a tranny!!! Evil evil evil!!!

What do ya think?!?!?

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That is evil! I'd restore it as a crash truck.

Scrapping the box and fire accessories is EVIL. Trade the whole rig to someone else to restore in return for a restorable M-37. Once it's cut up in the scrap pile, it's gone forever.
BC

I guess I'll have to put the 6.5 turbo out of my old pickup into the M880 now since the center mount turbo motor is going into the crash truck. Let me know when you are starting on it, just bought a new Ridgid cordless saw I'd like to try out. Shoot, I'm running out of turbo motors quick.

It would be absolutely criminal to cut that truck up. According to Cabell's website (link: http://www.gag.com/~cabell/photos13.htm), there were only 300 of those trucks made, and because of the materials the truck was made out of, many were scrapped or chopped up for the metal.

That is a rare vehicle that should go to someone that will restore it. There aren't a lot of those left, and fully restored they can easily fetch prices in the humvee range or more.

Please sell it to a collector and hack up a regular M-37.

Sell it. Buy 3 other M37s. Voila. Give one to me.

Cool new project! Cant wait to see the write up on this one...

I hope you are kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope... Come on guys... You were giving me the same slack about my M35A2 and how I shouldnt bob it!!! If it was a M37 it would be the same... God forbid I ever find a duck or V100, V250 or V200!!!

Ive looked for over 3 years now for a M37... Found ONE within 700 miles... Called the guy, made a deal after only seeing one pic and lost it 20 mins later while standing in the bank to send the wire to him...

Believe me... It will look a lot BETTER when Im done!!!! Besides...its just a over done M37 as is, right?

Theres TONS of M37's out there. Really dont change it. I would find you a M37 to save that one, I only know of one other crash truck for sale but theres probably 6 M37's on ebay right now and 1000 more other places.

It should make a good swamp buggy with the sides cut off and some chains on the tires. .. the longer wheel base is good too.. That tower will have to go it sticks up to high.. Alluminum is up so you should do alright at the scrap yard..
A couple bench seats down each side in the back or some HUMMV troop seat.. Mud tires, air conditioning and a 4BT should make it better for hunting hogs in the summer... Rip the doors off too, they are a pain so you can jump in and out fast.. Orrrrr.. You could lower it and some 20" chromed rims with spinners, and a 350 chevy with pipes out each side and a air ram in the hood.. I have a better hood if you need it..

Just make sure you put a 73Y2 B-blank ignition in it!!

I've got a couple of parts M37s I'll GIVE you if you don't cut that up! No trade, just promise you'll restore that as a crash truck or sell it to someone who will.

Food for thought Mike..

bigbee said:

I've got a couple of parts M37s I'll GIVE you if you don't cut that up! No trade, just promise you'll restore that as a crash truck or sell it to someone who will.

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Do I see a trade to be made at this years Fl rally? Hmmm.. What you have left over there Bigbee?

Nothing you haven't seen, Lane. Still got the two parts trucks left out of that 4 truck deal. Need to take a few parts of the one, but the other has a good frame as far as I know. Heck, you've got more parts trucks in better shape than I have.

seriously DM, you hack that truck and I'm boycotting ODiron...

Put a different engine in it if you have to but seriously that truck is rarer than a deuce wrecker.

Weld all that stuff together ,throw some tires on it and then stick that rebuilt motor in the middle... Time for one on the road! LOL..

How about a dump box? Should work good with the extra springs..

CCATLETT1984 said:

seriously DM, you hack that truck and I'm boycotting ODiron...

Put a different engine in it if you have to but seriously that truck is rarer than a deuce wrecker.

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Wow! the natives are rebeling!