My Restoration Progress

[rboltz]

I've been assembling the cab and forward over the winter. The parts were stripped and painted during the warm weather last year. I still need to paint the bolts as you can see in the pictures. When I did my M-715, I painted the bolts first but installing them after painting scratchen the heads. So, I'll use a small brush and do it by hand. I know its not proper but I like the bright bolts showing!

 

[3dAngus]

That looks great. I started mine by doing the inside first and did it in CARC 383 Green replacement by Rapco. It looked GREAT at first, then I found out it was a Marine vehicle.

So I did the outside first coat in Rapco's Marine Green. Looked even better. But when I opened the door, the fresh inside just looked horrible all of a sudden.

I'm going to take off all the new decals and labels and choke and fuel lines, even the instrument panel, and completely redo everything after I finish the outside. I need to do the inside of bed, and the hood has to come off and be completely redone, as I'm not happy with the hood on refinishing. Please consider putting your beauty in the "Post your M-37 pictures here" thread as well. That's not an exact quote of the thread.

 

[Storm 51]

I cad plated all my bolts in one big lot when I did my truck last time to hopefully help make them last longer (a lot of the bolts had the DPCD logo). I planned on painting them too, but once I saw the truck with all the bolts, I decided to make a virtue out of laziness and leave them unpainted.

I kind of like the way it looks too. Here's a couple of photos from last summer. I've done more since then, but it's cold, dark, wet and rainy outside here, so I'll wait for warmer weather to take some more pictures.

Storm 51

 

[Jim Hunter]

Glad to see you here Ron

Your M37 looks great !

Jim

PS : PM if you might need any parts for it...We still have a lot of them in Greece..

 

[Danger Ranger]

^ Suddenly I hate you.....send a couple of them over here will ya please????

 

[M715VFD405]

^ Suddenly I hate you.....send a couple of them over here will ya please????

Just a couple???? send the whole lot!!!

 

[Jim Hunter]

I will open a new thread for the remaining in Greece M37 and M43...


Jim

 

[AN/GRC-46]

Glad to see you here Ron

Your M37 looks great !

Jim

PS : PM if you might need any parts for it...We still have a lot of them in Greece..

it looks like there are a few nice tailgates.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

I will open a new thread for the remaining in Greece M37 and M43...


Jim

Back in the 90's SARAFAN brought a bunch of M-37's and M-38's from there to the states. Very good condition stuff but LOTS OF PAINT!!!!! My tailgate that I ended up using was a former Greece truck.

 

[goldneagle]

Very Nice truck. Wouldn't it been easier to paint the bolts first, then just touch up any marks made during installation?