New jacket for the Ole M37

[amanco]

I got my new SEABEE decals in from Dave Schwarz at http://www.i2k.com/~schwarzd/ They turned out great. Well making this M37 a Navy truck means the Army stars have to go. I bought 2 gallons of 24087 from Rapco and I have decided that this stuff dries way too fast for hand brushing, no time to smooth out. So I am going to try my hand at a HVLP gun to paint with. FYI an HVLP paint gun system is the only perscribed method of painting a Navy truck per the NAVFAC P300. So what the heck, if it is good enough for the Navy it should be good enough for me. I will post a couple of pics and let you all know how it is all progressing. The truck currently has any where from 1 to 7 coats of paint on it already, probably why it is in great shape being 54 years old. It was taken care of.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Re: New jacket fo rthe Ole M37

So what the heck, if it is good enough for the Navy it should be good enough for me.

You must have some low standards.

Just kidding, I think a seabee M37 would be cool. Can't wait to see photos of your progress!

 

[amanco]

RE: Re: New jacket fo rthe Ole M37

Well, I know they had them. Here is a photo from 1968 of a Seabee project under construction in Quang Tri City in Viet Nam Notice the M37B1 in the background.
The really cool thing is the decals Dave made for me. They are top notch.

 

[bigbee]

RE: Re: New jacket fo rthe Ole M37

SACRILEGE!!! And here I thought you were taking such good care of that ole truck of mine---NAVY GRAY??????

Hey, the one in the pic isn't gray!

Are you going to try to get down to the numbers before you paint over it again?

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: Re: New jacket fo rthe Ole M37

The truck certainly won't be gray. 24087 is what Kevin said. My wrecker is headed the Seabee route and will be 34052. Not completly right but nothing here gets painted anything but flat colors.

 

[citizensoldier]

RE: Re: New jacket fo rthe Ole M37

That old truck never had it so good. No more heavy plow holding her down and a good dose of fresh air daily.. Should look awsome painted 24087 with Seabee markings.. Cant wait to see it. How about a nice M101A1 to paint at the same time? Still have one here I would sell.
Post pictures when your done.

 

[67Beast]

Great, I've been waiting to see you truck done up with the seabee markings I did for you. It should turn out great and really stand out as you just don't see too many Navy marked vehicles.

As for the seabee logos, they are excact replicas of the image that Kevin posted in the seabee thread. He was kind enough to send me a high res copy of it so that I could scan it into the decal cutting software. I have them available if anyone is interested, just shoot me a PM about them.

 

[amanco]

No haze grey here. It is so funny, every time I tell some one I was in the Navy the first natural question is "What ship were you on?" The answer is always, " Never stepped foot on a ship, every where we went we went by air plane". I spent many a 12 hour shift weighing equipment and conex boxes in preperation for shipment via C130 & C5.
Brian, got all of the hood numbers etc.. and entered them into the G741.org registry for posterity. The one thing I am going to try to get good documentation of is the fuel "don't overfill" markings. They are a bit different than I have seen before.

 

[amanco]

Found some interesting markings. "HOPALONG" on the pass side door.Hard to tell if this is pre or post military. I would say it is original because all of the other original Army markings are just painted over as well.

 

[amanco]

So here is where we are at as of today. I hope to have it all put back together for the 4th of July parade.

 

[clinto]

Lookin' good Amanco

 

[citizensoldier]

Man! That is just what that truck has been needing.. That truck loves you for sure now.. Great work..
Some 1100/16 XL's maybe??

 

[amanco]

The XL's are being paid for today. I will definitly post a photo when I get them mounted.

 

[rdixiemiller]

$49 is a good price for a winch input shaft. I wouldn't weld it up and repair it for that.

 

[maddawg308]

Wow, lookin good so far! Show us pics when it's all put back together....

 

[amanco]

Ok here are the finished photos. I have installed the Seabee decals I got form Dave Schwarz at http://www.i2k.com/~schwarzd/ I will be sending Dave some photos so he can post them on his web page. I am driving in a local 4th of July parade today. It is going to be great!

See BigBee, It didn't turn out all that bad

 

[bigbee]

nice job!!!!!!

Keith---

FANTASTIC!!!!

Okay, can I have my truck back now?

Thank you for bringing that truck up to this standard. You've done a beautiful job, and the seabee decals aren't THAT bad.
Now I've got to print out these pics so I'll be able to recognize it when I see it again.

 

[clinto]

RE: nice job!!!!!!

Wow, that looks great!! Outstanding!

 

[bigbee]

taillights?

Just curious-why'd you go back to the small tail lights?

And remember, if you run in blackout, you don't have a brake light now.

 

[CGarbee]

RE: taillights?

Ahh....
Looks good. The mud flaps help me visualize what my XM708 will look like since the little dump is supposed to have them and mine are missing...

I like seeing a truck that isn't just another USArmy rig...