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Posted by David Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 20:45:31 :
In Reply to: Re: Hey David Sherman posted by Kaegi [24.113.81.122] on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 20:00:29 :
No, that's my "beater" M37, which is the first military vehicle I ever got. It came with no electrical system, except for the starter and ignition, no brakes, no shocks, no air cleaner, no seats, no glass in the windows or gauges (vandalized), and a home-made wooden flatbed, now rotting. It did run and move itself around under its own power, though. I fixed just enough to make it a reliable rig for driving around on the back roads, hauling stuff across the creek, skidding logs, etc.
It has a civilian distributor, a 12 volt battery, a 6 volt starter, and a 6 volt generator with a 12 volt regulator to make it put out 12 volts. It has a civilian carburetor and fuel pump and an air cleaner off of a Chevy sprint, held on with RTV and a hose clamp. On the plus side, it has 3 combat rims, original (1952 date code) tires, a front bumper made out of 3/4" plate, and a separate rear gear-box driven by the PTO that can run either the front winch or a chain sprocket that might have once run a bed-mounted welder, generator, or compressor. The body's tolerably straight, but not so good that I care about brush scratches, and it's so far from original that I'm not even tempted to "restore" it.
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