My M37 Restoration Thread

[Bruce]

OK, News is news, good or bad. Merry Christmas and good luck w/school, we will keep the light on for you!

[JStinson]

Update

Ok folks, here's the deal. I figure you deserve an explanation on why this truck and consequently this thread are idle.

In August, I was accepted into a Radiologic Technology (xray tech) program in Columbus, GA. Since then (and it will get worse for another year and a half) I have been in classes and clinicals a lot. Starting in January, it will be even more intensive.

I've been through school before. This time it's no different. I'm broke.

Nothing has been accomplished on the truck in quite some time. I have plans for after graduation to work on it. Who knows how long after graduation. Either way, I have not forgotten about the truck or this forum. My flame for vintage Dodges is still alive. The truck will come roaring to life one day.

[JStinson]

Hey what's the latest? Where's that shiny engine you sent me pics of?

That engine is sitting in the shop, full of oil, and being turned regularly.

I haven't done a thing with the truck lately. (Prepare for the excuses) I've been so ridiculously busy with every other part of life that I've just put the truck on the backburner.

I do have enough done since the last article that I can write another article for the PWA, though. I really need to do that.

[jrodjared]

Hey what's the latest? Where's that shiny engine you sent me pics of?

[KRB64]

Dang. Whats he do for a living to get to enjoy all that?

[JStinson]

Drooling...

And even more impressive: your shop has its own railroad siding.

This shop is huge. It's not mine, it's a friend of the family that lives near us. He's building his own railroad on his property so he can run his locomotive and a few cars on it. He also has a working water powered grist mill. We get our grits and wheat flour from him. He lives in a massive antebellum house that looks like it came right out of Gone With the Wind. It's the coolest place ever.

[Elwood]

The pot holds 400lbs of sand, the compressor spits out 300-330 PSI.

It's a beast.

Drooling...

And even more impressive: your shop has its own railroad siding.

[JStinson]

Yah seriously, what's the specs on that sandblaster?

The pot holds 400lbs of sand, the compressor spits out 300-330 PSI.

It's a beast.

[jrodjared]

Now that's a sandblaster! Nice work!

Yah seriously, what's the specs on that sandblaster?

[Norselander]

Now that's a sandblaster! Nice work!

[Jack605]

Awesome pictures, can't wait to see the assembly process.

[JStinson]

I thought it turned out pretty good. Hopefully I can get some paint on it soon. On Monday, I'm going down to the shop that's doing my engine rebuild to shoot some paint on the engine. After that, they'll finish it up and I'll bring it home to finish it up with all the electronics and whatnot. Slow going, but progress is progress.

[JStinson]

I decided to try my hand at patching metal.

[JStinson]

The previous post was from a week ago. These pictures are from today. The reason the rims are still in the picture is because I discovered crud in the inside of the rim, in the crevice where the metal that bolts to the axle hits the outside rim. I'm not sure if that makes sense. Either way, it needed more blasting.





The bed floor turned out really well. It's in very good shape and I'm very fortunate to have gotten it. The only problem is that it had a bad spot on the front left corner.

[JStinson]

Update

I haven't updated in a while. I've been busy with other things. However, I've gotten a lot of work done on the truck since last time. Mostly blasting and priming work. Here are some pictures.