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by DAP
Sat Mar 08, 2014 6:57 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: where to find inside m37 mirror
Replies: 11
Views: 1448

Re: where to find inside m37 mirror

I didn't think that M37s had inside rear view mirrors originally?
by DAP
Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:45 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: Looking for the inside of Budd rims
Replies: 1
Views: 621

Re: Looking for the inside of Budd rims

Still looking for Budd Centers. Anybody have any?
by DAP
Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:51 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: WTB "Late Style" Instrument Panel
Replies: 2
Views: 595

Re: WTB "Late Style" Instrument Panel

I have one looks like the picture below.

http://g741.org/photogallery/main.php?g ... ewsIndex=1
by DAP
Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:45 am
Forum: Soap box
Topic: Advance Auto / CarQuest merger
Replies: 11
Views: 2182

Re: Advance Auto / CarQuest merger

Charles in your opinion is/are Car Quest parts of a better quality (or same quality but cheaper price) as NAPA? Or in this day and age is it all overseas made and of the same quality? I am looking for a wide generalization here unless you have observed that "X supplier" has better exhaust ...
by DAP
Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:17 pm
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: Looking for the inside of Budd rims
Replies: 1
Views: 621

Looking for the inside of Budd rims

I am looking for the inside (riveted center) of a Budd rim. I actually need 3 or more. A lot of time when you remove tires the lock ring lip is rusted enough that I wouldn't trust re-using the rim but the center is good. As long as the center is not bent or the lug stud holes are not wallowed out th...
by DAP
Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:57 am
Forum: Soap box
Topic: MVPA FORUM...
Replies: 28
Views: 3859

Re: MVPA FORUM...

I like this site best and have for years. The MVPA site has so little activity I hardly ever go there. Unfortunately some of the guys on the SS can get rather testy with people for reasons that baffle me. I suppose since I don't own a deuce and a half I just don't understand. I prefer not to post on...
by DAP
Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:42 pm
Forum: Soap box
Topic: Bed Liner Material
Replies: 5
Views: 2005

Re: Bed Liner Material

I never understood how you tint the Raptor as once you put the activator in the bottle is full. How and with what would I tnt it to make it the color Olive Drab I want to match?
by DAP
Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:34 am
Forum: Builders Blog
Topic: 265 cdn m37
Replies: 54
Views: 19441

Dragging on?

Dragging on? ........... My first M37 (Big Blue) was purchased in 1992 and took me 5 years to get back on the road followed by 3-4 more years of "fiddling". I was given 2 more trucks in 2004 and decided I could build 1 good one out of the two. I started in the spring of 2005 on my "tw...
by DAP
Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:30 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: what is the proper way to break in a new engine
Replies: 31
Views: 2568

Re: what is the proper way to break in a new engine

Thank you. So noticed on another Post elsewhere that it seems the Optima Red Tops are still going strong after 4-5 years. Roughly how much more expensive are these batteries then a NAPA (like 20%, 50%?) and where do you get them? Are the physical dementions width and depth the same as a similar NAPA...
by DAP
Mon Dec 30, 2013 8:40 am
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Battery Ranking
Replies: 7
Views: 1192

Re: Battery Ranking

So after 5 years the Red Tops are still going strong? Are you cranking the original dodge M37 engine or something heavy like a diesel?
by DAP
Sun Dec 29, 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: Battery Ranking
Replies: 7
Views: 1192

Re: Battery Ranking

I used to use Interstate but have now found the quality of a NAPA about the same and less in price. I am of the opinion that any battery that lasts more than 3 years at a FULL functioning level does not really exist. BUT what about some of the other batteries on the list that are "sealed" ...
by DAP
Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:35 pm
Forum: Technical group
Topic: what is the proper way to break in a new engine
Replies: 31
Views: 2568

Straying from the original point of this thread????

Our Founding fathers knew that Capitalism and a democratic form of government would only work with a godly citizenry based on Biblical principles where one does what is right mainly because it is right. Not because they feared punishment. However we all mess up at some point to one degree or another...
by DAP
Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:34 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: data plates on m37
Replies: 21
Views: 4306

Re: data plates on m37

Pardon my ignorance but does this Cadillact place make new data plates and are they the raised letters like original? Does laser etch mean that the entire plate is raised lettering or just the numbers they fill in on an existing data plate?
by DAP
Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:32 am
Forum: General M37
Topic: Frame off M37 up for Auction, comes with L19E Bird Dog
Replies: 6
Views: 1336

Re: Frame off M37 up for Auction, comes with L19E Bird Dog

This makes me drool............. in the late 70s and then early 80s I worked at Van Zandt airport in Eastern PA near the Deleware river. They had a very active glider tow operation and I helped maintain the bird dogs. Some Saturdays we had 3 bird dogs in the air, a Citabria and occasionally 2 Steerm...
by DAP
Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:30 am
Forum: Swap Meet
Topic: WTB - M37 wheels and tires
Replies: 9
Views: 1528

Re: WTB - M37 wheels and tires

I remember that but I don't think I have any pictures. You towed it home with your car. Do you have any pictures? I managed to parley the money you gave me and got a rough Pioneer Tool trailer which I rebuilt. Sadly the guy I bought the trailer from is currently in hospice and the family is gatherin...