Restoration of my 55 Can M37

[Northof53]

Well I finally couldn’t take it any more and have decided to give the old girl a face lift. It must of been a slow day on the base and someone must of said go paint the truck. Well that paint is all chipping off so I’ve decided to sandblast and paint it. I just purchased the truck a year ago from a person who had plans to swap the body onto a 2003 Dodge with a 24 valve Cummins. He lost interest and I bought it. The truck is all original with no rust so it seemed a shame to convert it. The grandkids and I have a lot of fun driving around the farm with the top off. I thought I would just share my restoration of it. Here is a picture of how I first saw it.

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[Northof53]

So I started stripping it down and painting

[Northof53]

Anyone know of a place to get new rubber seals for around the windows and fenders

[Northof53]

I’m going to delete a few lights and convert some of them to signal and brake lights with the help of a bunch of relays. Also going to simplify the lights by adding a normal light switch and wiring the signal lights to work like a normal vehicle. Can never remember what position to but the military switches to. As some might already know I switched the truck to electrical steering which is awesome and I have a 24-12 voltage reducer so with that I will convert my lights to 12 volts and install new wiring for them. I definitely am falling down the rabbit hole but!

[Cal_Gary]

Wow you're moving with a purpose! VPW should have the rubber you seek. Nice pix too-thanks!
Gary

[EDM43]

Both midwest military and vintage power wagons have the rubber bits, as well as parts to rebuild the door seals, etc.
Nice find...it's the rust free part that's important...no rot makes everything easier!