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For those of you that must have a perfect specimen, I spotted Bill W's old truck on ebay again.That truck is just beautiful. I think it safe to assume that someone will need some mighty deep pockets for that one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... =p3907.m29
Spainex

Damn
She looks as good as the day I sold her....sniff!

You shouldn't have sold it, Bill! Or else you should have sold it to me. It would have stayed with me until the day I croak! Unfortunately, I was skint when it became available. The one I ended up with will probably never look that good, but I'm gonna enjoy it anyway..Besides, if it ain't pretty to start with, I won't have to work so hard to keep it looking pretty,

wow, thats a nice M37

It is a looker but it ain't a Jeep!
Greencom

Vey fine looking M37, however to me its too nice.......I would be afraid to drive it for fear of it getting dinged or scratched thus ruining its good looks. I could never own one that pretty because I like to use what I buy. Just like a rifle, or shotgun I own, I always buy the middle of the road items so if it gets dinged along the way I don't worry as much about it. Not trying to take away from what the truck is, its just too nice for me.....

Hey, Bill can I ask how you did your hardware in gold? Is it just paint or did you have them anodized somehow? Dipped?

Thats yellow cadmium plating, early 37 bolts were plated with either white ( silver) or yellow ( gold) as were the douglas connectors. The company I used only charged a $1.00lb ( 50lbs min) to plate them BUT I had to strip the *%#!! paint off them first.

Hey Nickathome, I know what you mean by looking too good. Love to drive my trucks, and they do get used. Reminds me of the AR15 I bought, not a damn scratch on it. It's too perfect and I'm afraid to fire it and it just Sits in the case !

I gave the guy on Ebay a serving,,,, one for not knowing what he is selling and two for calling it a jeep.

That kind of behavoir shits me.

Bruce

Good on ya, mate! More people ought to do that!

peter e mark wrote:Hey Nickathome, I know what you mean by looking too good. Love to drive my trucks, and they do get used. Reminds me of the AR15 I bought, not a damn scratch on it. It's too perfect and I'm afraid to fire it and it just Sits in the case !

Oh yeah, me too. I bought an AR15 back when they didn't require a mortgage, and mine is also cherry, and looks as nice as the day I bought it. It gets fired but not all that much. Not so because I am afraid to but its a pain in the arse to clean.....

I'd rather clean my winch cable

AR15...M16...same difference as far as I'm concerned. I never found them all that difficult to clean and having used them for over 20 years, I've cleaned a lot of 'em. I was on the base rifle team for 3 years and was my squadron armorer for 4 years during my last overseas assignment. I haven't touched one in 15 years, but I'd venture to guess that I can still strip one down and put it back together while blindfolded.

Well Lifer, A bit off topic, but while I only spent two years in, I consisder these two years a highlight. It all stays with me in my military vehicle , firearm colleding and reenaqcting.