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I thought I would share my project with the community. It's been a long process so far but I'm very happy.

To start I bought a pretty rough M37. It did have a winch and hardtop but the motor was seized and it had rats nests all over.

https://imgur.com/QIF8Rbm

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Next I hunted down a good donor chassis. I ended up finding a 2004 3/4 ton 4x4 hemi truck with a blown motor and bad transmission.


https://imgur.com/qUk5rAg

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That should be most interesting! There's a guy on YouTube doing the same conversion.
Thanks for the photos!
Gary

Next up was disassembly and mock up.

https://imgur.com/FjcD9WT

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Mock up

https://imgur.com/627fvmD

A little long
https://imgur.com/eublXI5

Much better
https://imgur.com/B90gUXV

Removed two feet from the frame
https://imgur.com/kkY5z7f

It should be a good driver when you get done. Will you connect up the winch?

Unfortunately, the winch won't make it. I sold the entire original chassis to another member here.

More shots of the 2004 Dodge chassis that has been shortened
https://imgur.com/LsM5lTM
https://imgur.com/mrt24Ea
https://imgur.com/sZ3wKW9

Transmission rebuild time
https://imgur.com/0UvOObB

Cab body work begins. So much rust and random holes
https://imgur.com/ZF4KDUz
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More rust repair on the cab. Time was also spent filling various holes and mounts I wouldn't need anymore.

https://imgur.com/8NqMZmF

The front cowl vent was rusted pretty bad and beyond my abilities to fix so I filled it in. This will also give room for future heat and air conditioning(maybe).
https://imgur.com/8s2RiDY
https://imgur.com/Xzgoe61
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I finished up repair on the cab bottom so I could get it undercoated and back on the chassis.
https://imgur.com/1GFn1NJ
https://imgur.com/2FgkHFL
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Cab mounted on custom mounts. I did end up cutting and moving the in cab bolt locations.
https://imgur.com/VlRfcUG
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https://imgur.com/1Q4Yc4e
https://imgur.com/vl6goEV

Next, I modified the transmission hump to make it look a little more uniform and fit the new shifter.
https://imgur.com/D0HYQGK
https://imgur.com/ILKnxLL
https://imgur.com/JeUQ4sp
https://imgur.com/kOcimS2

Wow, moving right along Ross-thanks for the pictures and the updates!
Gary