m 37 resto in new brunswick

[pauljboudreau]

well today i had some pretty help from my girlfriend, aint she something! she stripped the front bumper in order to try and find some marking , we found some black some white and some yellow but nothing conclusive!, i also got the rear leaf all done and i have started to put the rear axle togheter , i spended about 4 and a half hour cleaning ,painting and chasing the tread on the hardware for the rear end so put it at 30 buck and hour my hardware is now worth 135 buck of labor plus material, could you imagine paying someone to do this kind of work!

any how here are the pics of the day enjoy!

my girlfriend working on the front bumper

unidentified marking


rear axle back in place



and the way i left it when i was done tonigth

oh! and my buddy randy took a picture of me working! he said he rarely saw it!

[super dave]

The yellow on the front bumper is most likely a bridge weight sign like the one on my right front bumper.

[pauljboudreau]

thanks , it is what i was suspecting , someone pointed me to armouredacorn.com last nigth and i found the same marking, really nice site i will have to buy the book

[pauljboudreau]

well today i did some work on the front bumper, i got it a lot straigther then it was, it had a meeting with a tree, so it is now strait i still have to get some dent and ding out of it and get the rest of the paint out , i also found one spot where it was looking like a bullet impact point but then again it would have hed to be low velocity, and i later found the same kind of hole in alsmost the exact same location on the other side of the bumper so i dont know what it is ..... oh and saturday my girlfriend bougth me an early birth day present! you will see it in the first pic!

any how here are the pics of the day! enjoy!

the early present ! a nice gas tank 1964!

front bumper bracket off

bullet impact? what is it? i dont know


one side straightened the other still crooked

in the press to remove the kink in the bumper, i was pressing very slowly and very carefully, it was scarry!

and how i left it at the end of the day, half stripped and half dented lol

[pauljboudreau]

well today was a little more productive then yesterday, yesterday i spended the day fixing and old mercury boat engine to sell it and get more $$ for the m-37 project! i got the bumper straigthened and i got the body filler on it sanded, then i got the first coat of prime on it and now it is a game of more ligth sanding! i also got the driver side bearing and hub in place on the rear axle, but the bummer is i forgot the clip holding the seal so ill have to take it off and put the clip tomorow, i oppened up one of the thin can that came with the truck thinking it was a whell bearing but it was something else i dont know where it goes but i will find out at some point, i put 2 picture of the bearing in the thin can to show how they use to store the spare bearing back in the day , it is pretty neat, it looks like a meat can...lol

anyhow here are the pics of the day , enjoy!

thin can and bearing


bumper straigth and ready for body filler

and after shot with the first layer of primer on

the hub i got togheter only to notice i forgot the clip holding the seal in place!

and the 2 clean rear shaft!

[Bob Carriere]

... heat up the can for 30 minutes in boiling water to make sure the bearing where tender before installing...... ketchup to taste !!!!

Following your progress with interest..... reminds me of my old days back in the early 70s........ 1970 not 1870.....

Boob

[Craig Tanner]

I have been following your restoration and you are doing a beautiful job!

Craig Tanner
Burton N.B.