2014 at the Hammond Barn

[RHClarke]

I completed a quick trip to the barn this morning to retire, so to speak. After sparking up Lucifer (if only to keep the old fella comfortable when he arrived), I mounted some new tires on my refurbished M37 rims. Everything went together like a charm - no exploding split rings or wrestling with tight fitting tires. These tires mounted up just as easily as my HUP tires.

Grant and Bob were still fiddling about in the barn when I left, but I am sure that Bob is cleaning up for his "date" about now (3:00PM local). As Bob mentioned above, we enjoy the barn and its atmosphere.

Photo: New tires on M37 rims.

[Gordon Yeo]

Golly Rob, those are really nice looking rims! Did you ever find any good replacement M37 fenders or are you tin bashing the originals?

Gord

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

Golly Rob, those are really nice looking rims! Did you ever find any good replacement M37 fenders or are you tin bashing the originals? Gord

Thanks, Gord. The rims look really great - my supplier is second to none. I am still looking for a replacement fender, but in the mean time I ordered two sets of replacement panels for the headlight indents for both sides. We spent some time on Friday starting the repair to the lower end of the fender. It should be an easy fix. The front indent is a more involved welding job, but if need be, I'll go that route. If you do happen to know where a spare intact pax side M37 fender may be, please let me know. Cheers!

[Bob Carriere]

Happy New Year to one and All......


May the New Year befilled with new CMP discoveries...

the Barny Gang

[RHClarke]

There were so many good times at the Hammond Barn in 2014, and we expect more of the same in the New Year. Here are some videos of one of the highlights of the year past. Thanks to Barry Churcher for the video and the opportunity! See y'all in 2015!

http://youtu.be/Ai_KyElPazQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDvCLpWSGTA

[Phil Waterman]

Hi

The videos are a great way to top off a wonderful year of reports from the Hammond Barn.

Cheers Phil

[chris vickery]

Rob, chin up and get out your welder and start tin bashing like the rest of us!!!
On my M37, the fenders were NFG as are all M37 fenders. I tried going the route of "patch panels" which were terrible fascimiles of the original part.
I bout them from Jeep Panels Plus which I think is out of business now as the original owner passed away.
I ended up doing a cut and paste which actually took a lot of work but resulted in very well repaired fenders.
Another place to look is Stateside; This summer, I passed up a complete M37 cargo box and a pair of fenders that I found on another forum. The guy wanted $500 for the cargo box and $250 for the pair of fenders and they were perfect. I had no M37, so it was a case of do I or don't I?
I believe that I am going to start buying up good stuff no matter what as there are always guys here on MLU and here in Ontario looking for quality merchandise...