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Had a great time in a local festival parade this morning supporting a great guy who is running for state senate. He is a Marine combat veteran so we had the globe and eagle flying.

Here is a link detailing my efforts from originally getting the truck to title/registration https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/registering-ex-military-vehicle-in-louisiana.211611/

I enjoy seeing the pics of the different stages of the build.

I wanted to share my experience with everyone concerning getting my M37 registered and titled in Louisiana and a little history of my restoration. It started about 4.5 years ago now that I took a trip to Alabama to get a 1954 M37 that did not have a title (Alabama does not issue titles to...

If you ever come across plans for an M37, please let me know.

These are so cool. Always wanted to get into scroll work when my shop was still a woodshop and not full of metal working/ MV parts . Which saw are you using? I made these for my kids years ago. I used my cheap craftsman scroll saw on several parts of these guns.

Road trip??? Let me know!!

Thanks

I was lucky enough to get a ride in a high rail when I was at CN. Track inspector took pity on me when I had to walk to the engine from the rear car of a 1.5 mile grain train.

Thanks. They are. Some of them had 2 floors and some had 3 depending on if they hauled autos or trucks.

Valor, you know I loved the fact that I got to “play” with trains. Driving them by remote was on of the coolest things I have ever done. If it weren’t for the union and management, I wouldn’t have left.

New Orleans east, just outside of the CSX yard

This was me in the conductor seat back in 2007 when I worked for UP. I've never been in prison but I did do 3 years with UP and another 3 with CN. Best thing I ever did was quit while I could still afford to.

As of 2 weeks ago they are still allowing it with no mention of having to have a physical plate. That has been the biggest part of this ordeal. The "truck" does have a title but that is a very integral part of the story that I will explain next week. (Fingers crossed!!!!!!)

Thanks @juanprado. Next week I should have my M37 registered and titled as an ex military vehicle using the "in lieu of" hood numbers. I will write up the details once I get it completed. BTW, it has not been easy or fun!!!!!!!

Hmm... idea.... balloons and a helium bottle to secure the kid votes... 😁😆😅 I have a little bucket with army men to give to the kids. They got a kick out of getting in the truck and getting a souvenir!!

I cut open the hole and put a bunch of bolts in it and rolled it a lot of times to loosen any rust. There are 2 weirs in there so I couldn't get to the corners so I did the best I could. I used POR15 to etch the metal and once it dried I used and am very pleased with Redcote . It is designed...

The one I am looking at has an bubba seat on it. It looks to have the deck parts and it has a muffler. I need to get better pics from him to see other parts.

When time allows, I am going to look at a 1969 M274 A5 that if for sale not too far from me. The seller says that it runs and he recently added electric starter to it. What parts should I make sure are not missing (as I have read that some parts are becoming very hard to find)? Anything in...

I have been volunteering there for several months now and I really enjoy the time spent there. I was talking with the curator today and he wants to arrange some sort of event for owners of MVs at the museum. I’ll let you know if I hear anything.