My front seats are both worn. I would like to replace them both if costs permit. The passenger seat is just saggy and I can live with that but the drivers seat needs reupholstering. Also the plywood base underneath the drivers seat is partially rotted and needs to be replaced. If I absolutely have to I suppose that I can repair the seats and fashion a new plywood base but I'd really appreciate not having to. At the very least a replacement base would get me started. Does anyone know if these items might be available and for a reasonable cost? Thanks, Lenny
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M37 front seat and plywood base
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Vintage power wagons has the plywood bases. I just ordered all the foam/covers/etc from New life canvas, it should be here next week.
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VPW for the plywood. Many sources for the upholstery. You CAN fix the springs if you need.
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Plywood is under body section, page 84.
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I had original wood in mine when I got it and used them for templates. I did use 3/4 inch birch veneer plywood rather than 1/2 though. I sealed them first with 2 coats of sanding sealer then painted them.
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I will see what I can do to help. Private Message me your contact info.
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Hello Lenny, Wondering if you got the package I sent.
Hey Gunny
Sorry for the delay in responding. I took a bad fall 10 days ago. (Of course when you're 70 every fall is a bad one). Bruised my ribs pretty badly and messed up my back. So I've been a bit out of it for awhile. I had planned to email you before this because I was wondering but I didn't want to bug you.
I'm sorry to say that I never received anything. Could you please tell me anything about the package, like the size, envelope or box, how it was sent, etc. and when? Perhaps I can make some inquiries from this end. Lenny
Sorry for the delay in responding. I took a bad fall 10 days ago. (Of course when you're 70 every fall is a bad one). Bruised my ribs pretty badly and messed up my back. So I've been a bit out of it for awhile. I had planned to email you before this because I was wondering but I didn't want to bug you.
I'm sorry to say that I never received anything. Could you please tell me anything about the package, like the size, envelope or box, how it was sent, etc. and when? Perhaps I can make some inquiries from this end. Lenny
He Gunny
I was a bit worried but the package finally came two days ago. Post
office efficiency seems to drop proportionally as the holidays
approach. This time of year is always worse than "normal" which isn't
saying much. I think that they still must run pony express up here in
the Northeast.
I'm sorry I just got a chance to write. I have to tell you that I was
speechless when I saw the amount of work you went through to help me
out. I do believe in "paying it forward" too but what you did was a
lot of trouble and I wish I could reciprocate. I would like to do
something for you. I'll think of something. The full sized diagrams
and the pictures were so much more than I could have ever hoped for. I
plan on taking the diagrams down to Staples and having them copied.
Then I'll put the originals away and lay the copies onto the plywood,
I figure l can then cut my pieces and then drill my holes. I'll save
the originals for future use or if anyone else ever needs this then I
can help them out.
I bought my truck in 1983 from a a local guy. It is a 1953 and it had
many incarnations over the course of it's life evident by the
different coats of paint that we found on it. There was obviously the
original OD, then it became Civil Defense, (blue) then sometime
afterwards a fire department owned it (red), then it was returned to
civilian service (OD). The last owner had installed a plow, frame and
hydraulics on to it. We had moved here to the country in 1979, and
truthfully I wasn't crazy about a plow but he did do a nice neat job
and after three New Hampshire Winters of shoveling a 150 foot driveway
by hand we were ready for an upgrade. So I bought it and never looked
back.
I have always wished that it had a winch but it has been a good truck
otherwise. Fortunately it has never had any serious problems and I
have been able to keep it running. Before I forget let me say that
your truck is beautiful. I had always thought that "one day" I might
try to do something like that with mine. Unfortunately reality stepped
in. Over the years there was work, kids, etc and what has always been
the real deal breaker, no garage, This makes a restoration like yours
not possible for me. I do all my work outside when the weather permits
but it does limit me. I try to keep it painted and with a modified
black tarp for the cab roof I think that it doesn't look too bad. It's
really just all that I can do. The last time I painted it it was with
two gallons of lead based military surplus paint that I had found at a
show. I used a brush and it went on fairly nice. That didn't stop some
clown at a show from coming up to me one day though and telling me
that it looked like I had used a mop to paint it. I asked him what his
M37 looked like and he told me that he didn't have one. So I simply
told him that "I do".
It's not perfect but it still turns heads though when I drive it down
the street and at the parades, so I'm happy with it. When I bought it
33 years ago there wasn't a speck of rust on it. Amazingly it's still
doesn't look too bad, but sadly the truck has to sit in the yard and
now it's a bit rusty, but then at 70 so am I. I don't have a digital
camera but I'll also send some pictures when I can.
Thanks again for all you did. It was very kind. Best regards, Lenny Stein
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I was a bit worried but the package finally came two days ago. Post
office efficiency seems to drop proportionally as the holidays
approach. This time of year is always worse than "normal" which isn't
saying much. I think that they still must run pony express up here in
the Northeast.
I'm sorry I just got a chance to write. I have to tell you that I was
speechless when I saw the amount of work you went through to help me
out. I do believe in "paying it forward" too but what you did was a
lot of trouble and I wish I could reciprocate. I would like to do
something for you. I'll think of something. The full sized diagrams
and the pictures were so much more than I could have ever hoped for. I
plan on taking the diagrams down to Staples and having them copied.
Then I'll put the originals away and lay the copies onto the plywood,
I figure l can then cut my pieces and then drill my holes. I'll save
the originals for future use or if anyone else ever needs this then I
can help them out.
I bought my truck in 1983 from a a local guy. It is a 1953 and it had
many incarnations over the course of it's life evident by the
different coats of paint that we found on it. There was obviously the
original OD, then it became Civil Defense, (blue) then sometime
afterwards a fire department owned it (red), then it was returned to
civilian service (OD). The last owner had installed a plow, frame and
hydraulics on to it. We had moved here to the country in 1979, and
truthfully I wasn't crazy about a plow but he did do a nice neat job
and after three New Hampshire Winters of shoveling a 150 foot driveway
by hand we were ready for an upgrade. So I bought it and never looked
back.
I have always wished that it had a winch but it has been a good truck
otherwise. Fortunately it has never had any serious problems and I
have been able to keep it running. Before I forget let me say that
your truck is beautiful. I had always thought that "one day" I might
try to do something like that with mine. Unfortunately reality stepped
in. Over the years there was work, kids, etc and what has always been
the real deal breaker, no garage, This makes a restoration like yours
not possible for me. I do all my work outside when the weather permits
but it does limit me. I try to keep it painted and with a modified
black tarp for the cab roof I think that it doesn't look too bad. It's
really just all that I can do. The last time I painted it it was with
two gallons of lead based military surplus paint that I had found at a
show. I used a brush and it went on fairly nice. That didn't stop some
clown at a show from coming up to me one day though and telling me
that it looked like I had used a mop to paint it. I asked him what his
M37 looked like and he told me that he didn't have one. So I simply
told him that "I do".
It's not perfect but it still turns heads though when I drive it down
the street and at the parades, so I'm happy with it. When I bought it
33 years ago there wasn't a speck of rust on it. Amazingly it's still
doesn't look too bad, but sadly the truck has to sit in the yard and
now it's a bit rusty, but then at 70 so am I. I don't have a digital
camera but I'll also send some pictures when I can.
Thanks again for all you did. It was very kind. Best regards, Lenny Stein
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I just received some seat covers and foam from OD Cloth. Very nice work.