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oilleaker1 Member
Joined: May 14, 2009 Posts: 972 Location: South Dakota
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: M37 hood question |
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I've seen M37's with a hand loop rod to help open the hood. Mine does not have this option. Was this a FD or post military addition or what? It sure makes sense when opening the hood. Anyone know about this? Thanks, John |
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wesk Site Administrator
Joined: Apr 04, 2005 Posts: 16261 Location: Wisconsin
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Zane Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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this was an mwo on early trucks and was standard on later ones, they also added a hood latch in the center as an mwo |
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oilleaker1 Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Wes, yes that's it. When looking at others, it does seem that they were later production units. Without it, you have to take your thumbs and push up on the hood edge at the front. I like the handle. You could make one easily. Thanks for the info.! John |
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Zane Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Wes after thinking about it this might be a marine corps feature as it seems all of mine with the handle are ex marine m37's, im not sure on the exact date for the handles |
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DJ Member
Joined: Apr 15, 2005 Posts: 289 Location: Wis.
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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My 1961 has one and it's still in army colors and numbers, looks like original paint.
DJ |
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Zane Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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it must have been an mwo then i cant find the mwo at the moment , g741.com has production changes but not all the mwo's listed according to g741.com the hood safety catch was put into production in 1952 and i know for certain that an mwo existed to modify pre 52 trucks with a hood safety catch because i have one of those trucks that they crudely cut a hole for the catch to stick through, however i am not certain about the date of the mwo for the hood handle. |
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oilleaker1 Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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I just looked at 14 M37's for sale and 1/3 of them had the handle. None looked alike. Some had smaller rod than others for the handle. Could have been a user installed option. So, were the Marines the first???? This is going way further than I thought. --------Is a nice modification though. Makes sense! John |
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