Posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 21:42:40 :
In Reply to: My new toy (s) posted by Galen [67.142.163.25] on Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 20:57:18 :
What you have is the actual authentic official correct add-on heater kit for the M37. I've seen a lot of jerry-rigged heaters, since the trucks never came from the factory with heaters as far as I know, but rarely with the correct one. It could have been added recently, as there was a guy selling NOS kits a few years ago, and then John Bizal bought the remainder from him and sold them. Still, that's a good thing to have. There is supposed to be a plywood box to insulate the heater core itself.
On the radios, I would be very interested, since I got my start in electronics by buying old WWII radio gear from Western Surplus in Seattle (never paid more than $15 for any unit back in the 1970s) and either taking it apart for parts or trying to make it work. What I didn't take out is now in my "Museum Of Obsolete Technology". I suspect that if you found the right buyer, you could probably get a lot of money for them, depending on what they are. I would love to add them to my museum, and hopefully try to make them work, but I'm afraid any offer I could afford would be "low-ball".
If your truck was a commo truck, it should have the high-power (100 amp?) generator with different cables and a different voltage regulator. I would also expect it to have an antenna mount on the outside and probably some holes in the dash with PL259 connectors in them. Is it possible the seller was just collecting random 1950s radio gear hoping to someday convert it into a replica of a commo truck?
If you really want to sell all the radio gear as a set, I would at least like to see what it is and talk to you about it, even if it ends up being outside my price range.