Posted by DDD [172.68.34.115] on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 11:14:57 :
In Reply to: Here is a topic I don't recall having discussed posted by Tim Holloway [162.158.78.85] on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 21:03:07 :
I hear you on your issues!
Since moving to my small town in southeastern Oklahoma, where a truck like mine is pretty rare, a simple stop at the gas station or running a few errands takes me HOURS to get out of town.
I cant tell you the number of guys who have come up to me to tell me that they "drove one of these in the army" when they themselves are about 50 years old. they obviously forgot about the actual model they did drive, as i highly doubt it was a 41 dodge. given their age... now if the guy was in his 80's I might be inclined to beleive it.
but as they tell the story of the truck they drove, its apparent its not this model.
just cause its green I guess they think its the SAME.
in any case, what would normally take me less than an hour to make the various stops in town turns into over 2 hours most times.
now I am proud of it, and these people who stop to talk to me are genuinely interested and all, but when they start telling me they drove one just like it in Vietnam..
or TELL me that my truck is a 53 power wagon, and wont take my knowledge of it as fact over their opinion of what it is, drives me batty.
I sorta get ticked when I try and explain as nicely and as politely as possible that perhaps they drove another rig?
NOPE... THIS is the truck they drove..they are POSITIVE!! no arguments.... JEEZ!!
OR other stories:
1) I have one JUST LIKE IT, and its a 55 model... mine has dual axles (Not dual wheels.. two separate axles out back.. hummm.....
2) or the guy who has the "ONLY" experimental command car built on a Jeepster chassis, and its the only one in existence, save for the US ARMY transportation museum.
(mind you I seen this very truck years before, and know if it... its a command car..I told him it was.. NOPE... I AM WRONG..his command car was an experimental jeepster car (2wd mind you) used in the desert and brought back to the US
3) or the fellow who who restored one exactly like this one, and had to sell it for a loss because ONE AXLE SEAL cost him 400 each!
Transmission gaskets 300.. etc..
ridiculous.
these are ACTUAL stories I have had to listen to politely as I do respect our veterans (if these guys were veterans, as they say)
in any case, its the situation we have "built" ourselves into..
we are proud of our trucks, so I guess the compliments come with a price.
now as to your other situation as to scratching up that nice bed by using it for work, I too may be coming to that issue as well.
My ww2 1941 dodge WC12 has a nice wood bed I DONT want scratched with rock, dirt or firewood gathering.
today its no issue, as I use the M37 for the "hard labor" around here.
but soon I wish to sell the M37 and this WC12 will be my new workhorse.
I though of a solution, and you could maybe do the same.
make a "fold up and down" wood bed liner.
Ill make a bottom with one piece of say 3/4" thick plywood.... add sides and front "panels" (same 3/4 plywood) that are hinged and can drop down and onto the bottom full piece... in other words, the entire assembly can fold down and onto itself and be taken out in one piece for storage, or when in use, lift each side panel and lock into place.. was thinking of some sort of slide latch to hold in place.
or just drop the side and front/rear pieces when not using for work, onto the bottom piece and leave that way, mostly out of sight, until you need the truck for work, where you fold up and lock panels in place.
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