Farside
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Not even long enough to invade Kiev from Belarus, by all accounts.
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Wildefalcon
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Yes, heard that. Knock off XCLs.
Blue Chips
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Thanks. It's been quite a while since I did that repair. I don't recall the gauge offhand, but the new metal matched the gauge of the original floor. If you'd like, I can check the thickness for you when I have a moment.
When I did this repair, I made a cardboard template that matched the original contours/shape of the floor reasonably well, which I copied with the metal repair patch. The patch dropped right into place with virtually no alterations, so my template was fairly accurate. As to the 'tab,' it's just echoing the shape of the original driveline hump, which had about a three-inch wide area where the profile of the driveline hump was different, sloping gradually down to the flat area that the battery box sits on, instead of having a little steep drop-off like the rest of the driveline hump. The tab extends an extra half inch or so to cover some damage.
Matchless
I started with nothing, still have most of it left
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DO NOT EXPECT THIS STANDARD OF RESTORATION on my 1944 Austin K6, it will be as usual done to driver quality not museum standard!
Maybe a bit like this but with a flatbed body, no crane! it has to fit through a 7 4" foot square garage to get into my garden / shed.
Maybe a bit like this but with a flatbed body, no crane! it has to fit through a 7 4" foot square garage to get into my garden / shed.
Blue Chips
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Cool project! There certainly were a lot of different K6 configurations. That's quite a hefty-looking winch on it. That should keep you busy for a while!
Blue Chips
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I put the M37 up on my new scissor lift for the first time a couple of days ago. The lift works great. I weighted the back of the chassis to shift the center of gravity back so that the CG would be directly over the center pivots of the lift. It's rock solid, and it doesn't sway at all when I try to shake it. I used two 3" x 5" x 1/4" rectangular tube cross beams on top of the platforms, figuring that they would distribute the load more evenly on the platforms while giving me a little more working space over the platforms. There are four heavy-duty rubber lifting blocks that contact the frame. I can actually raise the chassis a few inches higher than necessary to stand up under it. 
The safety lock system works well, and I always make sure the locks are fully engaged before going under the lift.
My current priority job is to finish installing our backup generator, so any work on the M37 will probably have to wait a week or two.
The safety lock system works well, and I always make sure the locks are fully engaged before going under the lift.My current priority job is to finish installing our backup generator, so any work on the M37 will probably have to wait a week or two.
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Blue Chips
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That would be a really nice project for someone. It looks like there's quite a bit of interest in it, judging from the number of views and multiple bidders. Still, someone might get a bargain.
Most parts are still available for an M37, so it's not a difficult vehicle to restore or modify. They're pretty easy to work on, since everything is accessible.
Just going by the photos, it looks very solid, straight, and complete, And best of all, I didn't notice much in the way of rust (at least from what I can see in the photos).
Bobupndown
What could possibly go wrong?
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That's a serious set of tyres.
pedrobedro
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Tread depth measured in inches, that's serious stuff.
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...that ride rougher than a cob....
