From: flyn3nvt@adelphia.net
Date: Sat Feb 25 2006 - 22:49:09 PST
Well I did the same thing when I started my M37 restoration in 95. I bought parts enought to restore 2, figuring that the M37 I would always have so I would need spare parts. Well I am going on 10 yrs on this restoration, and now since then with 6 other trucks, M37 parts keep getting lost and I am buying it all over again while the M37 is still being put together. So one of these days I can retire selling M37 parts. While rummaging for some 5 ton stuff, I did find a YELLOW NOS Bridge plate still in the box...............Been thinking about throwing that on ebay.
Jeff Houghton
ROLLING LINE HAUL MUSEUM
http://linehaulrvn.tripod.com
1951 M37
1953 M62
1968 M52A2
1969 M54A2C
1970 M35A2C
1971 M35A2
1972 M35A2
---- Michael Howell <doctormv@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> There was a period of time that I would pick up most anything I found
> for the MV's I was interested in. I still have a lot in storage
> because my interest has changed or I haven't needed it or got around to
> it. Sometimes I wonder if I can retire on what I can make on eBay with
> some of it. But then, my first interest was in M135's which don't seem
> to be increasing in price like other things. Still, the reason I got
> interested in MV's instead of classic cars was that you could get parts
> from surplus dealers cheep and they seemed to be plentiful. That seems
> to have changed. In the past you could get stuff for our MV's from
> general surplus dealers for 10 to 20 cents on the dollar. They would
> get a big lot of something and when it was sold they probably would
> never have it again. Now, most of the stuff seems to be going to
> specialized dealers like Memphis Eq who charge what it is worth but
> will have what you need when you need it.
>
> So I guess I would recommend that if you find something at a bargain
> get it, but if you are getting it from a MV dealer I would only buy
> what I intend to use soon. What you save on a better price will be
> offset by what you loose on all the stuff you never get around to
> using. One thing I learned was to put a little note about what you
> paid and what it fits with the part. As you get older you will forget
> or your heirs will have to deal with it if something suddenly happens
> to you. There is no telling how much stuff is hauled to the dump by
> heirs who don't know what to do with it.
>
> Mike
> Tishomingo, Mississippi
>
>
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