From: Jeffrey Cerniglia (jcerniglia@msn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 02 2004 - 23:39:45 PST
I didn't find my M37 harder to stop than any other old truck I've owned with
drum brakes.
I have a 59 GMC that I drive very regular and it stops in about the same
distance.48 was top speed on my M37, it was bone stock.
Regards,
Jeff Cerniglia
Bristol Ct
>From: "Baker, George R. - Eastman" <grbaker@eastman.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] M37 cruising speed?
>Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:56:13 -0500
>
>I drove a restored, milspec M37B1 for 3 years as a daily driver and it ran
>great at 45-50 mph, it would run 60 on a flat stretch but was in a strain.
>Remember they are as hard to stop as they are to get up to speed. I would
>expect you will need to purchase a spare transfer case and the long rear
>axle if you continue to let your son drive it.
>
>G.R.Baker
>(The clean handed MV restorer, with more money than God....NOT... on both
>cases)
>MV magazine readers will understand.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjorn Brandstedt [mailto:super_deuce@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tue 11/2/2004 2:53 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Cc:
> Subject: [MV] M37 cruising speed?
>
>
>
> Hi,
> Question for 3/4-ton fans: What is a normal high end cruising speed for
>the
> M37? How high is it safe to rev the flathead? My son is complaining about
> how slow the truck is, when keeping the rpm (he added a tach) to about
>2,000
> max.
> Thanks,
> Bjorn
>
>
>
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