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Mike in Mass · 11-19-2016, 08:31 PM

well ,I just got the call to go to the hotrod shop and pick up the discarded pieces of my dads old 37. motor and tranny tommorrow tube,rearend and wheels next week
. I guess i should be happy getting all these goodies ,but im a little sad . beutiful orignal truck .my dad was the 3rd owner now my sister and husband got it and are streetrodding it . Booooooooo. dont know what there saving out of the front end ,,,who knows . i guess i should be happy its still in the family another one bites the dust ! and i have to watch ! ouch!

alanwoodieman · 11-19-2016, 10:17 PM

take some black or dead flowers and place them on the truck!!

corvette8n · 11-19-2016, 10:28 PM

Keep the pieces maybe you'll get it back someday.

rockfla · 11-21-2016, 08:25 AM

Just how was it that your "Sister" ended up with the truck??

the cooch · 11-21-2016, 11:18 AM

Not to be a smart @$$, but there's plenty of unfinished, and new, whole streetrod chassis out there to grab and drop the body on. For possibly less money than adding a clip to the front and all new axle hung in the rear. Maybe you could convince them to leave the whole of the running gear unmolested, and out from under there in tact? Now, to be a smart-@$$, do you think it'll be pink, purple or yellow when it's done? If ever? Bummer of a story... Chris, in Boulder

Lawson Cox · 11-21-2016, 12:02 PM

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deuce_roadster · 11-21-2016, 12:54 PM

That must be tough to watch. At least get the unwanted parts, you may find a project that needs those same parts and you could still have some of it in use. Kind of like when someone gets a heart or kidney--the donor lives on!

Clem Clement · 11-21-2016, 02:08 PM

Family is first.

flatford8 · 11-21-2016, 04:15 PM

I know how you feel. I had the same experience but not from a family member. A guy I know has a '37 Tudor. Supposedly a 60,000 mile fairly original car. He wanted to street rod it. His car,his money,his business. I bought the radiator, cross member, engine-tranny, front/rear ends, five good tires-wheels, hub caps-trim rings,steering box with a nice banjo wheel. It was already converted to juice brakes. I'm collecting parts for a '37 pickup. If we cant save the cars we have to save the parts..... right??.... Mark

slowforty · 11-21-2016, 06:02 PM

Sometimes the people selling the parts dont know the value of the parts.

Mike in Mass · 11-21-2016, 06:49 PM

i picked up the motor and tranny yesterday. allready tucked away in my storage truck. . the guy told me i could come for the tube and rearend tommorrow. original hubcaps still on the rearend. could this be an LB motor ? was running great 2 weeks ago

Talkwrench · 11-21-2016, 07:09 PM

I hope they are not putting a scrub motor in it !

Id say yes its an LB.

deuce_roadster · 11-21-2016, 07:11 PM

Not an LB motor, your water pumps are in the block.

Walt Dupont--Me. · 11-21-2016, 08:01 PM

That is a 37 engine, you can install 36 and older heads on the front of the block, most won't notice the differance. The 37 is a nice engine. Walt

11-19-2016, 08:31 PM	#1
Mike in Mass Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PLYMOUTH MASS Posts: 860	1937 original picup demise well ,I just got the call to go to the hotrod shop and pick up the discarded pieces of my dads old 37. motor and tranny tommorrow tube,rearend and wheels next week . I guess i should be happy getting all these goodies ,but im a little sad . beutiful orignal truck .my dad was the 3rd owner now my sister and husband got it and are streetrodding it . Booooooooo. dont know what there saving out of the front end ,,,who knows . i guess i should be happy its still in the family another one bites the dust ! and i have to watch ! ouch!

11-19-2016, 10:17 PM	#2
alanwoodieman Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: upstate SC Posts: 2,964	Re: 1937 original picup demise take some black or dead flowers and place them on the truck!!

11-19-2016, 10:28 PM	#3
corvette8n Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY Posts: 2,952	Re: 1937 original picup demise Keep the pieces maybe you'll get it back someday.

11-21-2016, 08:25 AM	#4
rockfla Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Jacksonville FL Posts: 3,963	Re: 1937 original picup demise Just how was it that your "Sister" ended up with the truck??

11-21-2016, 11:18 AM	#5
the cooch Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Boulder, Colorado Posts: 97	Re: 1937 original picup demise Not to be a smart @$$, but there's plenty of unfinished, and new, whole streetrod chassis out there to grab and drop the body on. For possibly less money than adding a clip to the front and all new axle hung in the rear. Maybe you could convince them to leave the whole of the running gear unmolested, and out from under there in tact? Now, to be a smart-@$$, do you think it'll be pink, purple or yellow when it's done? If ever? Bummer of a story... Chris, in Boulder

11-21-2016, 12:02 PM	#6
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,009	Re: 1937 original picup demise Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Time for a Divorce from your family. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

11-21-2016, 12:54 PM	#7
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1937 original picup demise That must be tough to watch. At least get the unwanted parts, you may find a project that needs those same parts and you could still have some of it in use. Kind of like when someone gets a heart or kidney--the donor lives on!

11-21-2016, 02:08 PM	#8
Clem Clement Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fairfax, VA Posts: 3,393	Re: 1937 original picup demise Family is first.

11-21-2016, 04:15 PM	#9
flatford8 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Lyman,ME. Posts: 2,630	Re: 1937 original picup demise I know how you feel. I had the same experience but not from a family member. A guy I know has a '37 Tudor. Supposedly a 60,000 mile fairly original car. He wanted to street rod it. His car,his money,his business. I bought the radiator, cross member, engine-tranny, front/rear ends, five good tires-wheels, hub caps-trim rings,steering box with a nice banjo wheel. It was already converted to juice brakes. I'm collecting parts for a '37 pickup. If we cant save the cars we have to save the parts..... right??.... Mark __________________ I'm thinkin' about crankin' My ragged ol' truck up and haulin' myself into town. Billy Joe Shaver

11-21-2016, 06:02 PM	#10
slowforty Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,062	Re: 1937 original picup demise Sometimes the people selling the parts dont know the value of the parts.

11-21-2016, 07:09 PM	#12
Talkwrench Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 2,687	Re: 1937 original picup demise I hope they are not putting a scrub motor in it ! Id say yes its an LB. __________________ *"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"*

11-21-2016, 07:11 PM	#13
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: 1937 original picup demise Not an LB motor, your water pumps are in the block.

11-21-2016, 08:01 PM	#14
Walt Dupont--Me. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Gardiner Me. Posts: 4,200	Re: 1937 original picup demise That is a 37 engine, you can install 36 and older heads on the front of the block, most won't notice the differance. The 37 is a nice engine. Walt