This Old M-42 May Not Look Like Much But It Is A Complete Truck That We’d Sure Love To Have At Home!


This Old M-42 May Not Look Like Much But It Is A Complete Truck That We’d Sure Love To Have At Home!

The M-37 is as iconic, tough, and basic as you can get when thinking about classic military trucks. These things were around and in service for a very long time and in any number of roles for the men who were operating and using them in hostile environments. You may be looking at this thing and thinking that I botched the title (that never happens!) by calling it an M-42. This time it is you who’d be wrong because while the M-42 is a variant of the M-37 there are some differences. See, the M-42 was the “Command” model and while this truck is missing the pieces, it was designed to be a little mobile command tent for officers to get together and do their planning work.

The truck should have a small diameter tube frame in the rear that supported a tent with roll down sides, a table, and some bench seating in the back as well. That was pretty much what made the M-42 different than the M-37. Both are mechanically identical and that’s a good thing because while the flathead inliner engine is not anything but a means to grunt this thing around, it will do so literally forever.

By the looks of the various paint shades on this truck it has served different duties after being turned out of the military. Civil defense, maybe a stint with the fire dept, and who knows what else. Complete and claimed to be running, the M-42 shown here is on good rubber and it look to be fully intact and in great shape. We’d probably leave the paint just like it is, even the garish red on the inside. We’re not fashion plate kind of guys and we think it shows off the varied history of this great truck.

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