In the Garage: 1952 Dodge M37 weapons carrier
THE CAR AND ITS OWNER
1952 Dodge M37 weapons carrier owned by Paul Dooling
WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING
Few classic rides are as rugged as the M37, built, according to Dooling, from 1951 to 1968 as a new and improved version of the World War II Dodge truck and used in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Today, they make great collectibles among enthusiastic followers of vintage military vehicles here on Long Island and across the country. “This truck was sent to Israel to be used in their armed forces,” Dooling says. “It was reimported to the U.S. in the late 1980s. It has a rebuilt Israeli engine with a rebuild tag attached, written in Hebrew.”
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