m5 cab mounts

[mrossbach]

Hello guys.....where can I get a set of M5 body mounts (1946 )...side and rear....or what can I use? I have been told to use hockey pucks?
well we have alot of them here in Hockey Town!!!
thanks mike r. michigan

[52-fan]

If you're talking about the insulators, they appear to be made from old tire sidewalls. I don't know if anyone sells a replacement, but I'm sure you could find a replacement material. Maybe someone else will chime in on this.
If you haven't read Gary Ash's account of restoring his M5 you should. It's got lots of good information.


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[jjones]

Cab mounts for a 1947-1954 Chevy truck work quite well on the M cab and radiator, and are available at many hot rod shops as well as such enterprises as LMC Truck, Tuckers, "Chevys of the 40s," and others. They measure 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 5/16", with a 1/2" hole.

Hope this helps

Jeff

[N8N]

if you have access to same, pieces of an old conveyor belt would probably serve as well, and be easier to handle than tire sidewalls.

nate

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[Tom Bredehoft]

I dunno, a wood cutting blade in a saber saw made some very nice body mounts from an old tire for me. It was a whitewall, but had set flat so long it would no longer hold air. It lives on as body mounts.

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[garyash]

Don't forget one important item: a 1946 dime. I found one under the rubber pad at the back of the cab of my '48 M5 when I pulled the cab off. I've never heard of anyone else finding anything under a mount. Was it a "good luck" thing for factory guys?

At this point, you would entitled to put a 2008 dime in its place. Will the metal in a new one last 60 years?

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[N8N]

hey, that '46 dime probably has some significant intrinsic value, weren't they made of real silver back then?

nate

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[Guido]

Gary has mentioned this before. Unlike cars, coinage does not appear until the year is minted and takes a time period to get into wide circulation. Depending on when this truck was built, there may have been a relatively small number of 1946 coins already in circulation. Like Studebakers, silver dimes were produced up through the 1964 model year.

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