1937 Dodge Hollander Help Needed

[Elmer_Stange]

I have a 1937 Dodge Pickup with the Windshield Regulator Assembly Part Number listed as: 745251 and Bracket Part Number listed as: 489233.

Would someone please check out their Hollander Interchange Manual to see what other vehicles used these numbers and what part numbers interchanged with them?

From what I can tell, these parts fit 1937 Dodge MC, MD, ME, MF and MH trucks as well as 1937 Plymouth PT50's.

I think that they also fit the 1938 model trucks.

My potmetal bracket broke and I need to know what other part numbers and makes and models could be used as replacements. My bracket has the number "265" cast on the right front side. I have seen some brackets with "259" on them but do not know their part numbers and have been told that they fit only on cars.

Thanks for your help.

[Phil 32DL6]

Would someone please check out their Hollander Interchange Manual...

I poured through my Hollander last night but couldn't find that item listed. Anybody else try?

[Elmer_Stange]

Thanks for checking, Phil. So far I have found out that the 1937 and 38 Dodge and Plymouth trucks used a housing with 265 cast on it. Some housings used splined handle shafts and some (like my 1937 MC) used a square handle shaft.

[paul123]

Elmer,

Did you ever find the windshield regulator in this thread? I am in need of one as well for my '38 Plymouth PT-57. If anyone knows of one out there, please let me know.

Thanks,

Paul
pdcllc@hotmail.com

[Pete K.]

Elmer, Is there any way the broken casting can be repaired? The method I was thinking of is to clean it really well, No traces of oil, wire wheel the mating part carefully to get down to shiny metal, then using a strong epoxy like Marine Tex. The drawback is the forces put on this part where it broke and perhaps even the clearance where there would be a bead of epoxy evident along the repair. I've checked all my books and have come up with zilch for an interchange.

[1936 D2]

Paul,
Can you glean any more info out of this post?
Here's a part for those '36 & '37 guys
This one is the splined shaft version.

[Steve9]

Elmer might be on vacation. Mine broke on my '35, and I brought it to a welder who replicated the pot metal housing perfectly in steel. He used the other parts that weren't pot metal, got it all back together, and it worked perfectly.

[1936 D2]

How did he do that? Was it a casting in steel?

[Steve9]

How did he do that? Was it a casting in steel?

No casting, just cobbled together chunks of steel to make it work. It looked crude alright, but it cranked great!

[1936 D2]

That's the name of the game - especially for uber hard to find parts that are essentially unseen.