I'll bet that wood is eight quarter oak which is pretty scarce these days. I'm sure a local lumber yard would be happy to take it off your hands.

 

Nice truck! and trailer! Better if it was a monkey face, though, lol.

 

What a great way to spend a day (or two). There's nothing quite like the excitement of bringing another great old truck home.

Bobby

 

trailer and dodge pickup are not mine. i have found its cheaper to borrow than to buy. i got to thinking if you need any 2sp rear axle parts let me know. i think it was doc that wants the shafts but the rest is unspoken for. good luck with the build. and i have another 51/52 front clip if you want to update the looks. haaaa. and now my son read the post about the wood so we are gonna have to save that. good thing its only about 97 degrees everyday.

 

Great red trucks! Enjoy. Big red trucks rule! in my opinion.

 

So, you finished yet? lol

Great looking project! Always awesome when they have a family history to them. Be sure to post new pictures when you have them!

Glad moving both trucks went easy, nothing quite as fun as a two-ton truck that you can't move but have to. And nothing quite beats someone admiring it on the very first day of things

 

'47 tudor sedan is coming home this weekend, which was the trade for the F6 dumptruck. The sedan's frame was grafted with a Nova, and then left outside to rust, which is already at home (the sedan currently sits on a GM chassis).

Today I contacted a guy not too far away, with a complete original '48 sedan roller chassis with the I6 that turned over last year when he got it. Mine for $500. So I get a good chassis for the sedan, and a potential engine for the F6. The V8 in the F6 turns over, but I haven't added gas yet to see if it'll fire.... not bad for a 40 yr. slumber!

Oh, and I've been driving the IH and put a couple hundred miles on it since Labor Day. Life is good! (for a change)

 

Great news Havi. Now it's time to post up some pic's of the work ya got done so far. Ya are working on it right? Put some gas and 12 volts to the engines and light them off. That is so cool to do after 40 odd years. All the bugs and mice getting blown out the pipe.

 

Well really nothing to show. But if you insist, here's me cranking it over the first time.

July 29th cranking dales F6 - YouTube

And me enjoying a ride down a rural road in my R100

rat rod rendevouz 4 riding home - YouTube