I would like to see your old trucks working.
Here is my 31AA earning it's keep hauling 30 sheets of 3/4" plywood and 30 sheets of 2" foam board



The boys came along to help

 

Nice truck ! Bet she gets some looks pulling up to the lumber store .....

 

1946 Canadian Mercury still toughing it out in the Great White North.....




....And this is what she looks like on her day off.....







....Stock flathead V-8 for power. Unrestored original. Had a repaint in the early 80's. I have traced the truck back to 1955. Back then it lived about 10 miles from where I live.....
Stan. ........

 

Dang those are nice trucks. Well once I get time to work on mine again. I will use it to haul leaves and possibly sod. I will use it for whatever really.

 

I enjoy working mine. Here on the East end of the island there is very little traffic or cops or other annoyances so running materials around here is pretty casual. I sold the '37 because the '47 replaced it having real brakes and all. My 9' script bed also wouldn't fit on the '37 because it had tapered distance between the frame rails. The '38 tonner pickup was my dd from the mid 80s to the mid 90s. I tend to not keep all my rigs forever. My friend calls it 'Gary's Catch and Release Garage'....

 

Well... Wish I had the 46' up and going... Would post something...

 

Just throw some stuff on the back of it and take a picture. We will pretend along with you! Seriously at my age months go by like weeks. Before you know it, you'll be tooling down the road in that fine vehicle of yours.

 

My 47 is a working truck. I use it to haul wine grapes from the vineyard and grain.





I've had this truck since 1974. This is what it looked like up until 2009. This is a load of grapes.





Unloading at a winery. Careful observers will notice that I've done some work on the truck





Unloading at another winery. Everyone rushes out to have their picture taken with the truck when I show up.





This is a load of empties coming back from the winery. I've run loads of over 5 tons but these days I try to limit loads to 3 tons (12 totes in 2 layers).





Sometimes we pick in the mud and rain. Less often we get lucky with the weather.





Not working. Just resting.

 

VERY, VERY COOL! Beautiful restoration, not overdone,. Just the way it should be. Like getting a new set of work clothes. And that 1/2 ton little brother is a gem. '36?

 

Yes, the pickup is a 36. It belonged to my great uncle who farmed with horses all his life. Never had a tractor. He drove a horse and buggy into town to do his shopping until the early 50s when he joined the modern era and bought this 36. My dad taught him to drive. The engine has been replaced but it is the correct 21 stud.





The 36 at a friends garage and shop.

The 47 has a 59ab with 4 speed truck transmission and 3 speed Watson. I'm the second owner. A farm 4 miles west of town bought it new in 47. I got it from them in 1974 and moved it to my place 4 miles east of town. Often when I'm in town with it guys will come up and talk about driving it when they worked on the farm in their summer jobs.





Interior not restored at all other than a new (rebuilt) instrument panel. The short shift lever is for the Watson 3 speed.





The engine is not easy to work on. The truck had a heater on the passenger side when I got it. I ripped that out during the restoration. You are never cold in a COE once the engine is warmed up.


Tom

 

Awesome thread Chris. I love it. Keep em rollin Guy's.

 

These are great trucks guys! I love that we are using them. Keep them coming!

 

Have you guys seen Dick Cutting's site? He lives in New Hampshire and has a sawmill and uses his old fords. One is a MH, maybe a '36. Awesome stuff. Don't know how to do a link....

 

Google is letting me down here. Using those two words in a search and take a guess what you get? Yeah, it ain't pretty...

 

OOPs. I think I'd call myself Richard.