As i have shared in another post when i first joined the forum I got a 1946 ford from my wife's parents. It was actually my wifes grandfathers he bought it new in 47. So 1 owner. The last time it was plated for the road was 1972 and it just sat in my wife's parents back yard for the last 20+ years with no one ever touching it. I got the chance to get it since they were planing on moving so i had a friend haul it from Idaho where they live to Indiana where i live. Some of the pictures in this build thread have already been posted but ill post again so they are all together

 

Hauling it home








Picture i got while waiting for it to be picked up





Picture i got while waiting for it to be picked up





Picture i got while waiting for it to be picked up





Picture i got while waiting for it to be picked up





bed was pretty well rotted out








cool fold up sides on the bed














Looks like the window was shot a few times

















Front tire couldnt believe it still held air








O also got a jeep mail van from them as well

 

Romed the bed











wiped down the dash





Cleaned out the floor

 

pulling the seat and the fuel tank





Pulled the front ens so i could work on it easier





My wife posing





Front end on the floor





Pulled 6 leaf packs out of each side to smooth the ride and lower the rear end 2 inches





Striped the seat springs





Coated the fuel tank





Rewired the front clip

 

Was that bed hinged on one side?

 

Hi there, your truck bed looks like the bed on my 1945 ford 1 1/2 ton, i will take a photo of it to show how close they are, makes me wonder if there was a set of plans available for that type of bed back in the day.

also i see you referred to this truck as a G8T model, so maybe this info will help you with the differences between the two models. the G8T was the military model, it had some different features than the Civilian model which is what yours is, for example it would of had 6 hole budd rims insted of 5 hole, a rear mesh window guard, there would be no side marker lights on the front end, only a flat spot where they would be. a single bar guard over the headlights, shock absorbers, and Bumperettes at the rear of the frame, tow hooks in the front. also the inside of the cab is different above the windshield.

 

Good score! That's what they all look like when I find them too. In the last five years I've pushed about ten rotten beds just like that into the burn pit.

 

That was a beet box, as in sugar beet. At the beet dump they would undo the chains on one side of the box and let it down then a machine would lift the other side of the box to dump the beets on the ground. Ya I did.

 

Yup, this used to be sugar beet country and there are a lot of old dilapidated side dumps around.

 

You got lucky! She's a real pretty one. The truck looks good too.

 

the bed on my 45 looks a lot like yours, there was a lot of sugar beets around here years ago,

 

The original title says it is a 6g8t so that is what i was going off of. Good information though thank you

 

It cool to see other bed like the one mine had. Mine didnt tilt over though both side where bolted to the frame is it still a beat box?

 

the truck runs but hasent been started in a long time, i am not sure what i want to do with the bed, i still have the end board that looks like in the photo at the beet dump, my plan is to re create the pattern with all of the old hardware, but if i get a script bed i might go that way, ??

 

Nice i am going to take my old sides and mount them on the new bed so it will look pretty original