Thanks for your response Flash, I look forward to seeing your pictures.

 

I think you are talking about Custom Car Cool Air Conditioning and Classic Car Restoration - Custom Car Cool, Houston TX
They do nice work but very very expensive. And the owner is an arrogant a#@. But, if you have the bucks and a thick skin, I have seen some of the work there and it is excellent.

 

I also like the looks of the bed cover. I considered doing same but was also concerned about water entrance and I wanted to avoid more holes fasteners/rivets in the original bed so I went the soft cover route below. There are no new holes for the cover and nothing new welded to the bed. I used the stake pockets with short oak strakes (painted red).

 

Bill, where did you get that cover? I like the idea of no holes in the bed!

 

Aus56, here you go. Sorry about the wood chips in the bed,just hauled a load of firewood. Enjoy:

 

 

What I did was buy a complete tonneau cover on ebay to get the hardware. It happened to be for a GM pickup which has a bed longer and wider than my 49. I could have cut down and had the fabric re sewn to fit but I wanted the gray so I purchased the fabric and worked with a friend that does canvas work. I cut down the rails to fit the truck-carefully! To mount the black rails that are in the photo I used a 1" x 1" angle iron (painted red in the photo) which I mounted to the short oak stakes (painted red). I thru bolted the stakes thru the stake pockets using the stock holes in the stake pockets (note the ss acorn nuts.
No one makes a cover for 48-52 to my knowledge which is why I did what I did.

 

Very nice work!

 

Beautiful work! Does the top seal out the water? (Not that mine will see much rain for quite a while)

 

Hello Flash, thanks for the pictures. Is the frame of that aluminium, is there much weight in it. I assume it is power up and down, it looks great. At the moment I am dubious about drilling holes to mount anything. I actually love the look of the old style vinyl tonneau that pulls down atthe back to the top of the tailgate. The problem is thieves, and they would perhaps slash it rather than pull it off to get in in a hurry.

Tough looking truck, sounds like you are driving the wheels off it, good job.

I thought I would hijack my hijack, I like the style, height and shape of your buckets, what are they from?

Willard, great looking truck, nice work on the tonneau. The general look with the tonneau pushed back reminds me of a sliding tonneau for work utes that used to be available here.Worked a bit like a roller door I guess. Interesting idea, not necessarily stylish, but not bad, security and easy accessability the main things there I guess.

 

I have not been caught in a major rainstorm however washing the truck does not let rain in and since the tonneaus in my experience (14 years on my Ranger) are very good I have no concerns.

 

That COE is on ebay now.

1954 Ford F-450 | eBay

 

Typical ebay listing, the seller hasn't a clue.

It's a C600 Tilt Cab. No F450 is a Tilt Cab and they weren't introduced until 35+ years later.

According to the VIN, the original engine: 239 Y block.

The seller has dreams of grandeur if he thinks someone is gonna pay 12 grand for this old rolling pile of miseries.

 

It is a reserve auction so we will have to wait and see if $12G is still the target.

 

Nope, not even a tilt cab. The only things that tilt on a C-600 is the hood, dispatch compartment door, and the sun visors (if so equipped).
And I wholeheartedly agree about clueless eBay sellers that use a thousand unrelated and redundant key words.