1947 and older trucks Roll call! What do have and what are your plans!!
#181
10-05-2015, 07:42 PM
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Gol Dang! That is really, really nice. Do you have the bed and rear fenders? That loks like the Pacific Northwest in the background. If so, you me and Captain Sygo should have a tonner ralley soon! Edit: Went back and looked and sure enough a Washington plate. Obviously our side of the state too. Welcome to the madness!
. it is good to be back in the NW. I don't have a bed for her, I also heard that the 1 ton beds are larger than 1/2 and 3/4 beds. thought about making a stake bed to help keep the cost down.
#182
10-05-2015, 08:22 PM
The one ton pickup beds are 8' long. I bought a later model bed (1951)that I need to repair and modify and then find fenders and running boards for. I am a lifetime career woodworker. I have a lot of wood here and a sawmill. I'd be happy to provide all the wood you'd need along with a set of factory stakebed style running boards in trade for your pickup style running boards. Just don't cut those long running boards short. 
#183
10-05-2015, 08:23 PM
Gol Dang! That is really, really nice. Do you have the bed and rear fenders? That loks like the Pacific Northwest in the background. If so, you me and Captain Sygo should have a tonner ralley soon! Edit: Went back and looked and sure enough a Washington plate. Obviously our side of the state too. Welcome to the madness!
Be afraid. Be very afraid!
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10-05-2015, 09:31 PM
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The one ton pickup beds are 8' long. I bought a later model bed (1951)that I need to repair and modify and then find fenders and running boards for. I am a lifetime career woodworker. I have a lot of wood here and a sawmill. I'd be happy to provide all the wood you'd need along with a set of factory stakebed style running boards in trade for your pickup style running boards. Just don't cut those long running boards short.
that is unless I can find a stock bed and fenders before I fire up my welder?
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10-11-2015, 02:58 PM
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34 Ford pu
Pretty much have all the parts I need to start putting it back together except for the radiator,windshield frame, and the rear fenders.
Putting a 312 Y-block in it with either a 3-speed+1 manual overdrive trans,or a FOM. Engine has E-Bird dual quads and what used to be called a 3/4 cam.
Body is staying stock except for a dropped front axle and Hondarus Maroon cab,bed,and hood,and black fenders and running boards.
Using 49 Lincoln gauge clusters and speedo in it.
Strictly a driver,and plan on driving it often when I am not driving my 51 Ford club coupe or the weather is nasty and I am driving modern crap.
Putting a 312 Y-block in it with either a 3-speed+1 manual overdrive trans,or a FOM. Engine has E-Bird dual quads and what used to be called a 3/4 cam.
Body is staying stock except for a dropped front axle and Hondarus Maroon cab,bed,and hood,and black fenders and running boards.
Using 49 Lincoln gauge clusters and speedo in it.
Strictly a driver,and plan on driving it often when I am not driving my 51 Ford club coupe or the weather is nasty and I am driving modern crap.
#188
11-12-2015, 09:20 PM
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that didn't work, a 1945 ford one ton 157 inch converted grain truck,engine went in restoration project. a 1947 ford commercial with stake bed, next truck to restore. a shortened wheel base, don't know 1946 ford tow truck,parts for any of the other projects, 100 horse flathead is supposedly good, will go in stake bed. a 1946 ford coe has a 120 horse sleeved merc.an 1961 ford unibody 292 with a three on the tree. a 1961 chevy corvair, all that's left is paint if I ever find time. a 1950 IHC L122 with a ssd 220. hope to finish the POR 15 on the frame this weekend, and numerous other parts trucks to match, IHC parts are hard to come by. a 1984 ford ranger exporer 4x4 needs transmission, a spare tottaly diassembled 1946 ford tonner, been stealing parts off of it for a couple of years now. numerous other flathead from 85 to the 100 horse models, some out of other trucks, some off of threshers, and some ran irrigation pumps. working on the purchase of a 39 five window and a 57 sunliner. if I finish all of that before I die, I will have acomplished something.
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11-24-2015, 08:13 PM
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I just fell into a barn find with a '42 1 1/2 ton. I want to pull it apart and put it back the same as a stake bed. I am not finding much information about that particular truck though. I am sure the rear axle would need to be modified to make it a driver above 50 mph and I would like to upgrade the brakes for safety. Since it does not have a bed, I do need a stake bed and need to know what fits this truck. Right now it is still buried in the barn. See photos on profile. Flat head V8 and trans would surely need some work. Were does one start to locate information on this truck?
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12-06-2015, 08:50 AM
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#195
12-06-2015, 11:35 AM
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