HEY That's IT...Give the lady a Cigar!

I'm glad you posted your pictures! Now I can see what it looks like on the truck BEFORE I drill holes in my hood for it. I like it!

I like your truck too. Love the front bumper! Looks like you have the separate brake/running lights and a second set for signals. Rust wise it looks to be in great shape.

You have a great drive train combination too.

Where to start???? I always like to get the guts 100% first. If you are not doing a frame off, I'd get the drive train (engine tranny and rear end) done first; then work on running gear (brakes, bearings, steering, shocks, wheels, tires); then electrical; body (doors and windows first; cab hood then bed); paint; then bed planking/chrome/seals. But that's just my own preference. It's always more fun to restore, and seems to soften (make worthwhile) the expense if you can drive it while you do it!

PS... caviot to what I just said. If you are changing out your front end to something like a Mustang II or Volare, do that while your engine is out.

 

PS! Take the Misses up to Home depot IN Agetha to get the Home Improvement materials, and after you get score of people giving you the thumbs up and "cool truck," I would venture to say there MAY be a slight tolerance for "Agetha Dollars!"

But, I'm just a girl, what do I know - tee hee!

J!

 

Take a look at the grille bars and the parking lamps on this car.

This is a late 1947 or 1948 Ford.

Early 1947's and 1946's have rectangular parking lamps, which are mounted on the panel adjacent to the hood. The grille bars have an indented line painted red, the Ford name on the upper center grille bar is also painted red.

Late 1947's and 1948's have smooth grille bars, the Ford name is painted blue.

Early 1947's and 1946's have a different hood ornament (51C-16850-A). It's not the same as late 1947's and 1948's used (6A-16850-A). There is no plastic insert, and at the very front of it is a removable cloisonne emblem that has a chrome 6 or 8 surrounded by red enamel.

I've owned three early 1947 Woodies. The last one I owned was purchased from the original owner in 1968 for $500.00. It was all original except for the paint, had all three seats (usually the 3rd row is missing), and it had the optional Columbia 2 speed rear end. Today, this Woody is worth over 50 grand!

 

Hey I have that same hood ornament on my 51! Only the plastic insert is broken.

 

6A-16607 .. Plastic Insert / 10 1/2" long / Fits late 1947 & 1948 Ford passenger cars hood ornament.

I ran this Ford part number on the obsolete parts locator system, no one has it, but I believe it has been reproduced, by whom I forget.

Contact vintageford.com (Sacramento Vintage Ford Parts), maybe they know.

 

Dennis Carpenter has both the base,#6A-16851, $150 and the blue plastic insert, #6A-16607, $25.

 

NumberDummy,
I'll have to post my hood-ornament-to-be for you to ID. My hood came with a ragged hole where it appears that a previous hood ornament was literally ripped off. I'm going to repair the hole and put on an airplane-style ornament to honor the aircraft I used to fly. I'm not sure what I have - it was an ebay find.

ferrociousness,
Welcome to THE best site for old Ford truck info. These guys are outstanding.

Robert (ops32)

 

Bob, thanks for posting the part numbers and details where I can replace the insert. As you can see the one I have is pretty crazed with the sun beating down on it in the SE for the past 57 years! The outer part will need to be cleaned up and re-chromed...

...Speaking of re-chroming, I know the headlight surrounds on the 51-53 F-1s are Stainless, does anyone know if the section with the knuckles between the headlights is Stainless Steel (I'm thinking it isn't) as well? If not I guess I'm removing the paint and sending the section out for chroming too.

Thanks again for everyone's effort in trying to ID the hood ornament...

Ferrociousness.

 

Single engine high wing monoplane?

One of the most popular aftermarket airplane hood ornament for many years was copied from the Ryan Aircraft's Spirit of St. Louis.

Flown across the Atlantic in 1927 by you know who.

 

There is a guy selling the inserts on e-bay! $14. plus shipping It's listed under Parts/Ford/1947-48. Most of them are a turquoise color like the add shows, but I got one that was clear.

That's where I got the picture I posted earlier in this thread.

Here's a link :

eBay Motors: Blue Hood Ornament Insert 1947 1948 Ford (item 200246490376 end time Aug-20-08 11:13:02 PDT)

Julie!

 

Actually, I've seen some of the headlight "doors" in chrome as well. As far as your grille being stainless...start strippin'

J!

 

Prolly 1950's/60's JC Whitney or Western Auto replacements.

I've seen everything from 1948 thru 1966 truck & car headlamp doors done in chrome, while the originals were stainless, anodized aluminum or painted.

Whitney also sold replacement hubcaps for these trucks. They look like the originals, but instead of the block letters F O R D, the caps have F O O O, F O D R, or F R O D on them.

 

Nah, this one is a delta wing, low-to-mid wing mounting, small upright tail, long skinny body, two threaded rods for mounting. Cast metal & chromed, I couldn't find any markings at all on the bottom. Gotta get out the camera...
Robert

 

Delta wing, does that mean swept back like the ME-262's, MIG's or F-86's had? I know very little about modern aircraft.

I prefer the era that encompasses Stearman or Beech Stagger Wings.

 

Biplanes are cool. So are big radial engines! Delta wings are shaped like a triangle when looking down from above. The others you mentioned have swept wings.
The hood ornament was one of the first things I bought after getting the truck. The thing doesn't run and is in bad shape but I got a hood ornament for it!
Too bad almost all of "my" airplanes are in the boneyard. When I get my truck done I'd like to get a pic of it in front of an airplane. I guess I'll have to look for one of the same vintage.