When I was in high school we started restoring what I thought was a 1948 F6. Well it was a stub nose. My neighbor has one he is selling for $2500 bucks. I have always wanted one so I am probably going to buy it. What I want to know is what model is a stub nose? Is there anywhere I can get info on them? I have looked for one for 10 years...

 

The are called cab overs or coe

 

These pages from the 1952 Dealer Handbook should give you answers to most questions. There shouldn't be any significant differences that I can think of between the years other than sheet metal. I scanned the pages that exclude the beds because they show you all optional wheel bases. The pages with beds only had 134" and 158" wheel bases.

You'll want to do a forum search about the wheels on the truck. Use key words "widow maker" and "Firestone RH-5°.

 

Kinna like this here guy called "48fordcoe"!





look up his gallery

 

the later 53-56 trucks were badged as C series (-500, -600, -700, -750, -800, -900).
JML

 

The tandem axle farm truck looks great. I'd love to have that around to use at harvest time if I was still farming.