Any idea of the hoist make on your truck Havi or on you M600 Mr. ford? Here are a couple of shots of a Marion hoist from my 48 F6 before clean-up and disassembly. It's held in place with 8 bolts (4 / side) through the top of the frame rail.
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'48 F6.5 (under development)
'62 641,
'00 F250 7.3L, '09 Fusion
'01 FLHT
Here's the story:
I currently have a pair of F1's that came as parts trucks/projects. I also have a 9' script flatbed (needs work).
My uncle, 300 miles away or so, has a pair of '49's-- an F6 (no bed), and F8 (dump box) but have been having trouble getting them home for 3 years now. I've been wanting a big brother to the F1 since day 1. Now I see a Craigslist ad for a '50 F6 w/dump box (Galion) in my home town. Small enough town, I'm surprised I didn't know about it, lol. Anyway, I thought cool, parts! But then I seen it, it was complete, typical body rust, but the engine wasn't stuck. Asking price $400. My yard truck went belly up last year. So I thought if I could just get it running, I could use the F6, and find a wrecker bed, and call it good. Then I got to thinking, it's probably cheaper to buy this one than haul my uncle's trucks home. I'll get those eventually, but now I don't feel pressured, at least until the uncle gives me a deadline, lol. But when it was delivered by the stepfather of the seller, he told me the history of the truck, and how it started as the City of Ely plow truck, then owned by an old timer named Macy, now deceased. Apparently it's helped out a lot of local farmers, so I felt compelled, or guilted, to fix this one up. First need is tires to replace the cracked ones on there now, and ditch the WM's. Everything else is a matter of tearing down, cleaning up, and reassembling. Meanwhile the F1 awaits frame blasting and epoxy, and the Fairlane is in the garage collecting dust, while waiting for work to pick back up.
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1948 F1
1950 F6
1978 F150 4x4
several others for parts
Also looking for a 1937 Ford sedan 2dr, and any old panel truck.
Well, thats interesting set up, kinda crazy. whats left on my m600 is a frame and the ram but the ram is base of the ram isnt that far aft of the truck its pretty much right behind the cab. hmm ill get some pics up up how do you post pics?
Mr. ford, there's a stickie at the top of the forum page showing some ways to post pics. Here's a couple pics I took the other day real quicklike.
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1948 F1
1950 F6
1978 F150 4x4
several others for parts
Also looking for a 1937 Ford sedan 2dr, and any old panel truck.
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I lack focus. That, and I lack focus.
1948 F1
1950 F6
1978 F150 4x4
several others for parts
Also looking for a 1937 Ford sedan 2dr, and any old panel truck.
Been walking in the woods alot lately, and in my travels I found a couple things. First is a pair of solid axles, short in width, with 5x8 lug patterns. 1 wheel had 8 hand holes ("Motor Wheel"), and two more had 5 hand holes, last wheel missing. I assume it was an old log hauling trailer built from truck parts. The axle looked narrower than my F6. Secondly, I was way deep in the boonies on a footpath, when I stumbled upon an early 1950's GMC and 1960's Chevy Viking dumptrucks, and a Baker front end loader. Now, the early GMC had 5 lug bolt pattern, but I assume they're a wider circle? They looked like lock rings, but not positive.
Also, the GMC had a visor with a pinched front like the early Fords, but had a center piece mounted to the split in the windshield.
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I lack focus. That, and I lack focus.
1948 F1
1950 F6
1978 F150 4x4
several others for parts
Also looking for a 1937 Ford sedan 2dr, and any old panel truck.
Eight hand holes would make the first one a Motor Wheel product, you are correct.
The ones with five hand holes could be Budd, Firestone, or Kelsey Hayes. Early GMCs also had 5 lug x 8" circle, but to my understanding they'd have been hub piloted. There might have been exceptions, so don't hold me to that in concrete. The early Chevies were 10 lug x 7.25" circle and were hub piloted. All ten used in the back, with five used up front with a stiffener plate. Why in the name of corporate accounting GM permitted two entirely different wheel packages on their trucks is beyond me.
And why is it you now call yourself a "new user". Tired of being an old cuss like the rest of us? Stu
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