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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 08:57 AM
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by abe
They are pretty cool. So were they cab overs with panel truck back half grafted on or panel trucks with cab over front end grafted on?
looks to me like cab overs with panel back grafted on.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tjc transport
looks to me like cab overs with panel back grafted on.
Those ones look photo shopped to me..
 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
Those ones look photo shopped to me..
There is some photoshop, but not the bulk of the "Vans":




 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by EffieTrucker
There is some photoshop, but not the bulk of the "Vans":




Those look more accurate than the others posted with the exaggerated wheels.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 04:49 PM
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Was there ever a chrome bumper offered for over F-6?
 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 06:17 PM
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 07:09 PM
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These might be real or might be photoshopped. None-the-less, I've seen COE/panel truck combos at car shows with my own eyes. Any skilled body man could pull this off. I'm not particularly skilled but think I could do it. (see the 5" chop on my avatar; done in my two car garage in 1992/93)
 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 08:19 PM
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Was there ever a chrome bumper offered for over F-6?
AFAIK, the first chrome bumpers offered for Ford trucks was 1957 custom cabs.



 
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Old Nov 19, 2024 | 08:22 PM
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Old Nov 22, 2024 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by atch
I sure hope this was photoshopped...
Looks like a scale model photographed to look realistic.
 
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^^^that's what I was thinking.^^^
 
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