Ya your right it does to me to! I think its the same color green and rust and looks like a similar design.

Almost looks like it could have been a military truck??

 

My friend just emailed me this ad and typed "crack must be a hell of a drug!" Here's a doozy. Something tells me this wasn't what Bob had in mind when he started this thread. Oh my eyes!

1949 BIG OLD FORD BOX TRUCK DIESEL BLUE BIRD FRAME

 

Wow. What is going on with that? Did they cut the rear portion of fenders off and shorten the hood? That does hurt the eyeballs to look at. Maybe some full skirts over the front tires would help...

 

It looks like they've shortened everything. I like the built-in "wind deflector" on the shortened hood. Can you imagine hiring a professional moving company and then seeing that contraption roll up your driveway? LOL

 

They must have kin in Ky. Doc, kinda reminds me of another miscarrage you posted last week from some guy in Lexington.

 

Doc- wasn't that in EASTERN KY! The west & north would never do anything like that.

 

LOL. I'm not sayin' I think they told me they pulled it out of that salvage yard down on seventh street in Lexington. LOL

 

I don't normally like an over modified truck but with a little work I think this truck could be a really cool truck.

 

IS it possible that it is a Cab-over and the hood was bad and they couldn't find a COE hood so they made there own. And the fenders were rotted so they fixed them with diamond plate. I am not an expert on 48-52 nor Cab-overs but it looks like that might be the case.... Correct me if I am wrong.

 

Being 'a Bluebird' frame and diesel engine, I suspect it is on an old school bus chassis and they just hacked up the doghouse to try and make it fit. None of that body is part of a cab over, and it looks like it crawled out of somebody's septic tank. $10,500.00, somebody is really on some heavy duty illegal drugs.

 

Since there is so much interest in this Blue Bird box truck, I'll volunteer to go check it out. It is only a little over an hour away. Put your name on the list.
Half a dozen names and I'll go check it out and y'all can argue over who gets it.
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I didn't read the ad that closely and didn't see the Bluebird frame. I do remember riding to school in a Buebird... But those were nicer Bluebirds than the chopped up mess in the ad.

 

I agree, it's not a COE cab. In the original picture you can pretty much tell the door is a full door. The COE door has a quarter circle cut out of the front.

I still think with a little work it could be made to look good. I'd be worried about the rest of the truck and how the cab was mounted. Not worth anywhere $10K, at least not to me. More like $500, if I wanted it and it was safe.

 

Would look much better with "Fat Fendered Trucks" on the box!

 

Sure, go ahead, I'm working late trying to get a project out and you go and give me a challenge. Real nice bunch of friends you are.