40 tonner panel build
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Post Fiend
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From: Black Hills of SD
And off the subject of my body, back to the panel truck body, what's the general opinion on the charcoal or slate colored body and semi flat black fenders? I haven't settled yet, just an inclination. I could paint it original orange color. Or the more traditional green.
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I have always wanted to paint a truck gray. Very easy to adjust the gloss/flat ratio with all the flat black and flat white out there along with the gloss. If I fog with a spray, I go flatter on the top of roof, hood and fenders, where old paint jobs flatten out. Paint too dull will buff out with a piece of burlap sack. I shine it up where your arm hangs out the window and where you lean over the fender for the constant fixing these things need. Are you still planning scout running gear? That 5 lug pattern will take a 16" wheel (older scout or ford innie)and you could go to 7.50 x 16 tires, or my favorite radial size 255 85 16. These are about 33" and will fill up those wheel wells nicely. Your wheel track should be narrower than mine, closer to a scout because according to Wagner's book, the tonner increased 2 1/2" in track width in 1942. I have 48 1/2" between wheel housings, which is great for hauling plywood. What are your ideas for a power plant?
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Still on for the scout ll axles. And the 6.2 diesel/700R4 is still what the plan is for. On tire size I'm not quite sure. I definitely want something that looks right. But my axles are 3.54 and I'm afraid anything taller than 31 is going to make it a dog. I have a few old tires around and will try 31x10.50s or 235x85x16 to see how a 31 inch tire looks. As much as I like the look of the old bias ply, doubt if I use them for a lot of reasons, mainly cost and also the fact that they wear out a lot faster, run square in the cold weather ect.
And also,I don't think my panel has 48" between the wheel wells. I'll have to go measure to be sure.
Also do the Ford innie have a big enough center hole for the scout axles? I have a few out in the shed, I'll have to go measure. They are kinda narrow for the 235
And also,I don't think my panel has 48" between the wheel wells. I'll have to go measure to be sure.
Also do the Ford innie have a big enough center hole for the scout axles? I have a few out in the shed, I'll have to go measure. They are kinda narrow for the 235
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1942 was the first year that Ford build a 1/2 ton pickup that would haul a 4'X8' sheet of building material. Did the 1/2 ton, commercial size panel delivery also accommodate the 4'x8'? Possibly with the doors open. I should ask is it over 4' between the wheel wells inside. lol
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I have one... It's too short to haul plywood. The door opening on both my tonner panel and my half ton panel is 46 1/2. Today we hauled 38 sheets of plywood to the cabinet shop. Guess what we used? No way were we gonna tilt every sheet with our finger tips to get it out the door even though it DOES fit between the wheel wells of the '42 and later. It would lay flat once in with the tonner which has 9' of flat deck, but the 1/2 ton has seven and doors wont shut and plywood wouls sit at a tilt in the doorway. It squashed down but we hauled it with the trusty rice burner 6x8 flatbed.
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Thanks, well said. So two people could load some 4X8's in the tonner until the stack got too high to fit them through the doorway. The guy working in the truck couldn't be 6'2" and 220. Yes that would be a PI the A.
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I searched around last night to find the colors Ford trucks came in 1940. The orange that mine obviously was originally was not a choice. It must have been a special order for some municipal, county or state branch. Probably hauled poopy sheets for the state mental hospital.