Just wanted to say hello, I am currently working on a 1945 Jailbar, it has frame and transmission matching vin. I took out the instrument bezel and it is stamped January 30 1945 I am looking for a few parts and I'm sure this site will be a great tool in its rebuild

 

Welcome aboard.

 

Post away! It's pretty obvious we are right there in your wheelhouse.....

 

We likes us some pitchers!

 

it has a few things I will change eventually but this is what I am working with the back of the instrument bezel has stamp January 30th 1945

 

this is one from the day I got it which was Feb. 4 2016

 

Nice. Does it have the cool 4 spoke steering wheel? I have only seen those on 45 models. Nice 64 in the back. Oh, and you do know the bed is newer, 48-52?

 

Looks like it could use some of GB's wooden grill bars! Nice truck.

 

yeah the guy I got it from said it was a flat bed and they put the bed on it in 1986 but I only paid 1300 for it and 2 pickup loads of sheet metal and 3 large boxes of parts I cant complain it is what it is and no it has the 2 bar wheel and it is a 65 f100 custom cab I bought my wife for 500 it has a 352 and 4 on the floor

 

I have extra set of bars and grill, but I am putting in a walnut and cherry bed eventually

 

pretty much in the beginning I will get the right parts as I find them on the Oregon coast much of what I find is rusty

 

See you have a helper to get your project going, nice!
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You have a good starting point to build a pickup. A good frame and, title? The cab looks really good and it has a straight pickup bed. '42-'47 fenders will bolt on to the pickup bed when you drill new bolt holes. It looks like the running boards are for a '45 pickup. Welcome to FTE.

 

yes the pickup is pretty much all original from what I have gathered minus the bed was told bed was original but the fenders were not as I clean I find more goodies, they bondoed over things that really didn't need it, but for now I will keep the fenders till I find a decent set of steel I have a clean clear title with vin matching stating 1945 ford cab is real straight will most likely put new floor pans in next year

 

yeah that is Wesley, he will be 1 on the 22nd his nickname is The Weasel cause he in into everything and that is also the nickname of the 45