tinman I do love the look of your truck. Very good job and very cool

 

ingo very cool ride. Looks awesome and right at home by wood pile

 

Here is one you dont see everyday. (Or ever)

 

I know there's been a lot of discussion about the best way around split rims ... were the stock rims on the COEs always widowmakers, and, I guess the stock differentials were always Allisons, either one or two-speeds.

 

The widow maker (Firestone RH-5°) rims are first listed in references in 1948. Wheels on earlier trucks would have had either the Firestone RH rim/ring set, having the unbroken side rings on the faces of the wheels, or one of many Goodyear rim/ring sets having broken side rings. Beginning in 1948 it's likely that any F-4/5/6 conventional cab and COE came off the transporter wearing a set of RH-5° rims. The RH-5° remained the dominant rim on Fords into the early 1970s.

Rear axles could have been Timken or Eaton models. Stu

 

It's made to look factory......but custom built by me.

 

Here's a few I had saved on my computer

 

I wasn't aware that Allison ever made differentials. Ford used Timken and Eaton single speed, and Eaton two-speed differentials.

 

I don't want to say it.... But, that's a Ch##y coe pulling the ford out of the ditch. 🙈

 

I have seen this truck up close.....very nicely done! The grille and bed are stainless steel fabbed by the owner. Mid power by big block Ford IIRC.

 

Here’s one at the Early Ford V8 Museum in Auburn IN. Their museum is currently undergoing a major expansion.

 

Hoosier i didn't know there was a museum there! Nice coe too. Looks like a good road trip. What I find most interesting is the amount of different bodies that were put on these trucks. I have been digging for something different to put on my 52 but, probably just going to go with flatbed

 

Not all Fords but all are cool.

Note the Foose Pantera on the bed

Towing a Ford woody project

 

This extended cab is interesting......looks like a full 2nd cab extension. Wonder why they didn't make functioning rear doors? or maybe there is one on the other side.
Also note the rear added cab was widened to keep the same cab taper all the way back.
Front wheel openings also reworked to fit the tire.
Anybody know who owns it or have any more pics?

 

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/...ationFlag=true
Here’s one I stumbled across for sale on the interwebs this morning... and it’s a Mercury.