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Finally!
I just bought a '48 Ford F-1 last night after weeks of haggling with the owner, and sleepless nights thinking about flatheads. Anyways, it's got a near perfect cab, perfect frame, and a flat head V8 that purrs like a kitten. The fenders are pretty wasted, but the rest is pretty good. Bought from a farm from a gentleman whose uncle purchased it new. Gotta get some pics up, and I'm sure I'm going to have a lot of questions.
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From: Western Massachusetts
Joe
Congrads. Northwoods is right. We are lucky to find anything thats not totally rotted away here in the north east. I got lucky a year ago and found a reasonably sound 54 in East Hartland. I like the spring swap meet in Stafford. Good luck with your project.
Congrads. Northwoods is right. We are lucky to find anything thats not totally rotted away here in the north east. I got lucky a year ago and found a reasonably sound 54 in East Hartland. I like the spring swap meet in Stafford. Good luck with your project.
Cargo Master
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From: Alberta Canada
Congrats on the truck; and the right Bonus built era as well; lucky you
Post pics, we luv pix!
Tom
Post pics, we luv pix!
Tom
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Well, after toying around with it all weekend, I decided I'm going to keep it pretty close to original. Everything works, and the engine doesn't smoke a bit. It's also got a really nice grille guard that I'm not sure if the previous owners made, or it was a dealer installed piece, but it's got a giant 'F' in the middle of it. I might warm the flathead up to 3/4 race specs and put wide whites on it with chrome steelies. Too many possibilities right now to decide on.
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Joe,
Nice truck, those fenders look like keepers to me. Decent F-1 fenders are hard to find. I have repaired worse, check out the fenders I rebuilt for my F-4:
Left fender
Left fender in primer
right fender
right fender in primer
As for the grill guard, I don't have any official information about this particular grill guard but I have one I bought about 25 years ago and I am going to use it on my F-4. I think they must have been either an after market or a dealer installed item. I have seen quite a few on trucks on eBay and in a few on trucks in junk yards. I am thinking about cutting the funky "F" out and installing a blue Ford loge in it's place.
Nice truck, those fenders look like keepers to me. Decent F-1 fenders are hard to find. I have repaired worse, check out the fenders I rebuilt for my F-4:
Left fender
Left fender in primer
right fender
right fender in primer
As for the grill guard, I don't have any official information about this particular grill guard but I have one I bought about 25 years ago and I am going to use it on my F-4. I think they must have been either an after market or a dealer installed item. I have seen quite a few on trucks on eBay and in a few on trucks in junk yards. I am thinking about cutting the funky "F" out and installing a blue Ford loge in it's place.