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This is getting really out of hand. i bought a 1942 ford pickup 4 years ago and did a complete resto - mod to it. i've been searching for 4 years now on information of the 1942 ford pickup. i've found out that production started in october of 1941 and halted on febuary 10 of 1942. thats a 4 month window of production. i think these trucks are rarier then people might think they are. i kno that im the only one in michigan that has a 42 registered on the road right now. we need to come together and figure this one out. HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE THERE????? if someone could even give a guess to how many could be produced in a 4 month span than that would be a start. PLEASE HELP
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We talk 4 month CIVILIAN production time, also factor in Military production, and there are quite a few. Not many '42 are around, I'm sure many were destroyed in use durinng the War. But if you look on eBay, quite a handful of them pop up, so they are still out there. In reality, not many of the 42-47 Ford trucks are on the road it seems. The '40-'41 and the '48 and later are much more popular. The rarest of the '42-'47s available to Civilians would be the '44's, which could be obtained only with approval from the Government. Of these years, the '46-'47 is by far the most common of them.
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Originally Posted by Truckkid42
This is getting really out of hand. i bought a 1942 ford pickup 4 years ago and did a complete resto - mod to it. i've been searching for 4 years now on information of the 1942 ford pickup. i've found out that production started in october of 1941 and halted on febuary 10 of 1942. thats a 4 month window of production. i think these trucks are rarier then people might think they are. i kno that im the only one in michigan that has a 42 registered on the road right now. we need to come together and figure this one out. HOW MANY TRUCKS ARE THERE????? if someone could even give a guess to how many could be produced in a 4 month span than that would be a start. PLEASE HELP
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Actually, 1943 was the only year that Ford did not produce civilian vehicles. The stickler was that in order to go to your Ford dealer and buy a truck (including half-ton "commercial vehicles") one had to have a certificate from the government, having shown that you needed the truck to further the war effort.
All government-imposed vehicle purchase & construction restrictions were lifted immediately following VE Day (May 7 1945).
A couple of years ago, I met a gentleman who mustered out of the Army in July 1945, went home to Denver, and immediately walked into the nearest Ford dealership and bought a brand new 1945 Ford pickup. Last time I talked with him, he still owned it.
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All government-imposed vehicle purchase & construction restrictions were lifted immediately following VE Day (May 7 1945).
A couple of years ago, I met a gentleman who mustered out of the Army in July 1945, went home to Denver, and immediately walked into the nearest Ford dealership and bought a brand new 1945 Ford pickup. Last time I talked with him, he still owned it.
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45 ford 1 1/2 ton truck
Howdy, my 1945 ford 1 1/2 ton truck's serial # is 99T737811 . if anyone know's or finds out the production breakdown I'd like to find out what month my truck was made, Thanks, Jess
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Originally Posted by mrcman58
Howdy, my 1945 ford 1 1/2 ton truck's serial # is 99T737811 . if anyone know's or finds out the production breakdown I'd like to find out what month my truck was made, Thanks, Jess
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EddyL,
That'd be awesome if you could make the trip and dig up the information!
I'd leave a standing order for you for a tall-boy if you ever make it to California
That'd be awesome if you could make the trip and dig up the information!
I'd leave a standing order for you for a tall-boy if you ever make it to California
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EddyL, thanks for the info, I Have had this 45 for a long time, the pink slip says yr model 45, & yr first sold 45, so now i am researching the ser # & it seems that my ser # is to high to be a 45 ???? my model # is 598T
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42 Resto-Mod
Well truckkid42 you are not the only one with a 42 Resto-Mod if you take a look in my garage[morty0071} you can see that the past 4 years I was very productive with my 42 It also has a crate 302 punched out to 332ci with the steel 302 heads ported and polished , 4 wheel disc...rack & pinion power steering coil spring front suspension, a worked C-4 with a 1500rpm stall converter and a whole lot of other stuff.....Please checkout my garage and get back to me ...let me know what you think...I love Mich..I went to college in Midland rite near Dow Chemical.. my e-mail is morty0071@hotmail.com
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The '42 was the beginning of an all new all truck model for Ford. The '42 is nearly identical to the 46-47, but with some minor differences in the details.
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My current mission is see if the 43 millionth Ford can be identified. It was produced in 1945 and only trucks were produced in 1945. 1945 Prouction consisted of the last 3 weeks of December
My Dad has the Philadelphia newspaper on the day the Japanese surrender was printed Aug 14 1945, and a small news item about civilian Fords is on it as well, I thought the group would appreciate since it shows 1945 civilian production started as early as August not December as well as expected production rate.
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