cab, front clip question
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OK, OK guys, I think that's quite enough barb throwing at each other. We're all Bonus Built brothers. We need to get along, we don't need all this animosity. This is getting out of hand. Afterall, '48-50 or '51-51, we're in this together. We're all brothers in the old truck hobby.
Now let's use our combined enery to go after the '53-56 guys
Now let's use our combined enery to go after the '53-56 guys
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From: Indiana
Originally Posted by bobj49f2
let's use our combined enery to go after the '53-56 guys
R
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Nobody in their right mind would use a 51/52 cab, except for maybe Chevy guys since they share the same gauges.
homade, somewhere I have a pic of a 51/52 without any teeth at all. It looks pretty cool. I'll have to see if I can dig it up.
Actually I love them all but I think I must be a masochist becuase I enjoy getting zinged by Roger on this subject.....lol
Bobby
homade, somewhere I have a pic of a 51/52 without any teeth at all. It looks pretty cool. I'll have to see if I can dig it up.
Actually I love them all but I think I must be a masochist becuase I enjoy getting zinged by Roger on this subject.....lol
Bobby
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I love '51s-'52s also.
But if you ask me what my friends look like, in front of them, I'm gonna say that even their Mother thinks they're butt-ugly........
By the way, in my little town there's a lowered red buck-toothed Bonus-Built driven by a High-School Kid. If you are on this Forum please look me up.
But if you ask me what my friends look like, in front of them, I'm gonna say that even their Mother thinks they're butt-ugly........
By the way, in my little town there's a lowered red buck-toothed Bonus-Built driven by a High-School Kid. If you are on this Forum please look me up.
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From: Indiana
Originally Posted by bobbytnm
Nobody in their right mind would use a 51/52 cab,
As for dashes, I do believe I've seen a LOT more '48-'50's with '51-'52 cabs, than vice-versa. I could be wrong, never paid attention to the numbers, just seems that I have. But you're right, they're all great trucks. Some greater than others, some I'd RATHER have, but can't come close to affording, or spending the time required to work on them. When i got my truck, I really was thinking duece coupe, '37 convertible or '34 Phaeton.
Now, when I hit the lottery, I'll have my "dream car"...until then, my truck will do!
R
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
Roger,
I hate to break it to you but I just bought the winning lottery ticket (at least that's what the gal behind the counter told me) Yup! I'm on the way to "Dream Car City"........
.............ung...er..huh...oops, I must have been talking in my sleep again..sorry
As soon as I win that lottery I'll be right there with you, buyin' and drivin' dream cars!
woohooo
Bobby
I hate to break it to you but I just bought the winning lottery ticket (at least that's what the gal behind the counter told me) Yup! I'm on the way to "Dream Car City"........
.............ung...er..huh...oops, I must have been talking in my sleep again..sorry
As soon as I win that lottery I'll be right there with you, buyin' and drivin' dream cars!
woohooo
Bobby
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From: Valley Center, California
Back in the Day I had a '32 3 Window all steel rust-free complete car. My Dad bought it in '49......
I was a stealth photogenic model back in those days.......
Note my Daily Driver in the Background..........
I was a stealth photogenic model back in those days.......
Note my Daily Driver in the Background..........
Roast em' if you got 'em
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
I don't have any pics of it, but when I was 19 I bought a 1931 Model A truck cab. Someone had filled the top in. The cab and doors were completely rust free (with the exception of the fuel tank which had pinholes in the bottom) I bought the cab, grill shell, and a frame for $50.
I sold it several years later for $500 so I could keep the heat on and pay for Christmas...I hate when that happens
Bobby
EDIT --- Boy, we're sure good at getting off topic aren't we....lol
I sold it several years later for $500 so I could keep the heat on and pay for Christmas...I hate when that happens
Bobby
EDIT --- Boy, we're sure good at getting off topic aren't we....lol
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From: Riverside, So Cal
Originally Posted by homade
This living on a fixed income sucks, used to never see stuff i needed when i was working and had more cash, now i see all kinds of stuff i'd like, OH THE WOWE"S OF RETIREMENT.