1951 Ford Military truck Air Force?
#16
12-10-2010, 04:44 PM
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12-10-2010, 05:46 PM
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Havi,Yeah! That's the one!..I remember He sold it, and I also recall Pics of his latest ride crusin around Gatlinburg..seems to me it's a 57 f100..another good looking ride..
.. ..Like most of us, the fun is in the journey of the build it seems..But I couldn't imagine not driving a truck I worked on for so long for awhile...Then again I understand people doing what they think is best all around..Thank's!
.. ..Like most of us, the fun is in the journey of the build it seems..But I couldn't imagine not driving a truck I worked on for so long for awhile...Then again I understand people doing what they think is best all around..Thank's!
#19
12-10-2010, 07:55 PM
#20
12-10-2010, 09:25 PM
[quote=Old F1;9668955]…......how about knock down dead gorgeous! 
Super cab??
Glad to meet you (cyber-ly) after all this time. About time you showed up! Really liked your truck of course,..... but your buddies wheels look good, see below.
This is my first “Patina” build and I find myself wandering, like fixing non-structural rust holes etc, old habits die hard, I see that you did not do that, left the running boards etc, did you find it difficult to do?
Welcome to the site
LOWFOMOCO,
As you know, this truck is the real deal, and really amazing at that. I don't know anything about trucks, but I am a USAF history and military plane "nut" and know a bit about the history surrounding this truck, which is remarkable and in my mind makes this truck very valuable. Being that it came from McConnell AFB (I was there in '89), it was definitely a USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) truck used possibly as a "follow me" truck or more likely used for all-purpose shuttling of pilots to their planes. In the case of McConnell and other SAC bases, this would have been primarily nuclear bomb-armed bombers, which at the time would have been the humungous B-36s, the first all-jet bomber the B-47, possibly some B-29s early on, tanker planes, and a few fighter planes assigned to defend/escort the bombers. The B-52s were probably not used at McConnell yet when this '51 was in use, as they came on later after the B-45s were phased out in about 1964 or 65. SAC was disbanded completely in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union and communist bloc fell. So speaking of "trucks with a soul", this one truly has witnessed history and some stories to tell - "alerts" and "scrambles" where the locked & loaded pilots and crews didn't know whether or not they were flying to the USSR to do the unthinkable with their nuclear bombs, tragic fiery accidents and white-knuckle close calls, the elation of the aircrews coming back home after an exhausting 20-hour mission in a cramped bomber.
To get a really vivid picture and a really good idea of what an active SAC base was like during the early to mid 1950's -- and to see a lot of these trucks in action -- watch the movie "Strategic Air Command": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg..._Command_(film) . It's from 1955, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. It's on VHS probably not DVD, but you can usually get it from your public library on interlibrary loan (I have it in my house right now rented from the library). I think Amazon carries it too, and you can probably download it off of BitTorrent. The movie spends a good amount of time on the flight line and runways and shows "follow me" trucks and trucks pretty much exactly like your '51 Ford taking pilots from their quarters right on up to their bombers. Worthwhile renting/borrowing, and I will bet you will find an identical '51 Ford on it, although I did not specifically look for your truck on the movie when I watched it last night. It's actually a pretty good movie if you're mechanically inclined, like airplanes and warplanes, love history, etc., but of course loaded with plenty of the "Beaver Cleaver" 1950's schmaltzy wholesomeness and Cold War propaganda. A very cool flick anyhow, especially if you want to check out these types of trucks, and a movie you could definitely watch with your kids with no worries, who will love the flying scenes.
As you know, this truck is the real deal, and really amazing at that. I don't know anything about trucks, but I am a USAF history and military plane "nut" and know a bit about the history surrounding this truck, which is remarkable and in my mind makes this truck very valuable. Being that it came from McConnell AFB (I was there in '89), it was definitely a USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) truck used possibly as a "follow me" truck or more likely used for all-purpose shuttling of pilots to their planes. In the case of McConnell and other SAC bases, this would have been primarily nuclear bomb-armed bombers, which at the time would have been the humungous B-36s, the first all-jet bomber the B-47, possibly some B-29s early on, tanker planes, and a few fighter planes assigned to defend/escort the bombers. The B-52s were probably not used at McConnell yet when this '51 was in use, as they came on later after the B-45s were phased out in about 1964 or 65. SAC was disbanded completely in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union and communist bloc fell. So speaking of "trucks with a soul", this one truly has witnessed history and some stories to tell - "alerts" and "scrambles" where the locked & loaded pilots and crews didn't know whether or not they were flying to the USSR to do the unthinkable with their nuclear bombs, tragic fiery accidents and white-knuckle close calls, the elation of the aircrews coming back home after an exhausting 20-hour mission in a cramped bomber.
To get a really vivid picture and a really good idea of what an active SAC base was like during the early to mid 1950's -- and to see a lot of these trucks in action -- watch the movie "Strategic Air Command": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg..._Command_(film) . It's from 1955, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. It's on VHS probably not DVD, but you can usually get it from your public library on interlibrary loan (I have it in my house right now rented from the library). I think Amazon carries it too, and you can probably download it off of BitTorrent. The movie spends a good amount of time on the flight line and runways and shows "follow me" trucks and trucks pretty much exactly like your '51 Ford taking pilots from their quarters right on up to their bombers. Worthwhile renting/borrowing, and I will bet you will find an identical '51 Ford on it, although I did not specifically look for your truck on the movie when I watched it last night. It's actually a pretty good movie if you're mechanically inclined, like airplanes and warplanes, love history, etc., but of course loaded with plenty of the "Beaver Cleaver" 1950's schmaltzy wholesomeness and Cold War propaganda. A very cool flick anyhow, especially if you want to check out these types of trucks, and a movie you could definitely watch with your kids with no worries, who will love the flying scenes.
#25
02-19-2011, 12:06 PM
LOWFOMOCO,
As you know, this truck is the real deal, and really amazing at that. I don't know anything about trucks, but I am a USAF history and military plane "nut" and know a bit about the history surrounding this truck, which is remarkable and in my mind makes this truck very valuable. Being that it came from McConnell AFB (I was there in '89), it was definitely a USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) truck used possibly as a "follow me" truck or more likely used for all-purpose shuttling of pilots to their planes. In the case of McConnell and other SAC bases, this would have been primarily nuclear bomb-armed bombers, which at the time would have been the humungous B-36s, the first all-jet bomber the B-47, possibly some B-29s early on, tanker planes, and a few fighter planes assigned to defend/escort the bombers. The B-52s were probably not used at McConnell yet when this '51 was in use, as they came on later after the B-45s were phased out in about 1964 or 65. SAC was disbanded completely in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union and communist bloc fell. So speaking of "trucks with a soul", this one truly has witnessed history and some stories to tell - "alerts" and "scrambles" where the locked & loaded pilots and crews didn't know whether or not they were flying to the USSR to do the unthinkable with their nuclear bombs, tragic fiery accidents and white-knuckle close calls, the elation of the aircrews coming back home after an exhausting 20-hour mission in a cramped bomber.
To get a really vivid picture and a really good idea of what an active SAC base was like during the early to mid 1950's -- and to see a lot of these trucks in action -- watch the movie "Strategic Air Command": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg..._Command_(film) . It's from 1955, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. It's on VHS probably not DVD, but you can usually get it from your public library on interlibrary loan (I have it in my house right now rented from the library). I think Amazon carries it too, and you can probably download it off of BitTorrent. The movie spends a good amount of time on the flight line and runways and shows "follow me" trucks and trucks pretty much exactly like your '51 Ford taking pilots from their quarters right on up to their bombers. Worthwhile renting/borrowing, and I will bet you will find an identical '51 Ford on it, although I did not specifically look for your truck on the movie when I watched it last night. It's actually a pretty good movie if you're mechanically inclined, like airplanes and warplanes, love history, etc., but of course loaded with plenty of the "Beaver Cleaver" 1950's schmaltzy wholesomeness and Cold War propaganda. A very cool flick anyhow, especially if you want to check out these types of trucks, and a movie you could definitely watch with your kids with no worries, who will love the flying scenes.
As you know, this truck is the real deal, and really amazing at that. I don't know anything about trucks, but I am a USAF history and military plane "nut" and know a bit about the history surrounding this truck, which is remarkable and in my mind makes this truck very valuable. Being that it came from McConnell AFB (I was there in '89), it was definitely a USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) truck used possibly as a "follow me" truck or more likely used for all-purpose shuttling of pilots to their planes. In the case of McConnell and other SAC bases, this would have been primarily nuclear bomb-armed bombers, which at the time would have been the humungous B-36s, the first all-jet bomber the B-47, possibly some B-29s early on, tanker planes, and a few fighter planes assigned to defend/escort the bombers. The B-52s were probably not used at McConnell yet when this '51 was in use, as they came on later after the B-45s were phased out in about 1964 or 65. SAC was disbanded completely in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union and communist bloc fell. So speaking of "trucks with a soul", this one truly has witnessed history and some stories to tell - "alerts" and "scrambles" where the locked & loaded pilots and crews didn't know whether or not they were flying to the USSR to do the unthinkable with their nuclear bombs, tragic fiery accidents and white-knuckle close calls, the elation of the aircrews coming back home after an exhausting 20-hour mission in a cramped bomber.
To get a really vivid picture and a really good idea of what an active SAC base was like during the early to mid 1950's -- and to see a lot of these trucks in action -- watch the movie "Strategic Air Command": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg..._Command_(film) . It's from 1955, starring Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson. It's on VHS probably not DVD, but you can usually get it from your public library on interlibrary loan (I have it in my house right now rented from the library). I think Amazon carries it too, and you can probably download it off of BitTorrent. The movie spends a good amount of time on the flight line and runways and shows "follow me" trucks and trucks pretty much exactly like your '51 Ford taking pilots from their quarters right on up to their bombers. Worthwhile renting/borrowing, and I will bet you will find an identical '51 Ford on it, although I did not specifically look for your truck on the movie when I watched it last night. It's actually a pretty good movie if you're mechanically inclined, like airplanes and warplanes, love history, etc., but of course loaded with plenty of the "Beaver Cleaver" 1950's schmaltzy wholesomeness and Cold War propaganda. A very cool flick anyhow, especially if you want to check out these types of trucks, and a movie you could definitely watch with your kids with no worries, who will love the flying scenes.
#27
02-19-2011, 02:40 PM
#28
02-20-2011, 06:42 AM
Thanks, Old F1. I just found you through googling Air Force stuff from the 50's. At the time of my post I hadn't quite figured out the whole thread and how the truck changed hands over time. It must've been a pretty amazing experience to get into the shop with this truck.
#29
02-20-2011, 06:44 AM
#30
02-20-2011, 09:49 AM
Sorry,my bad then! A case of mistaken identity.It would be great if you started a thread to introduce yourself, perhaps tell us about your truck,and maybe include a photo or two?We love photos.Once upon a time,we had a thread to post photos of ourselves with our trucks,you may be able to bump it back to life if you find it.There are regional chapters in most parts of the country,also.Welcome to FTE