Looks like a 1947. Small back window. Hood and trim don't look like 1952 and front fenders look like one piece. I could be wrong but that's what I see. ,Doug.

 

Sure, I knew that he had it listed wrong. But it fit the "working" aspect and merited inclusion. Stu

 

Harvest in Saskatchewan on my family farm. My grandfather standing by the 52. I learned how to drive in this truck and repair the flathead V8.

 

 

Mtphammer, I just saved your picture to my wallpaper image rotation. Great stuff.

 

Thanks Harrier, that's quite the compliment. I'm sure that my truck will see much more work in the future. Can't wait to see how it handles a gooseneck trailer.

 

Here's some pics stolen from the HAMB









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Bobby

 

Great pictures. Isn't it good to see our trucks early in their working lives as pure stockers or slightly customized as per the time period. I like the tarp and supports that two of the trucks has over their beds.

 

And there were two types of working Trucks - Pure stock Shop Trucks, most likely with some work on the power plants and as Abe said the mild working custom
To get to Bonneville it was/is a long tough haul so the vehicles had to be well maintained, then operating on the flats was/is murder on the vehicles, then there was the run to and from the housing
I admire the folks who do it today with modern equipment, you will still see victims along the road - At least today you can usually find a rental within a hundred miles or so

 

Mr. Parker's did long service at the Detroit Raceway:

http://www.earthcomvideo.com/Images/...0Car%20Old.JPG

 

Dang, you're teasing us...the link doesn't work

 

Try that again:

 

That's a great pic!!!

 

My Dad would shut off the pumps and the lights at the station on Friday nights around 8PM - The Guys started bringing anything that had a motor and the wanted to race - I had to stand on the work bench to see what he was doing, it was three deep around the front of the cars - Dad would ask for a tool and it was like a hospital, the toll was passed thru several people and put in his hand - If he was done with a tool he would hold it out and say 'put this away' and it would be wiped down and put where it belonged - After he did the tune up by hand and ear he would hook put the Sun Analizer and see where it was - Since they were raced tuned they didn't match the stock specs so no one except him knew if what they were seeing was right - They kept coming back so it must have been ok - He didn't charge anything except his cost for any parts - He got a lot of free labor from them in return - It was always fun when he took the station truck to the track and used it as a push truck - He would park his truck in the pits and it was like the truck was having kids as all the guys parked around him. - At least once a weekend he had to tow something back from the track and a lot of the time someone took the Truck out Monday or Tuesday to haul someone else back. I still run into some of them from time to time you should hear the BS fly then.
It was a good way for a Kid to grow up around (I had plenty of Big Brothers who would by me beer )

 

Dick,
Sounds like you have a lot of great memories. It sure sounds like a lot of fun

Bobby