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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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Wink '53-'56 Crew Cab??

Never seen one.....were they ever built?-wonder what it would take to build one RIGHT? ('53-'56 are my absolute favorite oldie)
 
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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I have seen maybe 10,over the years.....especially at F100 Supernat's.
I don't prefer the look but loved my 78 f250 supercab.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 05:35 AM
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Ford only started making factory crew cabs in 1965, however prior to that there were some conversion companies that would take trucks and make them into crew cabs. As far as the 50s go, I think that was before even the conversion companies. However, some do exist; they would all be home made, though. There are a few pictures floating around the internet, and if I'm not mistaken, a few members on here have even tried (or are currently trying) to whip some up.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 06:28 AM
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I'm not going to lie. I want one, I wish I had a couple old cabs just to play around with. The pics that I have seen of some are awsome...
 
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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 07:44 AM
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This one is an old rail road company cab. It was at last years Smoky Mountain F-100 Run. It only has three doors.

brian...

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Old Aug 6, 2010 | 08:55 AM
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As noted they were used by railroad and others. friend of mine has one that he is redoing. Ive known the truck for 30 yrs when we hauled it out of a junk yard. Was org. a ton, but is being redone as 1/2 ton, volare, with 351 W.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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56 Crew Cab

That is beautiful!!! I wanted to build one about ten years ago, so I did a little research. The info I found was that 700 were build for the 'railroad'. They only had three doors. The only picture I have seen before today showed three gas tanks, two under the running boards with a filler on each side like the 53-55, and one in the cab as 56s do. If i still have the pic, I will post it in my garage--not enough posts to add attachments.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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That's interesting, I never knew a 3-door existed back in the day.

I've seen a few conversions and looked into doing it myself. The answer is a whole lot of work, probably more work than most everything else combined. Basically you put two cabs together and make a custom roof and floorboards. A couple members have done it, if you're real serious about it message Keith, he did it to his '56.
 
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