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10-25-2019, 05:27 PM | #1 |
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1947 1 ton pickup
Hi guys , don't want to be the phantom menace, but this my first attempt to show you all my 47 1 ton pickup , just need to get the brakes sorted and we are done. 5 years work as close to original as I can get. I have more pics if anyone is interested
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10-25-2019, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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Nice!!
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10-25-2019, 06:50 PM | #3 |
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I really like your truck. It's a 1 ton with a six cylinder? I had an older friend who drove dump trucks just after the war. He told me that when it came to choosing trucks, the senior drivers would take the 6 cylinder Fords, then the Dodges, then the V8 Fords, and last the Chevrolets.
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10-25-2019, 06:54 PM | #4 |
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Very nice, looking good!
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10-25-2019, 06:55 PM | #5 |
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You can be proud of your efforts! well done indeed.
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10-25-2019, 07:40 PM | #6 |
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By the way I am open to any constructive comments about the appearance of this truck that will make it better , it came from August Kansas and I have the full history of its journey and I believe the wife of the last owner is still with us. cheers guys ,Robin |
10-25-2019, 10:11 PM | #7 |
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more pictures would be good. I have a 41 3/4 ton and a 51 3/4 ton both were/are stake beds. I made a few up grades on the 41, 51 Merc, 9" rear axle and self energizing brakes on front from a 48 up pick up
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10-25-2019, 10:32 PM | #8 |
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10-25-2019, 11:08 PM | #9 |
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Beautiful. Very nice work.
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10-25-2019, 11:08 PM | #10 |
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WOW! A thing of beauty.... I have a good one ton 47 pickup and I drove it to a job today. Thankful for the great heater! I do also have 3 of them in the 'parts' stage, and a nice driver 47 one ton panel... I will look for the stuff you need tomorrow. Can you give a detailed description of bolts etc? The red one is my good one. Tomorrow being saturday I can go down to my jailbar junkyard and look!
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10-26-2019, 07:50 AM | #11 |
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the green one don't look bad, but the red one sure wears it's paint real good!
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10-27-2019, 05:37 PM | #12 |
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Well, no luck at all. Some have slotted 1/4-20s and most are a bunch of missmatched fasteners. At least 1/2 of them are sheared off. Maybe the ford bolt guy (Ray?) would be able to fix you up. Oh and here's the other truck. That previous green one gave up it's bed, rear fenders and long running boards to complete this one. The cab was really rusty, but this one from arid Eastern Washington is solid. With my fondness for the tonners, I would love to have one like that beauty you are building in Australia, but that's way out of my skill range. Tonners often had a very rough life down on the farm. Do you have a before photo?
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10-27-2019, 06:30 PM | #13 |
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Sorry , I don't have any before pics I would say its about the same as the green one above ,it had a rust repair done between the cabin and tray and a right hand floor pan replaced from a leaking heater other than that just an acrylic paint job (no 2 pack paint here) and a lot of time with a hammer and dolly. The thing is the further I got pulling it apart the better it got , still had the original timbers under the cabin and the original floor in the tub .I will post some more pics soon
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10-27-2019, 07:32 PM | #14 |
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I know the bed is the tray, but what is a 2pack? And original wood in the tub? Is the tub the floor of the tray? It must have been in very sound condition when it arrived in Aus, huh?
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10-27-2019, 07:37 PM | #15 |
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2pack--base coat/ clear coat
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10-27-2019, 07:47 PM | #16 |
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10-27-2019, 08:40 PM | #17 |
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OK, I get the paint thing. Acrylic is a one stage thing then. If I put anything with ANY gloss over my bodywork, it's not a pretty site. Hats off to you guys who can pull this off.
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