Ok so I have purchased this 38/39 ford panel truck a few years ago from a fellow HAMB member, he allowed me to keep it their a while as I collected parts for build. Now I have had the idea in my head for about 8 years now to build a panel truck with a 38 deluxe front, I have always seen pickups done with 38/39 fronts , but never a panel truck. I was also lucky enough to find a guy with a 38 deluxe parts car , a member of the fordbarn, and he had most of the parts I needed. Now with most of the parts collected I’m shipping it from PA to the uk , and it should be here the start of February I hope. Then I can finally start my build.
Also a while back I asked about a concept drawing , and I got talking to themoose, who is as many of you know a very talented guy, and he did me a image of the way I would like the truck to end up.... And here it is
When I purchased the Truck I was told it was a older hot rod build , so has a 4” dropped front axle , spilt wish bone , Chevy rearend and set up for a sbc. All things Chevy will be being replaced with a ford 9” rear and a 347 stroker ... keep everything ford.
Some of the 38 deluxe parts I have managed to buy while searching, I do have all the chrome trim to , and that was the most difficult parts to find. What’s the best product for me to use to repair the cracks in the steering wheel please ? As I will be doing as much as the work as I can by myself , it will be a learning curve but I will feel so much more pride doing it all my self.
Started to strip down the front sheet metal as I won’t be using it ,so ready to sell , them getting ready to lift the body.
Stripped out the interior and wooden bed as slight amount of rott. Was great that the 4 metal bed strips were still their. All the wood below the boards was very solid and the ch***is is amazingly clean.
The ch***is needs absolutely no repairs and was originally someone hot rod build , so Chevy 10 bolt rear , 4” dropped front and split wishbones
Looks pretty solid ,ill tag along . gotta hand it to you guys over there , the effort gone through just to start is dedication at its finest.
Grill is a 38 deluxe , not a 39 standard as you say , the 39 standard grill has horizontal chrome whiskers running across it. Both parts came from a original 38 ford deluxe , along with the hood and hood sides. Also the grill pan is different on mine then to 39 standard and so is hood mechanism.
That is a 39 standard as you are referring to , notice the 6 chrome whiskers , rather the the two vertical chrome strips either side ( like mine ) also if you look at the large chrome center section on the 39 standard compared to mine you will see again that it is different. I spent along time collecting parts and learning the difference and details between the two vehicles.
That's better, cl***y. Subscribed. Remember, don't throw all the OEM front sheet metal away not that I don't like the old beer barrel front end.
Fantastic things underway here...its truly amazing how things almost fit together like they were meant to be @38nailhead...
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