1947 Ford pickup with car front clip

Well I decided to build me a shop truck, just a beater to haul stuff in. I liked the 47 pickup I had but the front end I did not like. So one day I went to my scrap pile and found a 47 car front clip. With the help of cut off wheels and a mig welder this is what I came up with. I also istalled one of my 3" dropped axles, put a 9" rear end flipped on top of springs, a T-5 5 speed and a flatty motor. I did a step by step article on lowering the front end with a dropped axle that I will be posting on my web site I hope soon.


www.droppedaxles.com

 

I kinda like it . In fact I do like it . Good work!

 

I really like it!

 

that looks incredible,looks stock.i'm sure some people will not even know

 

Now that is sweet. Looks stock to those who don't know any better.

 

Should have come that way from the factory

 

looks better than stock, easy to look at. Great job

 

Looks like it came that way originally......nice job!

 

Killer

 

Very nice! This something Ford should've done!

 

Very Nice

 

Great idea, great job, and great looker !!
Very nice indeed..
Cheers.................

 

Wow! If I had seen that before I sold my '46, I'd have kept it! Looks great!

 

Looks kinda like the Mercury pickup, but better.

 

FrankiesAutobody was asking about a passenger car clip on his '46, here

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603359

This should answer his questions!

 

Wow! That's really nice!

 

Very nice!

 

Not usually a fan of these kinds of modifications, but I have to admit, this one is bitch'n. Nicely done.

 

I agree, it really does make the truck easy on the eyes. It really great to have a stock pile of old ford part and a vast imagination.

 

A surprising combo, works well! Those things are a bit challenged in the handsome mug competition.

 

That's really a big improvement on the jail bar mug. If I would have seen that truck just sitting on the street I would have thought it was stock. Nice!

 

Damn! That is how Ford should've built em. Great job! Now everyone is going to copy you. We'll see them pop up at all the shows and the price for '47 Ford front ends will skyrocket

 

Very tastefully done! I really like it. Wanna sell it? haha

 

I absolutely love this! I've learned not to expect much when I see a title like this on the HAMB, but once in a great while, wow! Dig it, great vision, great job.

 

I actually think it looks better on the truck than on the car...nice job...has a sort of ute look...d32

 

Wow That is sharp. Ugly duckling? Not any more! If fords designers had only thought of that!

 

Looks great. Much better than Ford's idea.

I'd suggest adding 48-52 FI rear fenders, they would match the fronts.

 

Lol I thought this was the same thread till I went to the first page, nice work! I might be scoring one of these trucks this summer and was wondering what it might look like with some of the car stuff I have thrown into the mix ,Thanks eh

 

great idea and great execution, bravo!