Does any one know the ruff dimensions of a 38-39 ford panel truck please ? As I'm going to building my garage/workshop soon and need to know dimensions, as space is a big issue here. ( My garden is 40 foot long by 20 foot wide )
Wow, you need to move to where you can have more space, a garage is never big enough. If you are talking about building to fit a particular vehicle that is a danger sign and a warning that it will be way too small from the start.
This is the biggest house and garden we can afforded here, England is expencive and small I need to build it so it can fit my panel truck.
I've seen it down on some of the Eco friendly homes over here, don't see why it wouldn't work on a garage, makes a good insulator, too. Do a web search, plenty of info out there.
The truck is over with you guys, and the person building it is very busy. So I thought I would just ask. As I can't actually measure the truck my self.
My garage here is 14x27 and is not really large enough to do much in. But I did build the pusher in a 25x10 so it can be done in a small space if necessary. I rented a 20x40 garage in the '90s and there was plenty of room in it to work and store an extra car. I would not build the garage less than 30 feet deep or less that 15 feet in width and if you can go larger that would be better. You have to have room to store the parts that are not yet bolted on.
There were several different sizes/lengths on '38-'39 Ford panel trucks. The smallest was the 112" wheelbase version that was built on the same ch***is as p***enger cars and 1/2 ton pickups, but there were longer ones built built on 134" wheelbase 3/4 ton and 1 ton truck ch***is as well. Ford called their 1/2 ton pickups and panels "commercial cars" because they were built on a p***enger car ch***is. Ford reserved the term "truck" for 3/4 ton and up. '38 panels come in 1/2 ton and 1 ton versions; Ford introduced a 3//4 ton to the lineup in '39.
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