1947 Ford pickup with car front clip

Very nicely done!!!

 

Thats fantastic!
I love it.

 

The lettering and striping looks great, really finishes it off, very nice looking PU.

 

man, that does look good. very clean. great job -DVZ

 

Sid, looks great. Excellent shop truck and advertising banner.

 

Turned out great!
Looks like it's always been there. Cool back bumper.

 

Never been a fan of that model until now! Wow, now I want one.

 

Great idea and even better execution. Good job!! I like "special" pickups. Al

 

46-48 Mercury front sheet metal would mess up some minds too! Brilliant! I do like the later fenders, but this is sweet!

 

epic man! looks badass!

 

What is the better way, Please?

 

looks great . wow thats thinking and thrifty

 

Sweet as, good work.

 

If I was to do it over again I would pinch the hood from the back to the front to match the nose of the car hood. I would not flatten the nose like I did it to match the pickup hood width.

 

You going to bring it down to Chikashaw?

 

I cant believe this isnt a common swap as the 47 truck front end is hiddious and the car front end looks great!

good job

 

Your scrap pile is evidently better than mine! Great idea, the truck looks great!

Brian

 

Just came across this thread and I have to give Kudo's. That looks really good, flows well, very easy to look at. Its definitely looks like something that could have come from the factory.


-fryguy

 

It looks factory....you could always say its from Argentia!!

 

Well Thanks to Jeff Norwell I'll have tee shirts with my pickup on it.

www.droppedaxles.com

 

So just curious ...do/can you drop an original axle for one of these trucks?

 

Yes you can, Sid gave one of mine a deep drop, this is his shop truck with the car front end.

 

Thanks Jalopy45. I can drop the 46-47 pickup axles up to 4" overstock. I think 4" is to much. My 47 shop truck has a 3" dropped axle with Posie Dual-flex springs. It drive and rides good.

 

You said above that you think 4" drop on these axles is too much, is that just personal opinion because of the look of the vehicle sitting that low, or does it create problems? I have a 47 Ford truck myself, and have removed some of the front leafs, which softened the ride up a bit, and gave me some drop, but I'm at the limit of how low I can go with springs, because my bump stops are only about 1.25-1.5" from the frame now. I really love the look of the really low trucks, and want to go lower, for sure, however I do it. I'd love to keep the truck's 'old' styling and looks, so it'd be awesome to keep a beam up front, if I could get it lower like I want. The stock axles on these trucks, as you know, have some drop built in, but when you say 4" over stock, you do mean an additional 4" more, correct? As in if I bolted one into my setup right now, I'd gain 4 MORE inches of drop? Sounds awesome, to me, if so, as long as I could use tie rod drop blocks, or drop tie rod ends, and get everything hooked back up, and it drive decent. What's your take on that, is it something possible to do? What about drag link? What problems do you foresee me running into?

 

The 3" or 4" dropped axle will lower your truck 3" or 4" from were it is now. You don't use tie rod drops on the 46-47. You heat and bend the steering arms like you do for the early hot rods. I offer that service if needed. A 4" dropped axle tie rod is close to the spring and your into the scrub line. For the drag link I reversed the tapper in the pitman arm and put the tie rod on the top side of the pit man arm.

 

There was a dark blue one at the NSRA Nats from southern Indiana. Its super looking. Putting a car front is something Ford should have down.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Here's a photoshop of what it could look like.

 

Thanks for the reply, and, by the way, your truck looks awesome. Wish my frontend looked like that. Anyway, speaking of the scrub line on a 4" dropped axle, isn't that dependent on the wheel/tire combo you run? I was really leaning towards 17's or 18's, and not sure on the tire size yet. I'll have to do some measuring to figure out what I can run, and what height certain tires are, etc... Could you give pricing here, or is there pricing on your website for dropping my axle vs. purchasing one already done, and are they exchange? I would also like to know the cost to bend the steering arms.

 

I agree 100% they match the fronts perfectly Eli ! I dragged home my freebie one last weekend gonna see if I can find a set locally that I can repair...that should be fun lol!

 

Hey Steve why not do what 55 Mercury did and put a 47 Ford clip on your truck but customized to match your '47 Ford, grill and all? That'd be cool!