http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2449026504&category=6729 Put the back of the cab back on and you'll have a crew cab 40's Ford. (suicide doors no doubt)....or add more roof and have a 40's excursion!
[ QUOTE ] Too bad that it is the awful ugly 46-47 model [/ QUOTE ] A '40 front end could be bolted on couldn't it?
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Too bad that it is the awful ugly 46-47 model [/ QUOTE ] A '40 front end could be bolted on couldn't it? [/ QUOTE ] It appears to be a 1942. It has no Ford script pressed into the hood sides, has a 41 style badge in the center of the dash, stainless headlight rings, and does have 42 hubcaps. As far as being able to put a 40 front end on it, it can be done, but it is not a bolt on. The 40-41 frame is completely different. The running boards on a 40 are right at the bottom of the door, so you would have to cut the bottom of the body and rear fenders off to make everything line up with the 40 front fenders. It is a unique vehicle. Neal
I remember seeing something like that in a book on military trucks, they military used them for a wide range of uses including fire truck, troop transport, tow veichle, ambulance and few others that I can't remember
It is the same body style as my 42 pickup (42-47 were all the same). It might actually be something that was built for military or civil-service use. Neat truck. The comment about the Avalanche was pretty darn funny.
The more I look at that picture, I expect at any moment about 40 clowns to run down from the house,pile in and take off in a trail of smoke. Billy
[ QUOTE ] The more I look at that picture, I expect at any moment about 40 clowns to run down from the house,pile in and take off in a trail of smoke. [/ QUOTE ] LMAO!!!!
It is an old fire tuck that was used to transport extra fire hose for really big fires. Look at the add and you can see that the whole back of the truck is wide open for hoses and extra firefighters. Wish it was not so far away it would be really cool as a new shop truck all done up the hamb way.
It's a stretch panel truck with rear top cut off. It was likely a funeral coach or ambulance, and a bit of paint scraping would determine which. It's pretty clearly a stretch by a one of the big specialty companies that make such vehicles, obviously a well done job. I think it's a commercial (1/2 ton chassis) and not a truck, so probably funeral--I'd guess an ambulance would have used the 3/4-1 ton chassis.
I like the front end. I wouldn't put a 40 front on it. I also thought about the Avalanche when I saw it. Would be a cool shop truck. Dean
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