I'll keep it short and sweet. 1950 Fargo 1/2 ton flatty 6 runs and drives got it for $2600 CND ($2000 american) will need a little bit of work to be road legal very nice interior blue metallic paint original owners manual PICS
Congratulations! I know how you feel right now. To you that vehicle is the most beautiful thing on the planet...so full of possibilities and promise. TOTAL potential. ....to everyone else it looks like a farm truck. Just joking. I like it. Just one question, Whats a Fargo? It looks like a Dodge. Is it one and the same? Just curious. It certainly looks solid. That is a very important thing. Thats something I've learned the hard way. Rock on.
LOL I know its a farm truck, but I like 'em that way. I dont think I'll ever change the wheels or make it a rod so to speak. A Fargo is the canadian version of the Dodge. They're the same thing except emblems and labels. Yes, a major point ofr me was the super straight almost rust free body. I'm VERY excited, my first car ever!!!! I'm 17 and on a tight budget, this'll be my hauler for my T-pile. Mike
Wish I had a vehicle like that when I was 17. Hell, I'd like to have it now. I dig the wheels too. I think you did good. Maybe think about lowering it a little and then just drive the hell out of it.
In the back is has 2 sets of leafs on each side, so I'll take one out on each side. On the front I can mount the axel over the springs and I think my steering arm will clear. Mike
Yeah its different, kinda goofy but I like it. Heres one more pic, like I said, kinda goofy The hood opens in 2 pieces, from the side to the centre, not from front up.
Hey Man, One of my first "rods" was a 46 Fargo ute (ute being a uni-body design, not a separate tray). Have fun with it and enjoy! Danny
Boy that is clean. On the dodges they have the job rated emblem on the side. I'm still looking for my dads 1957 he used for a shop truck, it was all trick except ran the original flathead. Nice truck I'ld like to have it.
Congrats. It's an awesome feeling when you buy your first old car. I know how it feels. I baught my 35 ford pickup a coupls months ago. Will have it running in a few months.
Congrats! Cool truck. You could put Dodge embelems on it,and confuse show spectators Gull wing hood?? Far-out Sparky
Plan to keep it for a long time. Yeah its a "gullwing" hood, didnt know how to epxlain it...lol. Yeah I'm still a newbie, but I'm sure I'll learn lots on this car. I worked it out to american dollars and it turns out to be $1850 american. Not a bad deal considering I've looked at worse for the same amount of money. Eventually when the flatty dies she'll get a 318 or a HEMI along with the hot rod treatment. Untill then I'll drive it stock, maybe lower it a bit. I'm on a tight budget so whatever to get it road legal comes first. Mike
Trouble is,if that's a 230" flatty,it won't die!! They keep going forever. A slant-six 225" ohv motor would really be a conversation piece. A hemi would be awsome though Sparky
Congrats! Old mopar trucks are very cool. You could build up the 230 and have fun with that engine, they run awsome, not real fast but very smooth. I'm working on a 58 d100 half ton that i love. You are very lucky to have such a straight body to start with. Have fun. Gregg
nice truck, but you might want to do something about that garage roof before you put the truck inside!
Very neat truck and a neat situation you are in at 17 to own the thing! I'd leave it as-is for now... maybe do the brakes, a tune up... detail it inside and out... and under the fenders etc. A front suspension swap would be cool... but I kinda like it at the height it is now! Think about maybe putting a 340 or 360 and an automatic in it... add power disk brakes, and power steering... an 8 3/4" rear end... and you'd be STYLING! Sam.
I take it you are the Russian pilot from Hotrodders forum? Congrats on the ride. I had a 54 with a 383 once. Engine installed by a previous owner but it had mucho firewall mods to make it fit. Ran like a scalded dog with the original 4.88s
No, that was gxstacy, lol, I'm Nightfire from HR.com man I'm sure you'll vaguely remember me. Anyways, plans for now are to keep it mainly stock. I gotta do rear brakes and axel seals to pass safety inspection, along with fixing the windshiled wiper. The steering column has some play in it so it might be the kingpins. I'll swap those out along with new bearings and bushings to be on the safe side. Maybe new brake lines. Then comes new weatherstripping and a thorough detailing job. Clean up the engine compartment and organize the wiring a bit, maybe dress the engine up a bit. Fenderwells will get cleaned up and a black coat of Tremclad alont with the stepsides. The wood in the cab is very good so it'll just get pressure washed. She'll be a stocker for now untill the flatty dies, then its gonna be HEMI, maybe a 318 first, not sure yet, thats way to far ahead. Thanks guys, this is my first car, I'm only 17 and dont know much about old cars (mechanicals) so this'll be my first learning experience. Photoshops are always welcome go wild, do whatever you want too. Maybe some dark blue flake or some suede, I dunno, whatever you want, make it cool!!! Later, Mike
Geez, you're very fortunate to have something that cool to start with. Two things will make that truck into a RAD vehicle: 1. Lower it (sounds like you know how) 2. Chop the top. You'd be surprised what you can do w/ the help of friends They're kind of an ugly duckling, but much of that comes from their too-tall roof. Bring er' down about five inches and it'll rule.
Congratulations! I like trucks. Any trucks. Even "different looking" trucks. I think they named it after that Winter Resort Town down south in sunny North Dakota! Sorta like "Biscayne", "Malibu", "Newport" and "Daytona"
Hey, why does everyone call these an ugly duckling? I kinda like the way they look... That is one nice looking truck you have, congradulations on your score. The Fargo should already have an 8 3/4" rear in it, but it has those funky tappered axle shafts. Any late 60s (64 and up) through 74ish 8 4/3" rear should bolt in, but the wheel bolt pattern will be different then your truck has. If I remember right those rear brakes (or was it the fronts) had the two wheel cylinder backing plates and the cylinders and brake shoes are kinda hard to find (read that expensive) The newer axle eliminates that problem. 82 and up will have the same wheel pattern as your truck and would bolt in, but the 8 4/3 was gone by then and your chooses would be a heavy duty 9 1/4" or the lighter duty 8 1/4", both of which have the rear bolt on cover on them that the gears would have to be changed through instead of just swapping a center section. That flat head 6 would be a lot happier on the high way with a set of 3:55 gears in it. I've had pretty good luck with weatherstripping from www.robertsmotorparts.com They probably have replacement original brake parts for your truck also. They are good people to deal with and its kinda nice to talk to someone that actually knows about our trucks. If you have any questions I may be able to help, but I trashed the original drive train in both my trucks long ago in favor of something I could get parts for. Unless you mount the V8 motor like the factory did back when they started putting V8 in trucks in 54/55, there is a lot of cutting of the firewall. The original motors sat way forward, the newer style mounted ones sit about 6" into the cab. On the pictures, the red one is a 50 cab/clip mounted on an 80 dodge 4x4 chassis, the teal one is clipped with a F, M, J (Volari/Aspin) mopar clip, both trucks run 360s with autos. The teal one has an 8 3/4 from a 78 Dodge pickup with 3:23 gears, the red one has a 9 1/4 with 3:55 gears. Gene
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