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thanks moose!

 

Looking good Rick. Is that the 241"?

 

241 is still at the machine shop waiting custom 10:1 comp pistons, that's a spare poly block i have

 

I got a little carried away @Austin kays but what the heck

 

Lmao well may have been easier to ask for white walls and disc swapped to this pic

 

A member told me to head over here and ask for help on this one. All the the rigging, boxes, doo dad's are coming off, but what I really need help with is a direction on how to flatten the nose of this truck. Model A grill? I don't know. I'm trying to get into this thing, but the bubble but nose is killing me. It was my dad's, so selling it and finding a truck I like better isn't an option. He wasn't totally tied up in it, but still...also a chop might look good? might look bad? ...I don't know. Anyone up for an ugly duckling challenge?
Thanks!

 

Not nice to mess with mother nature. Leave the nose alone. JMO

 

It's your truck...so your choices of course, but I like the grill. If it were mine, while removing the add ons, I would also remove the visor. I might look into incorporating the headlights into the fenders so they don't look like an after thought, maybe 37-39 Ford style? Add some nice wheels (maybe chrome reverse, Torque thrust or Halibrand Sprints?) and enjoy it as a shop truck hauler. And as time went on, I also might consider a mild haircut to reduce the height of the side glass a bit...maybe 2 or 3 inches.

 

I kinda like it the way it is mostly. But Here are a couple minor color changes you could make easily.

 

@OZCAST
OK just playing around and did a redo of the one I did for you on your other thread. It has a nose job and 39 Chevy headlights with a chopped top with removed visor and exhaust stacks. Maybe a bit over the top but I bet it would be a real head turner...Oh and this time I fixed your broken gutter

 

I wonder what the truck would look like with 39 Plymouth headlights?

 

Nice nose job. I was thinking the same basic principle of just taking a bit off the front, maybe a slight lean. We must be running on the same frequency because our minds think very alike.

 

NICE! LOL, I'm sending that to my wife and telling her I fixed it. Gaurntee she won't notice the different truck, but will definitely see the gutter.

 

I really like the chop. Thank you

 

You might check on the lean-to, maybe it's the ladder.

 

from this

Hello,

If the truck is running great and has no problems, is part of your dad's history, then leave it alone. The accessory lights on top and side aren't part of the original Dodge concept, so they need to come off. The winch in the back is up to you as to originality or design. Part of a car museum? Then leave it in place. Not part of a car museum, the take it off.

I chopped the top in different sizes. Chopping the top, shortening the bed and adjusting the proportions each time. The stock cab top is designed to the original, proportional design from the factory. Each time I took off some height, that changed the proportion and make it look like Paul Bunyan stepped on the top.

To keep the proportion, a section would need to come out. Then when a section came out, then the body looks more like Paul Bunyan and his big Ox, both stepped on the whole truck. Chopping and sectioning is not a good look for this truck.

Jnaki

If you are open to suggestions, take off all accessories, give it a good mechanical once over and replace all parts to make it a safe and fun truck to drive. The nose and front end is classy and gives it a different look of a cool hot rod truck. If you want to put on a Model A grille, go buy a Model A truck. Don’t mess up such a classy front end.

A few choice replacements, some clean up and new tires/wheel combo may brighten your day and make your dad’s truck something to sparkle. Even a nice color paint would help out. Primer paint is a taste that needs some thought or is a preview of the finishing paint to come.

Here is a photo of a similar Dodge Truck. The color, style and proportions are all very classy.


From the top example of the original truck to this well done hot rod truck... just a little effort will bring great results. Good Luck !

 

I was looking back at some of the earlier posts and I saw yours and realized that no one had done it so here is something to take a look as...I did one with patina and one with a paint job just for comparison.

 

If you really want to change the front, just smooth off the barbs and mold everything in. Work with the existing truck lines for a smooth custom look. I deleted the headlight pods and moved the lights behind the grille. You could also opt for '39 Plymouth "TV" lights and bezels or even 1942 DeSoto hideaways units, just to keep in the Mopar family.

 

Not a real museum truck, and the tow rig is Mach. The gears are car parts. Flywheel, and a starter, etc. I'll get her stripped and sanded. Get the body work done, do the mechanical and rewire. That will take long enough to really get a good idea on direction. Most of you all really like the front end, so that leads me to believe I'm the one who's got the bad taste. Easy enough for me, I'll just leave her alone. I'm dead set on a red ram. That has to happen. Maybe I'll take the hood sides off and run lake headers and see how that looks. That very well might scratch the itch. Can always pop them off is it's dumb.
Thank you!

 

could some one put either one of these logos on the side of my panel truck?

 

Oh boy, you'll have a witch hunt for him if you put the headlights behind the grill like that, I had an old thread showing how many narrow minded opinionated people there are here when I was going to do that.

 

I tried it nine years ago, and no comment: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...hotoshop-threads.300531/page-383#post-8710691

The HAMB can be fickle like that.

 

thanks.could you move it to the long panel above the rear tire?

 

The door is probably the best place, but it could also go here.

 

Hey, OZ;
I wouldn't chop the pu more than ~1", but maybe the p-chopping wizards could flatten the roof curve a bit. Headlites sunk into the front sorta like a ~41 chev might help, I'd also like to see a pic of the ~39 ply lights(as mentioned a couple of times) incorporated into the fenders. Getting either in the right place will be the trick. Possibly pulling the hood nose back a little w/a more rounded/leaning back to it, but it'd have to be subtle, or the flow n proportions will look really bad. Might anyways. For some reason, almost all the ~early 40's PUs had some very odd proportions. At least to my eyes. & at the same time, all had some neat design features. Probably easiest just to own the oem looks... .
Marcus...

 

thank you. your right it looks better on the door. it is just that big empty space looks like it needs something.

 

I'm not much in the way of artistic ability but maybe just the image of the woman on the door and Cheap and Dirty Racing lettered on the side panel above the rear wheel? Just a thought.