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Hello everyone I am a new member. I have been restoring Hit & Miss engines for years and have a nice collection. I was at a farm auction last week and found this 1946 Dodge WF32. The body is in great shape and so far I have not found any rot. The engine is free and I don't think it will be a problem to get it running. The steering linkage seems tight but the brakes do no work. Going to clean all the mouse nests out and then pull all the wheels and start with the brakes. This will be my first truck restore, I think is was repainted at sometime in its life and I am going to leave it the way it is. My plan right now is to make it mechanically sound.

Very nice find! It's got a good front bumper and running boards which are very hard to find if not present. That's going to be a great work truck when up and going! You'll find a lot of members here are also members on a Yahoo Dodge truck site devoted to these beasts, and there is a lot of good info and support.

Just acquired a 1940 Chrysler Royal Business Coupe, Serial no 7644011 Body tag nos C25CR-3074 505-107. A1 Interested to know how many of these business coupes were produced and all other interesting features about this car,,, it's a totally origional unmolested survivor, no attempt to start for more than 40 years,,, Thanks in advance, David Webb "the one man swap meet"

I'd have to see them for sure but they sound like the blackout versions. They are stamped vs cast. Same with the dodge scripts.

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Take a close up of the interior and exterior door handles along with the dodge badges on the hood. You may just have a 46 that someone painted over the grill trim on.

After WW.II. shortage of chrome and stainless.

Congradulations on your new addition! Your truck looks to be a blackout model, meaning very littls chrome available when it was built. The easiest way to find the original color I found is to remove the cover plates inside the cab top of windshield. Good luck!

By the book.

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Finished welding the perches on today and shot a quickie coat of black on it; putting it back in for good this weekend.

Wayfarer.....we had a similar situation here in Oz from the late 30's thru to the late 50's in that Oz cars used both short and long engines even in the same year..........lol.........my 1940 Dodge originally had the 23" 201 engine but then for 1941 both engines are listed depending on the car serial number.......then of course in the late 50's in the Oz designed 1957 AP1 Chrysler Royal it depended on whether you ordered a standard trans, overdrive trans or Powerflite auto behind the six then you appear to have been given one or the other 230 short or 250 long six........at least if you ordered the V8 Poly then you got no choice, just the Powerflite auto.........I won't mention that I have both the 301 AND 313 Poly listed as the engine for 1957 to 1959 although the difference is just the bore..........yep, mother mopar did some strange things........and heres a couple of pics of my 1940 D15D Oz Dodge Sedan.........Plymouth body & chassis length, fenders, head & taillights, hood & bumpers.....Dodge grille, badges & RHD dash......but ever seen a 1940 Dodge or Plymouth with a rear centre armrest?......lol......the hotrod bits, ie, 318 Poly etc are my doing but the rest is Oz mother mopar........regards, andyd

...well, my '02 Ram2500 4x4 with the Cummins is my daily driver and around town it easily gets 19mpg...at least that what the computer says. No problem getting 500 miles from a tank of fuel and it has 233K on the clock. Maintenance with the 5.9 is really simple stuff. Power to tow? More than most folks ever need and the '02 is not the highest rated. In this area a decent 2000-2002 brings in about $12k and a really nice lo-miler in the $15 range. My 2¢