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This is my 1951 Dodge D39 business coupe when I first got it and in its present condition five years later. Pictures taken in same location obviouly. It still needs an interior but I hope to get this done shortly and have it on the road this year. Lots of time, money, and a little blood involved! This is the Canadian Dodge based on a Plymouth body. They only made 345 of this body style in 1951 and the business coupe was dropped for 1952 so it is a pretty rare car.

I am trying to determine just how many Pilothouse Woody wagons remain. I am primarily interested in a count of those built by Campbell Body Works aka Mid State ). The company was located in Waterloo, New York, and built wood bodies from sometime in the 30's up until at least 1950. The used multiple makes of chassis, but I am interested in the Pilothouse Dodges. Mine is on a 1949 B1B 108 1/2 ton chassis. I have seen pictures of several on the internet, and this forum, but can never get a good count of how many still survive. Several of the ones I have seen were built by Cantrell. There are several differences in the ones built by Campbell and Cantrell. The Cantrell units are four doors, while the 1/2 ton Campell units have 3 (a driver's door, and two doors on the right. The tailgate on the Cantrell cars is a good bit taller, which results in about a 4" narrower rear window. Also the Campbell cars have the gas filler externally, with the gas cap located in the center of the panel behind the drivers door. That is where the rear door is on the Cantrell cars, and I was told the gas filler is beneath the drivers seat. Not sure about Cantrell, but I know that Campbell built units using everything from 1/2 ton to full size "school bus" units, probably on a 1 ton chassis. If you know of one of these units please post the information and a picture if you have one. I am just curious how many are left, and how many are still in operation. I have attached pictures of mine. When Dad bought it new in 1949, and as it appears today. It is a Campbell unit. (they may have been called Highlanders, but I am not sure.) Mike

Hi Guys Just an update . Completed my 23" single barrel manifolds to suit B&B today ...Looking awesome and incorporated some of the feedback like leaving bosses to make it easier for the linkage setups. Here is a couple of pics. Next is the 25" setups. Like always Feedback Welcomed......

OK.....its the last days of May, so the International Work On Your Truck Day #7 is falling on June 2nd!!! No excuses Great Lakers area folks!!!(is that a thing?) the snow has GOT to be melted by now! The Five Rules: 1. Work on your truck. Not Mark's, but yours...unless you are Mark, then work on your truck buddy. 2. Report what you did to the Forum, not the girl at the post office, she doesn't care, she's just trying to get the junk mail sent out. 3. Post a picture of what you did. Its all good, sitting in it counts.....but at least hold a hammer or something. 4. Explain how you got the truck, what inspires you about it. 5. Try to share the days experience as soon as you can!!! Sharing is caring!!!.....Believe it or not, your story could inspire one of us to get back to it! Your story could help build another truck!!! Good luck!!!! Here comes Saturday!!! 48D

now you see it, now you don't and what's better, it will not dissolve into a powder while you drive it...patina pictures are only to remind you of the importance of preservation

Since I converted to 12 volts years ago, I gutted the old voltage regulator and added the fan relay in there (along with 2 others).

49 fenders are different , 50 to 52 may have some minor variations as to where the fender trim is mounted. Advice for beginning body repairmen. Study how the damage occurred and work back from where the damage ended toward the initial point of impact. It is often easier if the fender is still on the car to pull with a come-along to unfold damage. Randomly beating on damage will just result in more damage. Another analogy when dealing with flat panels (or panels which should be flat) is to compare with the actions used in chasing wrinkles out of a bed sheet.

I mounted my fan sensor in a tee, spliced into the hose to the top of the radiator. Since the functon of the sensor is to ground the fan relay circuit , I ran a copper wire to ground the sensor and tee to the rest of the engine.

Here's two more showing the car in a couple of different stages of restoration.

considering its been high 90's and 100° reported, safe to say our snow is gone...god I want the snow back!

" Check location of spring bracket with special gauge and tighten both bolts securely" Do you have that special gauge?

Don't you hate it when that happens?

Glad you folks I are enjoying it. I still am, weeks later. There are so many great sections that are are filling in the gaps in my education. The front-end steering chapter was great. I knew about camber, caster, and others. However I did not have a full understanding of why. Now Toe in and king pin inclination makes so much sense. I understood what a magneto was, and a primary & secondary ignition system. Yet the basic 1 sentence summary was overlooked in my high school shop class. Dots are getting connected! You can teach an old dog new tricks.

Gonna spend the day measuring wires in preparation for a complete rewire job and conversion to 12 volts.

Well I totally get where the OP is coming from. Music has the ability to affect your mood and your attitude. And certainly a guy like Woody Guthrie (author) knew all about that. I say if it puts you in the place you want to be or lifts your spirit then listen away. It really doesn't matter if it is hick music or refined stuff. What makes it perfect is that it speaks to you. Jeff One of my personal favorites is "Deep Elm Blues" by Rory Gallagher and Bela Fleck...........kinda hick but oh so right.

There are 3 sizes. A set for the 23"engine (1/2 ton to 1 Ton) . And another set for the 25" engine (1-1/2 through 2-1/2 ton K) and a set for the 30" engine(2-3/4 ton through the 4ton Y) series trucks.

The very first car I ever bought was a 38 Royal 4dr sedan. Paid 20 bucks for it. 1 woman owner car and her nephew inherited it when she died. The engine was stuck,but it wasn't missing a single thing,no dents,and the upholstery was perfect. I was 13 or 14. A older cousin helped me unstick it and get it running,and other than a very loose front end,it was in excellent mechanical condition with faded paint and no rust out or dents. My plan was to work summers and use my money to make it reliable and have a car to drive when I was 16 Somebody stopped by one day while I was at school and offered my father $250 for it,so he sold it and kept the money. "It's my yard,and everything in it is mine." was his excuse. It has been several years since I was 13 or 14,and I can't remember anything about the starter.