48Dodger

APRIL 1st 2023 CLEMENTS TAILGATE BBQ in CLEMENTS, CALIFORNIA Home of the largest meet up of Dodge Pilot-House Era Trucks in the WHOLE WORLD!!! MARS AND JUPITER TOO!!! We get invaded by Vintage Cars and Trucks from other makers, BUT WE DON'T CARE! CUZ WE ARE COOL TRUCKERS AND DON'T MIND THE WEIRDOS! ...at least I don't.....lol Looking forward to seeing everyone again!!!! Woohoo! Its on a private ranch, my ranch, no admission, no tickets to buy, plenty of 6 feet of clearance for everyone!! Big Blocks, Small Blocks, L6, Straight Six, Old Hemi, New Hemi, Modern Hemi, Don't care, just love your ride and share the story! Timothy A. Estrada aka 48Dodger

Looks beautiful............. 48D

I feel that part of the site should stay as it is until someone has a chance to work on it. I'll do what I can. 48D

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Seems that the site has been hacked. Last input was 2016. No changes were needed since. 48D

Yah, I think so.... 48D

Thank you for the kind words! look forward to meeting up again. Anyone here can help as far as shared knowledge goes. The local guys for "stock" knowledge are Jim Shepard 51hemi Neither one of'em post here very much, but do stay in contact with me. I'll let them know what's up. 48D

Tough having good friends....... 48D

I sent a private message your way PAW. 48D

Side note: no matter the trim package, 48-53 are considered Pilothouse. 48D

Yep....I thought the same thing. ?48D

lol....that's going in my personal vocabulary deal.....along with "Fish Mouth Grille" and "48-50's rule" 48D

I love whitewalls. 48D

Wow.....you got a color matching dog for it too! ? 48D

You could use falsies.....whitewall portawall toppers 48D

Interesting look to the top rail area of the bed. Looks to have a triangular piece welded in? Close up please? 48D

White Walls......I approve! 48D

Any position out of the top ten........or in my way. 48D

It's what weekends are for.....don't forget the cup holder. 48D

St Paul, MNN......"Back to the 50's" Mark's truck (aka ggdad1951) is @ 1:06:18 48D

Ok.....I measured my 1.5 to 2 ton trucks....all of them are duallys and came in a few inches shorter then 8 feet. 1947 to 1955 Dodge Trucks. 48D

Is your truck a single or dually axle? The 8 foot wide bed might be for a dually? 48D

1950 had painted bars as standard and could be upgraded to stainless. The bars were defenseless against bumping into vehicles, cattle and equipment. So the lowest (longest) was often the most damaged. In my opinion, most ranchers removed the grille bars after being damaged, to bypass the problem of removal and repair of the high maintenance bars. The large number of trucks bought for ranching and general labor makes me believe this. This video may or may not help. The grille bars come up at the end. Estrada MotorSports 1948-53 Dodge Trucks : Identification notes part 2 48D