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OLD DODGE

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  1. Attached is a chassis cowl pic. I would guess yours may have been a milk truck. Is it a stand up unit? Does it have a fluid drive? Mico brake? Things to help you id it. Model tag Body tag Engine number Serial number off the front of the left frame rail. Since it is a one ton and it started life as a chassis cowl, it is certainly more rare than your average pick up. You may be more satisfied keeping it original. I don't see a one ton panel truck making a good hot rod. Kevin
  2. Being that it would have left the Dodge Truck factory as a chassis cowl, the model tag would not be in the normal spot, the driver's door jamb. The tag would have been mounted to the engine side of the firewall, even on top of it, or it would have been shipped loose with the truck for the body builder to attach. Look under the hood for a large oval tag or evidence where it may have been mounted. Two screw holes 5-5/16" apart. I will look through my library to try and id this but having the builder's name would definitely help out. Kevin
  3. I know its an old post but I thought I would give you my interpretation of your build card to help fill in some of the data that Chrysler is missing. I normally do the Dodge Truck build cards but I do have the resources to do some of the car ones too.
  4. In order for that dump truck to have originally come with a Hemi in it, it should be a D600 or bigger truck. If you tell me what model it is I can let you know which Hemi it should be. Different size trucks came with different size engines. I can also help you ID the motor by the serial number to make sure its the correct one. The big Dodge trucks used the Chrysler designed Hemi engines but it would be identified as a truck motor. Call me if you want, I think I PM'd you my phone number before. Kevin Clause
  5. David, I first want to tell you how much I was admiring your re-creation. I know how much time you had to put into doing that as I did one myself before. Also thanks for sharing your original build card. The numbers or letters at the top of each column must match the holes that are punched in that column. Your CAPACITY is punched and marked 0 for a half ton truck. You have three columns that are marked and punched as the letter "C". These are columns 1, 49, and 89. Column 1 C=12=December Column 49 C=12= Three Speed Fluid Drive Column 89 C= Carolina The small mark between columns 50 and 51 is nothing. The second digit in your engine serial suffix appears to not be a 9. It looks like either a 3 or an 8 but its hard to tell with the lower part filled in and a white line right through the part that distinguishes those two characters apart from each other. Great job and thanks for sharing!
  6. This truck was recently entered into Eric's registry. http://www.townwagon.com/4853registry/display.php?serial=82208532 It too has a letter for the transmission. This is only the fourth example from this revision of build cards that I have seen and two of these have letters for transmissions. So I am changing my opinion to this. What this means is Dodge had more than 9 possibilities for transmissions. After the number 9, A=10, B=11, C=12, and so on. This also applies to the date in the upper left corner of this most recent example. The owner appears to have re-created his build card and in doing so incorrectly put "0" instead of "C" in these two positions. ggdad, what do you have for a transmission? Kevin
  7. Here is a guy's build for a 39. http://www.1939cummins.info/
  8. I don't have the resources to do that. I can ask around at the print shops and see what they say.
  9. I stumbled across this YouTube video with a B Series truck mounted on a 4wd chassis. The truck is the second one in the video and it shows up 4 times. I thought I'd share it with you guys.
  10. Great job on fixing that fender up. Looks like there is plenty of paint underneath all that surface rust. You're not planning on chopping this thing up are you?
  11. Large wall poster for the RV. I threw a $20 bill in for size reference.
  12. And the hot rodders always say they are saving it from the crusher. A stock vehicle appeals to many people while a modified one suits the current owner.
  13. Bob, The tach drive cable had been disconnected from the distributor and left dangling down. The distributor that was in this truck appeared to be a normal non-tach drive one. A couple weeks later I found a tach drive adapter in a guy's garage that goes in the block and then a normal distributor fits inside of it. Its real close but not right. What does your distributor look like? Here is the contraption I found.
  14. That guy is making it too complicated. Easier way is to take pliers with a nail. Get the nail glowing hot with a torch and then stick it in the oil. Clean oil will do nothing. Water in oil will sizzle.
  15. Gene, You will have to make that decision for yourself. If its severely underpowered and has a distinct lean to the rear I'd say you would be very disappointed with the fruits of your labor. I haven't seen anything on your WK lately. Stalled project? That is one very cool truck! Kevin Clause
  16. The S10, Ranger, and the early Dakotas were really good at hauling..... feather pillows! I have in the past used these trucks to haul items that don't fit into the feather pillow category and it puts a real strain on the suspension. You may want to check out that the panel body itself doesn't squash the S10. Even if it does so only minorly, that won't leave you any room for payload. Perhaps a later Dakota?
  17. If you post some pictures of the stake bed I could tell you if its a factory or an aftermarket one. The factory bed has certain details that the aftermarket ones do not. The tag on the firewall will NOT tell you what type of bed came on it. Its only good for describing the part that its attached to. A pick up, a chassis cab, and a stake bed truck will all have the same style cab and will therefor all have the same prefix on the firewall tag. The only way for you to find out how the truck left the factory would be to order a build card from Chrysler. It will have a code on it that relates to what body was on it. http://wpchryslermuseum.org/newsroom.do;jsessionid=32E23C046D569D862414DCDBA7B0E587?id=390&mid=135
  18. Ouch! That one stung. Some people might call certain things rare, but if you want to stick with the "mythical" term I guess I'll let it slide. I was just cleaning up my wife's mess last night when I saw that heater sheet. Since it was a topic of discussion I thought I'd post it. She sure is messy when she moves my stuff. Kevin Clause Collector of Mythical Things : ^)
  19. You turn it upside down in the summer for cool air. Right side up in the winter for hot air. ;^)
  20. Right from his ad. "I would like to sell for $30,000 OBO."
  21. "and $25 for trucks (no decoding available)" That is right from the website. Did you get a different price them???
  22. They have up to the '54 trucks and some of the '55s. I have ordered a '54 from them and seen a '55. I had said something to them years ago about the website dates but it has never been addressed. They even re-did the entire website, addresses and all and didn't fix it. They will have a card on your '52.
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