1951woody

Here is a shot of our woodie when my father-in-law first purchased it...sometime in the early '70s. Early restoration: When it first came to AZ (early 90s): And now:

Hank, Thanks for the great illustration. I'm fairly certain I haven't seen any inner fender skirts laying around my father-in-law's place so they were either never there or he got rid of them. Not like him to toss valuable metal, so I'll have another look when we visit his property. If I can't find the inner skirts or they won't fit, I'm thinking I might be able to just find and mount the hooks themselves to the lip of the outer fender.

That explains it: I don't have inner fenders. Heck, I don't even know if they'd fit if I DID have them with the frame/engine transfer.

Another hood question for ya'll: What do the hood latches actually latch onto to "lock" down? I haven't put the wings back on yet, but rested them in place and I couldn't see how they actually locked down. Maybe mine are missing some pieces? Anyone explain or have pics of how they latch?

Ah, so the center piece has to be off the vehicle and the entire assembly put on at once. Will try that tomorrow.... thanks!

I've finally got the woodie back up and running, and was attempting to put the three-piece hood back together, but I was not successful. I can see how the two wings fit onto the center piece, but they're just not rotating on. Is there a trick to get them back together easily?

If the woodie sells without the frame, I will be sure to contact you. Thanks! And if anyone else has any thoughts on the value of this rolling frame, please speak up.

I'm new to the world of Pilot House trucks, so I have NO idea what other bodies this frame would be compatible with. The woodie is titled as a 1951 but it's obviously a 49-50 model, if that makes any difference. I also know that the PO (my father-in-law) at some point removed the original transmission and put a 4-speed in it from some paperwork/correspondence I found. Not sure we even are going to sell it YET. I brought this up because we have a potential buyer of the woodie, but they stated pretty strongly that they will not want the frame, period. So IF they buy it (which by the history - every interested person has fallen through so far) then we'll be willing to selling the frame. But as far as it goes now, we're trying to sell them together as a package deal. Beggars can't be choosers and we will be willing to split them up if this rolling frame has a good chance of being sold as-is. We don't want to sell the woodie and still have the frame to worry about. The whole point of me starting the thread to see what it would be worth to you all. Honestly, I'm not sure how much to ask for it.

Hey all... as you probably know, we're trying to sell our woodie. We just got contacted by a fellow who might be interested, but he doesn't want the original rolling frame. I know many of you are cursing us for even considering the possibility of splitting the frame/body up, but it is what it is.... So that being said, what would the good rolling frame be worth to you? As far as I know, it's in good shape, and was running quite well before they were separated: What would be a good asking price for this?

Yes, they do... thanks!

My father-in-law removed the front door windows to have the internals repaired and/or painted (not sure when or why). I BELIEVE I have everything I need to get it back together, but it's a bit of a jigsaw puzzle. Are the internals the same in the rear doors? I'm thinking I can remove a rear door panel and get the front windows together using the rear window as a reference. Before I start pulling interior wood panels off, I want to make sure that I'm heading down the right road. Also, does anyone happen to have a good photo of the front door window regulator guts? That might be helpful, too.

Thanks for the information, and the link! Unfortunately, the metal VIN/ID plate on the driver's side doorframe has gone missing. I've got relatively recent photos of it there, but sometime in the last couple of years, it was removed... most likely because of the frame-swap. I have yet to find it. I'm hoping it didn't get lost in the shuffle.

Beautiful woody, Jeremy. Good to see another one around!

Here is our 1951 woodie: I'm not sure why it's titled as a 1951, even though it's got the older front clip and dashboard. It is all original as far as I know, though the history before about the mid-70s is unknown. Currently sitting on the frame/drivetrain and a 318 from a mid-80s D150 pickup, though we still have the original unmolested frame/drivetrain.

Not so far!