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Good thread, new information to keep in mind when I get new tires. Their is a new Italian tire out called the "Dago". Dago through the rud, the snow and the ice and when dago flat dago 'wop, wop, wop! Don't know how well they balance.

Would be interesting to see pictures of the various 'styles'. I like mine which I call the 'clam shell'. Others are straight through, some are just a large pipe. So, have pictures?

To my eye the sideboards really help 'lower' the height of the cab and balance the overall look. Great sideboard examples. Bob, did you make your spare tire mount? I like the practicallity of that.

Merlel, your correct. All a farmer had to do with an old truck was flip the rear axle, fab steering and pedal arrangements and he could then mount all sorts of devises on that. The resultant machine was much cheaper than a tractor and would do what the farmer needed to do. Farmers made 'fork lifts', 'snow plows', ' hay bucks', ' manure scoups', etc out of the setup. With the weight on the rear wheels and rear turning wheels they were very useful.

I am impressed with the originality of Pilot-house members. Keep us informed. If one picked out two headliners would there be enough matierial to do the entire cab? What are you going to do with the color?

It's very simple and easy. (1) remove the hood, four bolts; Remove the radiator. (2) undo the bolts on the fenders by the doors, two on the top ( heads show through, nuts behind), one on the bottom, same both sides. Then remove bolts under the radiator "frame". I did mine without any directions just common sense. The fenders and the hood are a unit called the 'doghouse' and comes off as a unit. It's not heavy just clumsy. Good luck. Use the search part on the forum. Put in fenders and you will be surprised what you will find.

The fresh fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums) agribusiness has been in the tank for several years now. The local packing houses now are large volume oriented firms which sell good looking, good shipping fruit which does NOT taste good. I have a friend who still farms and packs like they did 20 years ago and his fruit is exceptional. I am currently researching putting a fruit stand in Maine north of Portland, this coming summer and use ONLY HIS fruit. May go out first week in April to set it all up. Times are changing in many ways, sad. A couple more pics for your enjoyment. Sorry this got off topic!

I really like the '50/51 two door sedan. Very practical and roomy yet a bit sporty. I had a fastback but still prefer the Tudor. There is a nice four door sedan just outside of town for $3,000. It is road ready. Is that a fair price?

Smallblock, have any pictures, I like to see the various ways people fix trucks so will watch for some pics and welcome aboard.

Reg, I like your tail lights. Are they hard to find? Why do you have two tail lights? One answer is for turn signals but there must be another reason. Regarding the tailgate and bed I prefer the deeper bed. That is a personal preference not a criticizm. I would guess the deeper bed was an option and more buyers wanted the depth to haul grain. With such a tall cab, to my eye, the deeper bed shows a more balanced truck. I even like side boards and I like yours. Yet if you ever decide to sell yours I may stand in line.

Reg, The pressed design is different. The low gate is narrower and has DODGE in a square. Mine is quite different.

Do love the coupe! Would be a lot of fun, a little difficult to get in the back seat, at least at my age and the age of my friends. Trucks are different, to me they are not 'social' vehicals, they are for two friends or Papa and a couple of grandchildren.

The truck does look good. The tail gate is different than what I've seen. Here are both hoods. Central CA is bone dry so we do not get deep rust only sun 'surface' rust. The truck initially was green. The guys I was with commented on the hood "brace" and said 'someone' would want THAT! Always learn more when I go with someone who sees the items from their point of view. There was a late 30's four-door sedan body there also, in quite good condition. It had the split rear window.

Went to Turners today. Go to the car forum form car pics. The trucks were gone, picked over. Darn. This one will be for sale. He is fixing it so it will run. No rust, solid little truck. Wiring is no good but . . . .

He had two hoods. There were LOTS of little parts. Don from Palmdale, CA was there and bought some nice things for himself. Don please comment, you are much more knowledgeable than me. There was a nice '38 Ply front bumper. I need to downsize it to attach it. If someone is interested, I will attach that as well. The rear bumper was solid but will require new chrome. It was an interesting outing, but disappointed that I didn't get anything for trucks, just nothing to shoot.

Took some pictures at Turner's today. Attached are some. Seems trucks are really picked over. Only one complete truck which he is fixing up to sell. Will send two posts. Didn't get any prices.

Tom, about the only place you could have worked would have been George Bros. Fruit Packing. They sold all their orchards and shut down this winter. Long time company gone!

Possibly the most beautiful car I've ever seen. Even at the price given, it might hold its value longer than any new car and would be a lot more fun to drive. Frankie, I guess some good things do come out of Texas!

Jim, will find out and post in here on the forum. Paul

Those were not my pictures. Will go and see what is there when he reopens in April.

Pink is one or the other, peaches or nectariines. Must get in the orchard to know which. I took the picture south of Kingsburg, CA from atop an interchange.

If any of you send me a shopping list via PM and approx what you would pay I can make a run for you. As I said earlier I live about 25 miles from Turner and can easily take the time. Maybe I ought to go and see what he has first, whatever. Paul

Dad reversed a 47 Ford truck to make a hay buck. With that V8 it really went accross the hay meadow. Here in CA we have large diesel trucks like that with hay bale squeeze on the front so they can load a block of hay bales on a semi. They run down the highway at 70 MPH. An old truck set up like this with the weight on the rear wheels really make a handy farm utility vehical.

Anthony, I like what you did with the gauges. To me it might look even better if your mounting plates were from behind so the entire frame of the "tower" would show. With some things missing the dash must not be fully done. Nice clean look!

I know Gerry Turner. His son age 36+/- was going to continue the business then died driving a race car. This happened about two years ago. Gerry is in Australia this month on his annual trip there, then will come back and shut it all down. He is 80 years old and wants to retire and work with his motorcyle collection. He has some 250 cycles which he has been collecting for nearly 50 years. He has some nice mopar stuff. If I had the money I would try to buy what I could and part it out. Would definitely make some money. To bad, he was one of the very honest wrecking yards in this area. I live about 25 miles from him. He is saving a Chrysler engine for me. Will pick it up in April if it runs nice. Attached are some pictures of our fruit trees. Took the pics this afternoon. Enjoy.