48Dodger

Yea, not having luck with this guy and his Water Truck. I got a werid response back with only the "eat me kirk" in the letter. I dont get it. I guess I'll go check out your lead Jerry, I could use a water truck and would love it to be a Vintage Dodge. 48D

Of course I'm buying one...... Nice job Eric. 48D

Ok ..this is the second time I've written this guy. I dont like the comment "eat me kirk"... I wrote him and asked if its his truck to sell, if so I'll try and buy it from him. Sorry Ed, didnt mean to hy-jak the thread...its kinda of On Topic isn't it? 48D

Really???? Got the link? 48D

I'm still upset over not getting the Water truck last month. Maybe a Tow Truck would make up for it. Give me a reason to visit the north/eastern crew. 48D

Those are interesting advance numbers. First time I've seen those. What was the standard Octane rating in 1953 ? How close are everyone's rpm readings on today's gas? Just curious. 48D

little dramatic......D+.....try again. 48D

Incredible! Very cool. 48D

Stockcar driving is different than street driving. Doing it the way you described, suggests that the holes may not be truly centered. The variations would make for a bunch of problems in the form of tire shake and suspension abuse. Rough ride in other words. Even if you weld everything solid, the performance might be disappointing. Of course you could do it, just may not be worth it. I have to believe your rims are out there somewhere. 48D

Of course it can be done. Feel sorry for the guy on HAMB whose's afraid of hard work and adventure. Here's another idea. might not work for you cuz of the up and down travel. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/projectbuild/155_0406_1989_dodge_diplomat_torsion_bars/index.html I would consider keeping the struts paralel to the frame. It'll help protect your ackerman and slip angle's better. It'll look like a four link set up. Cut the torsion bar brakets and throw in a cross member, then the tabs for the strut. You got the Towers framed up nice, all you got is those struts and you can call her done. 48D

Never seen that on a 48.....hmmmm....mind taking a picture of them "in position" against the truck? Just curious. I looked in the diagrams too and didn't find them. Which manual do you have? Looks like the corners Merle pictured are part of yours too, but with an extra baffle. could these be a Fargo design? 48D

Nice work! 48D:cool:

Don't have any idea per se, but I did find a site that has some info about all vehicles from the 40's concerning pricing. Didn't list the Dodge truck price, but the truck itself is listed. I'll have to dig a little more. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/40scars.html 48D

Don't know if this will help. These are a few videos I did of a 48' tear down. http://www430.pair.com/p15d24/mopar_forum/showthread.php?t=16161 48D

I dont think we got off topic. You mentioned serveral possible vibration noises with the hard pull being the most noticable. The picture of the motormount is the rear mount off a 48 1/2 ton. You don't have one? Isn't your truck a 48' ? Maybe the previous owner swapped out the originals for something he had in the "parts box" . Here's another look at the mount attached to the motor/trans braket. 48D

"Timothy"... Its what me mum named me...got a problem with that??? lol 48D

2 rubber discs per rear mount. 48D

Yes! I won it....lol. Something else to frame and put on the wall of trucks. 48D (68dodgerboy) "Dear 68dodgerboy, Dear Timothy, Thanks for your payment. I have left positive feedback for you and will ship to you, today, June 26th. By the way, I happened to see your note and & checked out the discussions on the photo on that website. That is really interesting! Thanks for letting me know! Best regards, Murray"

Hey Ed, There is no rubber in the front, but in the 48-53's there are 4 rubber discs in the back between the 2 motormounts. 48D

I remember those pictures.....didn't realize that was you Bud. lol. Looks like it works great. I have a Crane and winch to remove the cab with, but I know that's not possible with most guys. My son and I were talking about the best way to do a removal with the most common tools, ie floor jack, jack stands and engine hoist. The main part of the cab removal video was going to deal with prep for removal. Maybe you could post your hoist idea again and we can put it in with the video. 48D

Not fair....that's a 46-47 style front without the radiator. I leave the radiator in to make it an easy removal. Removing the raditor alone is unnessisary if the whole front is being removed. Lifting the front end off the frame for the first time in 60 years, requires a little bit of finesse and force....as far as my mention of 2 guys in the last post, I was refering to the handling of the floppiness of the 3 piece hood. Personally I can pick up my whole truck and throw it across the yard when I get mad. lol. 48D

Cool. When you lift the hood off, I found that 2 guys lifting from the center section works best. Lifter one gets a grip from the very back of the center section, and lifter two grabs from the front. Let the side sections of the hood "hang" and go along for the ride. Why's the hood coming off ? good luck Brad. 48D

Should be some big fat rubber disc shaped insulators present. Not soild. If you dont have any ( or are really flat ) I just removed a pair off a 48. I'll take a picture for you if it helps. 48D http://dodgepilothouseclub.org/know/ph_parts/b_9.pdf page 9-3 part # 9-71-5

Like anything, you start thinkin' you know exactly what you need and someone throws a little reality at you. Dutch (Vintrader) is a great guy to talk to. He offered to donate the rims to the Bonneville run, minus any shipping costs. Very cool. But as he and I talked about back spacing on the old style rims, bolt patterns, etc.....its starting to look like I'll have to spend time at a custom wheel shop to get what I need for the trip. Part of the problem is tire speed rating and size availabilty in that size. I need a "V" rated Tire, 149 mph. So I may have to go to a 16" rim to get a narrow tire at that speed rating.......still got some homework to do. 48D http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=35

I say we take up a collection and help Don get a truck....I mean, I'd pay to see that. lol. There's no denying your Mopar blood Don, just knowing you'all went to "look" at a truck made me smile. Guess it's only fair I should go see what the P-15's are all about. 48D