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Nah, I'm leaving them. Even if they are all of about 5" tall. I took the 4 inches straight through the middle of the rear windows. In hindsight, probably not the best for visibility. But I wanted the thing to look chopped, and even with 4" taken out the front windshield was still pretty tall. But it was also my first chop, I was all of about 15 at the time. So when I finish it up I know I'm going to be running into things I wish I had done differently.

Thanks guys! Bob- I think I have pretty much everything downloaded off of the DPETCA site, what a great resource. All the wiring diagrams look great. I may just get a Rebel-Wire harness and convert it to 12V. I just glanced at it, but there were a lot of splices and connectors. Probably not worth trying to hunt it all down. Dave- The plan on the quarter windows is to just have a stock set cut down. The angles didn't change, just the height. I should be able to find someone to do it, I had a guy when I did the chop, but I'm not sure he's still in business (I think its been about 15 years since I started that chop ) I'll try to get pictures of the new truck up soon. I've got an engine swap to do on my '71 Dodge Dart, after that I want to bring the truck down to my garage. By then I should be ready to start welding in the boxing plates for the frame and finish the chop.

Hey! Thought I'd introduce myself. I've been lurking on here occasionally for awhile, but I started posting when I saw the B series truck guide's get reprinted so I figured I'd better say something. I've got a couple of '53 B4B's. The first I kind of inherited, it was abandoned on my parent's property. I grew up playing with my friends in it, then when I turned 14-15 I dragged it out of the field and started working on it. Decent truck, except it had been there for awhile so all of the trim was gone, windows broken, etc. I clipped it with a '66 Fury front end to get the torsion bar suspension and mounts for the 440 that will go in it, and chopped the top 4". Unfortunately I got out of high school and went off to college before I finished (big project), so that's about where it is now still. Fast forward a decade and change, finally got things established and have a decent garage and tools to work with. Have more car projects than I know what to do with, but someone listed a '53 B4B locally so I went out to take a look. Price was right, so I picked it up. Hopefully I can cure its electrical issues and get it running as is. Something to keep me entertained until I can get all the custom work done on my other '53. Anyway, I'm sure I'll be on here with more questions, great site.

Yeah he does great work. I liked that truck a lot before, can't wait to see it when he's done. And thanks for posting this link up, I'm on the HAMB all the time and somehow managed to miss his build thread. I think they put 30-40 pages of new threads on that site everyday.

According to the 1952 Dodge Truck Salesman book, a 1952 B-108 1/2 ton weighed ~3,025 lbs with water, oil and fuel. But I think that's just the cab and chassis, so the bed is extra? I'd guess that the truck shouldn't weigh much more than 3,500 lbs with the bed included. link here, you'll need to go to page 3... http://dodgepilothouseclub.org/know/salesmans_models/imgcol/index.htm Hope this helps!

Awesome truck. If I had the space, I'd buy it!

Got my brand new copy yesterday! Awesome stuff, can't believe I didn't have one before now. Excellent quality on the reprint too, love the fact that it was printed in the USA and not overseas. Thanks much for making the reprint happen. And if anyone reading this has a B series and doesn't have this book, you're really missing out!