Apittslife

I am doing it the hard way & am doing a Dakota Chassi, w/ Dakota floor & firewall. If I were to do another, I would graft the front clip into the original Pilothouse, with a custom firewall. For the rear I would use the Dakota's or a Jeep Cherokee's rear suspension with rear Disk brakes. That's my 00.02 cents

I second the request! As when I seen the cattle catcher, I thought about how it might be kewl to have one of those for my project.

Really? Because I had a 48 panel, & I am pretty sure it had a FD in it. But that was many years ago & I may not be remembering things as they were.

Frank, I am pretty sure the Engine & Tramsnission are MIA. In the Pics of the front floor & toe-boards there is to much Light comming in. The Panel is actually in Great shape for its age & the fact that it is in Wisconsin ( I am originally from the Sheboygan/Milwaukee areas), The rust you have is common for all those areas, & minor in my opinion. Mine was actually much worse, & I bought it in the early 90's. I will definately be watching this thread.

Welcome, Nice Aquisition! I am jeliious! My first PH was a panel, & I regret having sold it. It is great that you have taken a picture of the Original/Former owner with the truck. In yrs past it was easier & cheaper to go with a GM drive train, But today it is not that difficult, or exspensive to keep it all Mopar. The kewl factor will be greater if you keep it Mopar, But in the end, She is yours to do as you wish! At the moment, we have a 54 PH in the shop for brakes & an exhaust, & it has a bigblock ford engine.

Very lucky it happened where & when it did! Gives you a winter project

The aftermarket has a couple of Mini units that have both Heat & AC, & Seems to be small enough to fit behind the glovebox door, or sit just below it like the Original style heaters. Good thing about trucks, they do not need huge AC units.

Thankyou!

Hmmm, didn't know that the frame number would be different from the rest of the vehical numbers. That kinda sucks as I scrapped my frame, so I will never know it's number anymore. But I do have the other two tags. Just not at home where I can access them. VIN Number is : 83322596 She is a B!B

I work @ an exhaust shop, so I did my own down pipe & muffler when I first got my truck. They are easy to build.

I used an Exhaust Spring bolt kit, for a Chevrolet truck I think?

Well for 2nd gear you should be able to hold it in place, till you shift to 3rd. you can install a later rear axle from a jeep, & there are a couple disk brake swaps out there. Do some searching here as there are SEVERAL threads about this. Infact I may have kept my original frame had I known this earlier! But I am happy with what I am doing doing, as a whole.

Welcome to the forum, I have a soft spot for Panels. You may be better off installing a V-6 or V-8 as they are not as long as the slant 6.

It is shameful, how the parts stores are now willing to hire people with no actual automotive knowlege. Another route is to contact a Local or Not so Local Drive Shaft Specialist, They will usually have or know what U-jounts are avialable & their parts numbers.

Very Kewl, Memories like this will be priceless! Hope you get to make Many more with the truck & your Daughter!