Paul Hatfield

Good one! No Jaguar though!

You had mouse droppings? Heck I had that AND the mouse! Check out his photo from inside my truck. Man, it was smelly and bad. I took a bunch of Day One photos and they are on my website, but caution....they are UGLY!

Actually found another one. When you look at the two photos, it appears the truck delivered a giraffe. Wouldn't that have been a site going down the road?!!

Phil- WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I just looked again at the workshop manual, page 161- 163. It recommends setting the VR with engine speed equivalent to 35 miles per hour. Volts at 7.1 - 7.3, and set AMPS to 34 - 36. Sounds straight forward, but I am sure I will have questions when I get to this step. Thanks again everyone. Great help.

THANK YOU PHIL! Thanks for taking the time and posting such a complete response. Very informative. I will give it a good restoration and use it with the NOS Regulator I just bought. Photo attached. Since the regulators are adjustable, seems like I should set it at 40 AMPS for proper setup. Of course,,,, that means I have to get the engine running first! Thanks again! Paul

I was searching for info on my Auto-Lite generator and stumbled onto a link for a video produced in 1950 by Auto-Lite. It is a "parade" of the parts they made at that time. There was a lot of their equipment put on our trucks, and the video was "cute". If interested, I put it on my website in the Restoration-Electrical section. Link is below name in the signature. Enjoy. Ps- still need to find out the amperage rating on my generator. I believe it is a replacement generator, as the part number is not in my parts book. I did find one reference that it is a 40 AMP version. Photo of my rusty generator is attached. Anyone know where I can look it up?

Here is another one. There are lots of cars in the video as well. Of course, there are "other" brands of trucks, but you can sift past those!

Nice find! Clearly this was a major project at a time when our trucks were still young and working hard. The construction is pretty well documented with photos and our trucks were definitely there. Wouldn't it be a kick if one of the trucks found in the photos was still around and the current owner a member here? Here is another one.

fyi- Here is a link to the documentary. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney/

I watched an interesting documentary about Walt Disney last night. Done by American Experience, it was very insightful. I noticed several of our beloved trucks in the background. Managed to get a clip showing the final days of the preparation of the opening of Disneyland. A few days before opening the park, Main Street was still unpaved. Photo attached shows Main Street, and a nice truck in the background.

That photo is great! Belongs in a calendar!

Kevin- Always glad to see you're still posting here. - I also bought the book above based on your recommendation -Paul

I'd be interested as well. Back in the 1960's when I had my '51 B1B, it also had a side mounted spare tire holder. It was on the passenger side though, which actually came in handy one time on the side of a narrow road. My current truck has the spare tire holder for under the bed. Paul

Some of the advertising contain some interesting comments. This one says there are 248 basic "job-rated" body/chassis models. Hopefully you can zoom and and see the print. It's on the right hand side of the piece. -Paul

Ed- I own some of them, but not all. I have found that with the right light and angle, a photo taken with my IPhone works well. Hope this helps. -Paul

I am recently returning to focus on my truck restoration and have been putting together a website for it's progress. There is not much there, but I have added quite a bit of images of original advertising for our trucks. Thought I'd pass along that info in case anyone here might like to check them out. Website name is below my signature. Gosh, it's good to be back and lining up the tasks for restoring the truck! Paul

After a stressful year, we have come out the other side of the tunnel and are doing great. On top of that, the truck is still parked here, and I am planning a full restoration! I am so darn happy about this that I can hardly sit still! On rare occasions over the past year I was able to continue finding a few parts for the restoration, and I also started a small website where I can upload lots of my story and zillions of photos. So, message for today- I am back and hope to be posting more again. The website I am making for my truck is now below my name in my signature. Not much there right now, but there are some decent photos of the parts I have collected. -Paul

Gentlemen- I really had my heart set on restoring the truck, as my first vehicle ever was a 51 Dodge B1B. But, life had other plans for me. The truck just can't stay, and reasons are personal. I really did enjoy finding the cool parts that I did locate, and honestly, the warm welcome here was also great. Perhaps the opportunity will come around again. Best to all of you. I will always highly recommend this forum. Paul

You guys continue to impress me with your NOS finds! I will soon throw in the towel and sell my project, but one of the things I enjoyed was starting to line up original parts. The parts listed in this string of posts is just plain fun! Congratulations! Paul

Wow, impressive! Paul

Yes, that NOS one sure makes the one in my cabinet drawer look, well,,,,, old. Congratulations! Paul

This is a better view of the part of the foot pump that can be seen inside the cab. Paul

I received a couple of questions off line about the foot pump. Attached photo shows what it looks like taken apart. There is a simple rubber squeeze bulb inside of the aluminum football container. When the foot pedal is pressed it compresses the squeeze bulb and forces fluid up to the nozzles for the windshield. Hope this is helpful to others. Paul

I would like to thank Young Ed for helping me complete my Mopar windshield washer system. The parts shown in my post above were NOS, but the kit was not complete. It was missing the pedal that goes on the floor and the squeeze bulb/football shaped housing that goes beneath the floor. Ed to the rescue! He sold me the parts I needed, and with some cleaning they are now quite usable. Thanks Ed! Photo attached. Paul

I thought this was an interesting photo. Paul