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I have a 1953 Dodge Pilot house and want to ad a 1955/ Red Ram Poly 270 cu inch v8. The engine is in great running condition with. motor mounts and trans. The problem is the trans is a Powerflite 2 speed. My question is will the 3 speed manual trans that I currently have bolt up to the V8 . Help please. Thank you

I picked up a new toy. The tile says it is a 1948 but I think it is in the 50's. serial number 82580207 model B-3HHA152 i am not sure if it is a 1 1/2 ton or a 2 ton. I do know that I need an new front axle after a failed attempt at replacing king pins. Does anyone have a source of used parts in the Minneapolis Minnesota area? i am having trouble adding a photo of the truck

Hello all ! I am brand new to this site. I've been looking for an old truck for me and my dad for a while. I think I am leaning toward a pilot house. I've searched all the usually places on the net. Seams that trying to find an old pilothouse that's not been monkey'd with is pretty tough. Recently i've seen a couple for sale that had what looked like a row of switches on the dash to the left of the steering wheel. Anyone know what these are for?

OK, the next step on a journey... (thanks Paul) I purchased from an honest type of individual what he considered a "daily Driver". Now that it is here, we have had a chance to rack it and take a look around. We were looking at brakes initially with an eye toward converting to dual-chamber. Then some things caught our eye. Nothing about the last four feet of the frame made sense. The more I looked, the crookeder it got. The more we found, the more dangerous the condition of the vehicle became. I've brought in a professional mechanic (he raised the roof on how it is unsafe and not drivable), two retired mechanics who just laughed (thanks guys), and a professional frame straightener ($cha-ching$) who basically steered me away from even trying to fix this mess directly. I am now at the point where I think I have a few choices. Return the truck for purchase price as it should not be considered a daily driver Straighten what is there ( frame guys says that is pretty hopeless) Buy another '53 frame, splice it onto the back at the cross member just in front of the axle.(cut, splice,align,weld as recommended by the frame specialist) Sue for the cost, plus shipping, plus legal fees and let him have the truck back (not in my nature) Drive it. ( No, I'm not really advocating this) Honestly, I had put a lot of $$ in contingency funding for this build but it was really for paint, interior, rear end changes, disk brakes. I could have it fixed but then I would be where I thought I was three weeks ago with a running vehicle. And I have not started the engine. I open it up to your learned opinions. All comments welcome. You can't hurt my feelings, I'm still laughing at myself. That's healthy right? Mike http://p15-d24.com/gallery/album/232-as-delivered/

My '51s in the shop getting a rebuild and I'm looking for the grill moulding which is the two bars plus medallion. I have the one's that came with the truck but they're in sad shape. I'm also looking for the parking light doors (trim rings) chrome or stainless would be wonderful.Thanks for any help. dhawkin@centurytel.net[/email]