Merle Coggins Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Yesterday, as I was dismantling my parts truck, I had to make a quick run to Farm & Fleet for some screws to assemble a quick engine stand. I jumped in the Ol' Dodge for this errand. When I came out of the store I saw a guy standing in front of my truck just staring at it. When he saw me coming over to it he asked if it was mine and what year it was. I told him it was a '50 and he tells me that he's restoring a '50 Dodge truck too. Apparently he's doing a frame off restoration of his '50, and he also has a '48 frame that he got from someone. I found out that he lives in Dousman, which is about 15 miles west of me. As I'm talking with this guy another guy comes in and parks near by. He walks over and asks, "What year?". I tell him and then find out that his grandson has a '53 Dodge truck that he's turning into a rat rod. Guy #1 expresses his disaproval as I try to remain neutral. Guy #2 trys to reassure us that it was "too far gone to restore", plus his grandson is only 15 and doesn't have enough money to restore it. He also mentiones that he's been throwing away parts and offered to give me anything I want. He says that he's got a good gas tank. Although I don't need it, I figure that there's always someone here looking for one, so I exchange phone #'s and emails with the guy. I'll see what he has and offer it up to the forum. I wanted to get guy #1's info too, but he left before I could get it. Then Guy #3 pulls in, parks, and walkes up... "What year?"... "What color is the engine?" After some discussion I find out that he has a 40something Buick that he's trying to sell. He also tells me he was asking about the engine color because he just saw a chassis on a trailer heading towards a scrap yard and it had a 6 cyl flat head engine painted red. He was trying to figure out what it was. Guy #2 tells him about his grandson's rat rod project, to which he replies, "He's the rat..." I guess he doesn't like rat rods either. Anyway, after chatting with these 3 guys for a while we all finally got on with our errands. What fun... Like I said, Old Dodge trucks are so Cool. Merle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallblockjunkie Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 thats cool, I am not a rat rod fan myself but here in the vegas area car shows that is the only way that i have seen the piolt house truck done and that was only once. that is what i like about the dodge truck not meny around, tons of chevy and fords but not dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Koch Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Half the fun of owning these trucks are the people we meet along the way. I;ve had people stop by my driveway while I was working on my truck because they had some old truck themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJs 1948 Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Merle, Could you help me get the gas tank from him? Turns out my 48 tank leaks at a seam. If its going to be a hassle for you, don't worry about it. Thanks, Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hightor53 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 Great story, and you are so right. They are cool, and they always attract attention and conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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