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[JJs 1948]

This is the only way I know how to post photos right now. Five at a time, sorry.

Edited September 17, 2009 by JJ's 1948
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[Mario Loya B1B]

Whatta truck. I am most impressed with the engine. I don't have much if anything to complain about my truck, but I sure wish my "under the hood" looked as good as yours. Great job.

[Dennis_MN]

The steering wheel looks to have a horn ring. Was that available in 1948?

And the tailgate letters saying "dodge"

One expert (Merle) says they should be white.....

I voted for the color matching the rims

Dennis

[JJs 1948]

Your right about the steering wheel. The former owner had a nice horn ring so I had to find a 1952 wheel so I could use it on my truck. Just like the looks of the 52 wheel with horn ring but I still have an original for backup. The wheel was restored by Bob Monetti who runs an ad in Hemmings.

I didn't plan on having a perfectly done original 1948 but tried to keep it as original as possible except for a few personel preferences. I wanted the box to match the cab color and prefer not to paint the Dodge tailgate lettering. Don't get me wrong, I like all the trucks I see here. I'll change the wheel rim color possibly when I see something I like. The black seems to plain, maybe paint the rims the same color as the cab?

Finding the accessorys was fun and many came with the truck by the former owner. He also had an original front bumper chromed very well so I will chrome some bumper guards in the near future. Change the front bumper from black to chrome and back again anytime, just for heck of it.

[JJs 1948]

Thanks but remember it just got finished so some road time will dirty the engine up a bit. This is not going to be a trailer queen and I've been able to drive it more since changing the rear end to a 3.73. This truck was an absolutley bare frame when found so having a clean engine was much easier to do. Actually the original engine block was cracked so I found a 1952 block to rebuild with.