Merle Coggins Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 Awesome!!! Are you going to bring it home or leave it out at the farm? Merle Quote
Bradley S. Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Posted April 12, 2012 Thanks you guys! I sure needed all your help to get this far. Merle - I want to bring her over to Fox Lake but I have nowhere to garage her here. So I might keep her on the farm for awhile. I am thinking about building a small barn on the lot next door then I would have a place for her. Todd - I live in Fox Lake, IL about 10 miles from the WI border. Check out the before and after shots below. What a difference three years makes. Quote
Frank Elder Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 Beautiful hauler, good work! Call her second woman...:)I'm a little confused on the front end treatment...chrome hood piece, red grill bars and black headlite rings......why not all chrome or red or black? Edit from idiot, nevermind.....I see the before picture, duh! Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 from what I can see in the before picture, this is the original paint/chrome trim scheme as factory..but like you Frankie I would be a bit inclined to change things up a bit Quote
Merle Coggins Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 The headlight doors would have originally been chromed, but I kind of like them black on that truck. The parking lamp doors I believe were originally black, so they are correct. The larger trucks all had painted steel grill bars as standard, except for the top one under the hood which was stainless steel. Only the light trucks had the stainless grill bars until '50 when the painted steel became standard across the board. Merle Quote
1952B3b23 Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 The truck looks great! Im much more a fan of black then chrome, so i would of done the same. Quote
wallytoo Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 The headlight doors would have originally been chromed, but I kind of like them black on that truck. The parking lamp doors I believe were originally black, so they are correct. you sure about the headlight doors? mine are black, too, and where the paint is scratched or lifting, it doesn't look like chrome underneath. wally Quote
wallytoo Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 Lights might be a ground issue? Seems that is a VERY common issue with anything electrical on these trucks. i second that. check your grounds for that circuit. heck, try running a ground wire directly from one of the lights to the frame to see if you can make them work temporarily (which would tell you it was a ground issue). Quote
Dave72dt Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 Fresh paint makes for poor grounds. VERY common on repaints. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted April 12, 2012 Report Posted April 12, 2012 The grille in my old and worn out 1948 2-1/2 tonner has black headlamp doors, painted grille, chrome hood Ornament and a chrome hood piece. Fenders and front bumpers black. All original. Quote
Merle Coggins Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 Interesting... according to my parts manual there is only 1 part number shown for the headlight doors across the entire range. So why woulld the light trucks have chromed ones and the medium and large trucks have black ones when they are all supposed to be the same P/N (1239411)? Merle Quote
Bradley S. Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Posted April 13, 2012 Merle; I just paged through Don Bunn's book and you are correct, the light trucks seem to have chrome head light doors and the heavier trucks are black! Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 no sex appeal in the very heavy gals.. Quote
HanksB3B Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 LOL Tim, Chrome is actually more attractive to gals as well. Hank Quote
Merle Coggins Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 Looks like your truck got a bit excited there Hank. Hoods and doors flew open and mirrors are standing straight up. Quote
pflaming Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 Hank, according to Shakespeare, the voluptous ones are the ONES!!!! You never want to discount the value of a good strong set of legs and back when you get older!!!!! Quote
Bradley S. Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Posted April 13, 2012 What? There's a truck in that picture? I didn't see one and I looked for a long time. Quote
Dave72dt Posted April 13, 2012 Report Posted April 13, 2012 I must be getting old. I can see the truck! Quote
1952B3b23 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Posted April 16, 2012 Awesome picture Hank! Im not sure if they love chrome as much as they do a big fat wallet lol Quote
HanksB3B Posted April 16, 2012 Report Posted April 16, 2012 Naa, These girls were not like that. Just kids having fun. Either that or I'm getting more naive. Hank Quote
1952B3b23 Posted April 19, 2012 Report Posted April 19, 2012 Most likely a little bit of both, but any who great picture. Quote
wallytoo Posted May 8, 2012 Report Posted May 8, 2012 brad, what did you do for front turn signals? it looks like you got rid of the fender mounted add-ons. did you convert the parking lights? wally Quote
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