48Dodger Posted May 17, 2007 Report Posted May 17, 2007 Been chasing the 5 window B series for awhile. I tried several times to get wrecking yards, selling cabs on Ebay, to cut the corners out so I could weld them into my 3 window truck. I really wanted the vent wndows and the three bumper stops too. All this stuff has been really hard to find out here in the West Coast. Most Ebay stuff is Mid-West it seems. I race Stock Cars for fun and have been working a 74 Dart for a bomber class and took a 2 hour drive down to Merced, Ca to pick up some brake conversion parts. I wasn't even remotely looking for truck parts. When out of the corner of my eye I see not one but two B series trucks! Both 5 window! Both vent window! The yellow one has a rebuild motor, and rear fenders, etc, and the primered one has the bumper and best frame of the two. My 3 window has the best bed frame, and so on and so on.......The guy had just got 'em and wanted to move 'em out. I bought my 72 charger from him awhile back and buildt an awesome streek stock out of it, so he was very kind by selling both to me for 600 bucks! My daughter, who is 12, has been whatching TVland on cable......she's been calling me Sanford, I've been calling her lamont , ...its all good. Quote
Young Ed Posted May 17, 2007 Report Posted May 17, 2007 Interesting custom grill on that yellow one. Wonder where that came from? Quote
Reg Evans Posted May 17, 2007 Report Posted May 17, 2007 Wow !!! What a score. Look out though. Your yard might start lookin like mine from space. Quote
Bob_Koch Posted May 17, 2007 Report Posted May 17, 2007 Let's just make Clements our community parts lot. You're not too far from it Reg, and I'm about the same distance in Santa Rosa. I'm sure Jim still has some parts as well as some of the others around here. We'll all combine our "stuff" and store it in one location. I'm sure the wife won't mind - right Tim? By the way - real nice catch there on the trucks. Which one you gonna fix up for your daughter? When she's 16 she's gonna drive one of them to high school, right? The boys will be drooling then. Quote
Jim Shepard Posted May 18, 2007 Report Posted May 18, 2007 Hey you two! When's the road trip to Grass Valley? Quote
48Dodger Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Posted May 18, 2007 Interesting custom grill on that yellow one. Wonder where that came from? Not sure, D46, but it is sooo yours when I pull that sucker off. lol. Yea, when's the party in grass valley? Hey Bob, I lived in S.R. for around 20 years....moved out here in 97'...if you guys want to road trip to my house I'll buy the drinks... Oh and for clarity..the first 3 pictures are from the wrecking yard, the last two are in front of my house. Quote
Young Ed Posted May 18, 2007 Report Posted May 18, 2007 Send it up here! Might look good in my dakota or the front of a p23 Quote
Falcon(63) Posted May 18, 2007 Report Posted May 18, 2007 There is a wealth of Pilothouse and pre 47 mopar stuff right in your own state. mikes-ca-desert-treasures on Ebay in Mojave Ca. I bought a nice cab from him a couple of weeks ago and had it delivered by him. Nice stuff. Quote
48Dodger Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Posted May 18, 2007 Yes, his # is on my cell phone. the one 5 window cab he had, he wanted 500.00 for and would have delivered for 800.00. I live 5 hours away. The only reason I wanted the cab was for the corner windows. He wouldn't cut them out. So I pasted (I bought a few of the trim parts from that same truck). The reason for this post is that I wasn't looking for the trucks, they "found" me. Just having a good day. 1 Quote
Guest mark1949B-1-B Posted May 18, 2007 Report Posted May 18, 2007 I'm looking for a rear bumper for my 49...if you have an extra and are interested in selling it. I'll be in grass valley next weekend...great find.. Mark Quote
Reg Evans Posted May 18, 2007 Report Posted May 18, 2007 Mark, Sorry, I don't have an extra but give me a call anyway next weekend for a visit to see if I'm around. I might have something else you can't live without. I'm in the phone book. Quote
48Dodger Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Posted May 19, 2007 After seeing Jim's truck I think I'll go the vintage route instead of building a hot rod. Then with one of the left over trucks I'll make a BBQ....whatever parts are left I'll post. should be a few. Quote
Jim Shepard Posted May 20, 2007 Report Posted May 20, 2007 I've still got a hemi I gotta do something with. Maybe I'll take what ever you've got left over and build a rat rod... Quote
48Dodger Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Posted May 21, 2007 Cool....maybe a "West Coast" club project.... Quote
48Dodger Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Posted June 18, 2007 Hey Jim, still got that hemi? Is it a 331 or of a different nature? That red and white B-1 has me thinking.................... Quote
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