Do you think this is a 1952 Dodge Truck?

[The Oil Soup]

I think the photo or truck has been modified/altered. There is no vent window on the drivers door but one on the passenger side, the shading shows the roll of the sheet metal under the rear window but not on the body line, also a slight line at the lower cab indents may be a scratch or fold on the photo. The light source and clarity of the images of the children seems inconsistent. More photos?

[Browncow]

Trying to locate more photos, but no luck yet.  My aunt says she remembers that it was a B series and had fluid drive.  Still have one more cousin with an old box of photos to go through.  Also,  grandmother's b-day is in two weeks (she's turning 97), and my sister will try to jog her memory!!

[Browncow]

Here's a pic I found of the back cab of a 52.  This is a recent photo and notice how the crease in the cab virtually disappears because of the angle and light.  Now I'm convinced my grandfather's was a 52 and because of the poor quality photo and/or angle and light, the crease isn't visible...still looking for original pics.

 

 

 

[Larry Leibhart]

From your picture alone there is no way do determine what year of a dodge pilothouse it is.  It can be narrowed down to between 1950-1953.  From the angle of your picture these years would look identical. Unless the box had been changed it could not be 1948-1949 because the low side boxes were not available.

[The Oil Soup]

The crease would show where it wraps around the side and I believe the bed is the same from the pre '48 trucks.

[Larry Leibhart]

Low side beds were identical to the pre'48 trucks and were used in 1950-1953. I am assuming like other posts that the crease does not show due to the poorer quality picture,  The indentions on the lower part of the cab and the front of the box look very dodge.

[Browncow]

Thanks for all the posts with regards to the pic.  The ONLY reason I'm going with a 52 is the lack of evidence to prove different!  It really doesn't matter much to me whether it's a 50-53.  My aunt says it was a 52 Dodge and no one has given me a reason to think it's not.  My Uncle called today and said that he remembers it had a column shifter and that the gears were very smooth.  He also said that he found a picture of one on the internet that looked identical to the one my grandfather owned.  I will post the pic as soon as i get it.  My Aunt remembers that you could start out driving in second gear with no problem.  The best guess on the year of the photo was Thanksgiving of 1971.

[Ralph Pearce]

I agree that the photo appears to be 'doctored', maybe for publication.  Take a look at the faces of a couple of the kids. 

[Browncow]

My uncle sent me a pic of this truck off the internet.  He says it is identical to my grandpa's, color as well, except his didn't have the lights on top of the fenders and it was a low side bed.  My Aunt says she remembers it saying "job rated" on the front grill.  Amazing that my grandpa had his truck for so many years (which he always said was his favorite) and no one ever got a good picture of it!  He died in 73, about 18 months after the photo of us kids in the bed was taken.  The truck was then sold at auction along with all his other tools, machines, and tractors, that he had on the farm.  Grandma stayed on the farm for the next 30 years until she moved into town.
 
Thanks to all who posted.  Now on to find a 52 to restore!  I'm sure I'll be posting for lots of help along the way.