Lets see pic of your trucks

[Young Ed]

4 minutes ago, vikingminer49er said:

For Young Ed:  Color is only paint deep, approximately 0.1 mm.  You can paint Truck 20 any shade of blue you like.

 

 

Of course but if I ever buy something I'm going to be picky and it's going to be as close to the one we used to have which was a 53 in blue with a black box. 

[maok]

It doesn't look like a truck but is based on a truck chassis....?

 

[vikingminer49er]

On 1/1/2020 at 6:39 PM, Young Ed said:

can you find me one of those in blue??

 Requests are to be made in the Classifieds section per our new rules.  Thank you.

 

Tom Anderson

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 22 is a 1953 Dodge B-4-B-116 Spring Special Pickup purchased in Meadville Pennsylvania.  The same description as Truck 21 applies, but please note this is a long-wheel-base pickup, and this is the one with the lighter and ashtray on the dash. 

 

Drove all the way to Pennsylvania only because this truck is a Spring Special that was going to be parted out.  Took the southern route on I-70 going east through Kansas City, St. Louis Indianapolis, Columbus, and by-passed Pittsburg.  Road conditions were terrible.  Bounced so hard going through Indianapolis, I literally couldn't see straight. 

 

Against my better judgement, took the northern route on I-80 west past Cleveland, Holy Toledo, South Bend and into Chicago.  Road construction detour on I-80 sent me over the Chicago Skyway, through the South Side, and into Downtown Chicago on a Friday afternoon.  Almost no traffic going in, but took forever getting out.  Not to mention the toll booths on 16-inch centers.  Didn't get back on to I-80 until I was almost to Iowa.  Past Iowa City, and Des Moines. 

 

Made an extended stop at an old friend's place in Omaha to recover.  Was doing well heading across the prairie in Nebraska, until a trailer tire blew and disintegrated while passing a line of semi-trailer trucks east of North Platte.  Damaged the trailer fender and wiring near the license plate.

 

Truly grateful to see the Rockies appear on the horizon heading into Denver on I-76.  Finally home after a 7-day trip.  Promised myself I'll never do that again.

Edited January 5, 2020 by vikingminer49er
Added text and photos

[PT81PlymouthPickup]

Here's a few snap shots of my 39 Plymouth PT81. Been working on it since 1979. Still not done.

 

12volt system, Halogen headlights, Borg Warner T5 transmission, Mid 80s Jeep posi traction differential, Currently working on converting to front disc brakes.
 

[PT81PlymouthPickup]

I can hardly believe it, but I recently found a brand new from Chrysler 230 flathead still in the crate. Military surplus complete with manifolds, carburetor, generator, starter, water pump, flywheel, and bell housing. I doubt I'll ever need it, but could not pass it up for $1500. It was sitting in the back of a service station since the 1950s. Turns freely.

[Merle Coggins]

Interesting upper water neck and carburetor/intake pipe. I wonder what it’s intended application was. 

[PT81PlymouthPickup]

Not sure, but definitely military vehicle. Perhaps a Dodge Power Wagon. I think these engines were used in some fairly large trucks?  I have documentation with a bunch of numbers. I imagine someone could reference it?

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 23 is a 1953 Dodge B-4-C-116 Spring Special Pickup purchased in Wilcox Arizona.  Same description as Truck 21 applies, but please note this truck is a 3/4-ton, long-wheel-base pickup.  Don Bunn's "B-Series Trucks Restorer's & Collector's Reference Guide and History", page 131, states it was a shock when he discovered a 3/4-ton Spring Special.  Maybe Mr. Bunn will be surprised when he sees I found another one.  Hopefully it won't disturb his peaceful rest as he looks down on us from above.  I will be eternally grateful for his wonderful book on the B-Series trucks.

 

Spectacular, but relatively uneventful trip south through southwest Colorado, western New Mexico, and eastern Arizona to get Spring Special number three.  Even got to keep the weather-beaten boots protecting the front-bumper guards.  Interesting to see the difference in paint weathering on the three trucks from three different areas.

[Plymouthy Adams]

posting some of the numbers from your documentation may help ball park this  a bit better....what is stamped on the engine boss?

[vikingminer49er]

Assuming Mr. Adams is referring to the posting on the PT81 Plymouth Pickup.

 

Truck 24 is a 1953 B-4-B-116, the second Spring Special Pickup I let get away.  The previous owner in Knoxville Tennessee contacted me and asked if I knew anything about these trucks.  Provided him with all the information I had.  He offered me the truck at a reasonable price.  After discussions with Judy, and remembering the trip to Pennsylvania, we declined to get another Spring Special for the hysterical collection.

 

Was told it was purchased in Georgia, and was sold back to a different individual in Georgia later.  At the time, I knew of only eight remaining Spring Special Pickups.  This one, the famous restored one is in California,  https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/Articles/2014/07/08/Little-Green-Pickup,  one in Texas, two in Kansas, plus the three I own.  Recently, I was contacted by an individual in Nebraska that has four.  There may be more, but guessing we can't save them all.

Knoxville Craigslist.pdf

[Plymouthy Adams]

12 minutes ago, vikingminer49er said:

Assuming Mr. Adams is referring to the posting on the PT81 Plymouth Pickup.

 

 

 

 

 

you assume correct....that post of the NOS engine he located and purchased...

Edited January 5, 2020 by Plymouthy Adams

[PT81PlymouthPickup]

11 hours ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

posting some of the numbers from your documentation may help ball park this  a bit better....what is stamped on the engine boss?

T2I4SR-4488   Not sure if the I is a one or a capital i ? Looks like a capital i in photo. I'll start a new posting. This one is supposed to be for truck photos.

[Plymouthy Adams]

actually the Capital I is the one for this era mopar….

 

T214

230ci

23 inches

Dodge Truck

WC-51, WC-52, WC-53, WC-54, WC-55, WC-56, WC-57, WC-58, WC-59, WC-60, WC-61, WC-64

1942-1945

Edited January 5, 2020 by Plymouthy Adams

[vikingminer49er]

My apologies for walking on top of your conversation for the last couple of days.  I see you have started a new post thread, so I'm guessing you're finished here.

 

Truck 25 is a 1953 Dodge B-4-D-126 Pickup purchased in Cando North Dakota.  Pronounced Can Do for the pioneers' "can do" spirit.  Cando is located just north of what was called Devil's Lake, but now know as Spirit Lake, approximately 40 miles south of the Canadian border.  This single-rear-wheel drive, with a pickup bed and high-boards, was used to haul grain.  Truck has power-take-off and a bed hoist.

 

Truck had been sitting so long headed west, the wheels would not turn, and moss was growing on the north side.  Had to find what little slope there was, and hose down the area to make it slippery, before the 8,000-pound winch with sheave-block and two-part line would drag the truck onto the trailer.  Had to build a tool from a piece of pipe to remove the drums and get the wheels to turn before the truck came off the trailer at home.

 

Question 1:  Why would anyone go over a thousand miles one way to bring home what is apparently an average-looking farm truck?  Simple answer to some reading this forum:  1953 Dodge 1-ton with Fluid Drive and 4-speed transmission.

 

Question 2:  Why would anyone put a Fluid Drive on a 1-ton truck with 4-speed transmission?  This is my answer:  In the 1950's in North Dakota, most farms were family-owned, relatively small-acreage operations.  Families were often large and multi-generational.  Farm equipment, while finally mechanized, was typically small capacity.  Some farmers had just graduated from horses to tractors.  Grain harvest had progressed from sickle-cut, hand-bundled, and hand-threshed.  Small "combines" were used to cut and thresh the grain in the field, discharging grain into a carrier for transport back to the farm buildings.  The farmer would run the combine, and needed a driver for the carrier, in this case a 1-ton truck with the grain box.  Drivers available could be the wife, any child eight years of age and older, other relatives, or if a prosperous farm, maybe a hired man.  Additionally, ground-speed of the combine was very slow, in the range of 1 to 5 mph.  What better vehicle to use than a Fluid Drive?  Not only was it very difficult to stall at low speed, but the 1st gear could match the tractor of combine speed.  When filled, the truck could make a relatively high-speed run to unload.  Unloading was easily accomplished with the hoist-bed and rear-delivery door.  Although not visible, the bed is lined with galvanized-steel sheets that are still in fair condition.  Fast cycle time resulted in maximizing combine utilization, and quick completion of work that used to take days.

 

Figured I might as well throw in a few photos of the 1953 John Deere Model 50 Tractor and Series 50 Manure Spreader.  Purchased the tractor near my Grandpa Carl Rollag's farm near Valley Springs South Dakota when we bought our hobby farm in Paonia many years ago.  Judy got the manure spreader as a Christmas present back then, because that's what she wanted.  Restored the tractor and manure spreader during the winter of 2016-2017.  Judy washed and waxed both the tractor and the manure spreader for the 4th of July Cherry Days Parade in Paonia that summer.  Ain't she cute?

[Jim Shepard]

Not a truck but my first car...

[Dodgeed]

Vikingminer49er - yep, she's cute. 

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 26 is a 1953 Dodge B-4-TA-142 Winch Truck purchased near Montrose Colorado.  Took multiple trips over several days to get this home from just over 30 miles away.  First had to dig it out and get tires on it.  Literally had to lower the boom on the truck to get below legal height limit.  Bought a socket to fit the castellated nuts on the boom-hinge pins.  The thin pinhead didn't give much surface for a 36--inch pipe wrench to grab.  Managed to remove one boom-hinge pin.  Had to cut the other boom-hinge pin.

 

Truck filled the trailer.  Made a second trip to bring home the boom.  Counter-weight box attached in front of the bumper is partially full of steel-plate, punch-hole buttons.  As shown on the door, the truck was used by a local boiler and welding shop, but had been sitting for about 20 years.

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 26 has a 331-cubic-inch, flathead-6 with dual carburetors, and split manifolds.  Managed to get the engine to fire and run.  Carburetors need to be rebuilt.  Truck is equipped with an air compressor, air brakes, and air horns.  Also equipped with a pto-driven, 30,000-pound Tulsa winch.

[countrytravler]

5 hours ago, vikingminer49er said:

Truck 26 has a 331-cubic-inch, flathead-6 with dual carburetors, and split manifolds.  Managed to get the engine to fire and run.  Carburetors need to be rebuilt.  Truck is equipped with an air compressor, air brakes, and air horns.  Also equipped with a pto-driven, 30,000-pound Tulsa winch.

Here is a 413

[vikingminer49er]

Saw a 413 in a 1954 Dodge C-1-YA6 Tractor that was a U.S. Navy truck in Rio Rancho New Mexico many years ago.  Didn't buy the truck because it wouldn't fit on my trailer, and I didn't want to pay to have it hauled home.

 

Truck 26 has a very confusing history.  The serial number indicates it's a 1952 Dodge B-3-KA.  The engine number is for a 1950 Dodge B-2-TA.  The grill "Dodge" name plate indicates a 1953 model.  The person I bought it from had used it to build his house in the 1990's, didn't use it after that, and knew nothing about it's previous history.  I was never interested in contacting the previous owner's son to ask about the truck.

 

From the Montrose Daily Press Obituaries:  "J. Morris "Moe" Walters, age 72, a boiler maker and welder who formed Moe-Jean & Son Boiler & Welding Shop in 1957 after moving from Ohio to Montrose, died on Saturday, Dec. 26, 1998, in the Montrose Memorial Hospital."  "Mr. Walters married Shirley Beers on June 14, 1952, in Fremont, Ohio. The couple were blessed with one son and were privileged to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary this year in June."

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 27 is a 1954 Dodge C-1-B6-108 Pickup purchased locally in Paonia Colorado as my second Dodge truck purchased that wasn't brand new.  Drove the truck for some time until the flathead-6 gave out.  Been wanting to re-power the truck, but it's been low priority.  Thinking the engine compartment is big enough to transplant a V10.  Fast engines.  Will pass anything except a gas station.

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 27 right side photos.

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 28 is a 1954 Dodge C-1-C6-116 Pickup purchased in Glenrock Wyoming.  Truck is a little rough, so mainly purchased for parts, although the truck is fairly complete.  Some previous owner hand-painted Sanford & Son on the doors.  While stopped at a rest area on the way home, someone asked if it was the Sanford & Son truck from the TV show.  Told them it was, even though the Sanford & Son truck was a faded-red 1951 Ford F-1.  Didn't want to spoil their highlight of a trip through Wyoming,

[vikingminer49er]

Truck 29 is a 1954 Dodge C-1-C8-116 Pickup Project Truck purchased in Apache Junction Arizona.  The little Red Ram engine and transmission are long gone.  Dry western truck is too good to part out.