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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 17:37:17 GMT -5
I guy that used to work for my dad has a really cool old Dodge Power Wagon 1947. I have been looking around the last couple of years not to many around. Years ago Jim offered to sell me his two builders. Talked to the wife this summer she said yes. So I saved a little lunch money and pick up cans and bottles at work $863 so far this year. Kept $1200 stimuless in the bank. So I am getting a little closer 2k a truck so 4k gets me both trucks and a 4bt Cummings. Hoping to get them both hauled home next year. I think its going to cost 60-70k to build resto mod. Frame up but what the heck some people pay 80k for a brand new one ton.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 18, 2020 17:46:31 GMT -5
I guy that used to work for my dad has a really cool old Dodge Power Wagon 1947. I have been looking around the last couple of years not to many around. Years ago Jim offered to sell me his two builders. Talked to the wife this summer she said yes. So I saved a little lunch money and pick up cans and bottles at work $863 so far this year. Kept $1200 stimuless in the bank. So I am getting a little closer 2k a truck so 4k gets me both trucks and a 4bt Cummings. Hoping to get them both hauled home next year. I think its going to cost 60-70k to build resto mod. Frame up but what the heck some people pay 80k for a brand new one ton. Great trucks. I remember them well from the 1960s. By the 1970s, they were getting scarce. I think the Cummins 4BT is the right engine if you plan on using it mostly off road. You may not get enough speed for the highway but that is not what they were built for. Best of luck. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 18, 2020 17:55:11 GMT -5
I remember looking at some Dodge Power Wagons at a military surplus auction many years ago. They were in pretty decent shape, but I was working 86 hours a week and I didn't have a place to keep it. Now I want a stock 51 Ford F2 or 3 pickup. But if I don't get it then I will be OK. I'm thinking that if we decide to sell the trike I can afford it.
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 18:15:46 GMT -5
The plan is newer Dodge 5 nv4500 or 6 speed power disc breaks and replacing the old np200 transfer with np205 keeping the pto winch front.
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 18:20:49 GMT -5
Trying to pickup $1000 in cans and bottles this year. Some of the guys I work with toss them in the back of my truck or bring a bag or two to work for me. Thats how I got the money to restore grade 5 L. C. Smith that was given to me. Now the money is going into truck fund.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 18, 2020 18:20:55 GMT -5
The plan is newer Dodge 5 nv4500 or 6 speed power disc breaks and replacing the old np200 transfer with np205 keeping the pto winch front. You know that they are selling the Hellcat crate engine for only $22k!😁🤠 |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 18:25:05 GMT -5
I can't. Spent too much on pipes and tobacco.
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Post by bigwoolie on Nov 18, 2020 18:30:29 GMT -5
I guy that used to work for my dad has a really cool old Dodge Power Wagon 1947. I have been looking around the last couple of years not to many around. Years ago Jim offered to sell me his two builders. Talked to the wife this summer she said yes. So I saved a little lunch money and pick up cans and bottles at work $863 so far this year. Kept $1200 stimuless in the bank. So I am getting a little closer 2k a truck so 4k gets me both trucks and a 4bt Cummings. Hoping to get them both hauled home next year. I think its going to cost 60-70k to build resto mod. Frame up but what the heck some people pay 80k for a brand new one ton. If you spend $60,000 on this build, you'll have way more truck than if you spent the same amount on a new truck. No electronics, no computers, heavier steel...its a good plan. I like it. |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 18:40:41 GMT -5
That's the plan. No computer no air bag no seatbelt.
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Post by Legend Lover on Nov 18, 2020 18:42:38 GMT -5
I'll look forward to seeing this take shape.
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Post by lizardonarock on Nov 18, 2020 19:22:53 GMT -5
The fuel injector pump costs more than the truck on the 4bt probably my very last choice for a engine. I digress.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 18, 2020 19:31:11 GMT -5
It may not be a Dodge but it is a good old truck. We will be the last ones running on the planet, I figure.  |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 19:45:11 GMT -5
That's the first Dodge military cab in the pick 1941 1942 before the one ton. Dodge took the "duce" and put 1939 truck cab and 9 foot bed on it. Around 1946 and made them untill 1968. The old style.
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Post by taiguy66 on Nov 18, 2020 20:34:52 GMT -5
I remember riding in the old deuce and a half’s with the Army back in the Eighties. Good truck.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 18, 2020 20:37:03 GMT -5
I remember riding in the old deuce and a half’s with the Army back in the Eighties. Good truck. That is 1 1/2 ton. The Big Deuce is twin axle. Much the same. Except the Deuce had a 270 CI GMC engine and 5 speed tranny. The one above is a 235 with a 4 speed. Funny story. To get it registered I had to bring a VIN Inspector to look it over and provide paperwork. He wa an old guy from the next town. When he saw the truck, he stopped dead in his tracks and said, "I drove one of those all the way from Normandy France to Berlin." I offered him the keys to take it for a spin. He replied, "You could not pay me enough to get in that thing!" They are not real comfortable or easy to drive. |
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Post by taiguy66 on Nov 18, 2020 20:40:41 GMT -5
Thank you, I’ve been corrected!👍
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Post by toshtego on Nov 18, 2020 20:41:49 GMT -5
Thank you, I’ve been corrected!👍 THey look much the same. One has to really look closely to see the differences. |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 18, 2020 21:06:58 GMT -5
You are correct the 41-42 has a sloped hood. I found one on a rice farm the other day. Haven't stopped by to look at it has a tank on the back and missing drivers door. Don't know how long it has been parked there. Seen it from the railroad tracks.
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Post by briarpipenyc on Nov 20, 2020 10:43:48 GMT -5
You got a plan. Stick to it. The skills that you'll be forced to learn while restoring those vintage trucks will serve you well in the future.
I have a friend that restores old cars and trucks. His skills at working sheet-metal, electrical wiring, and fabricating parts that no longer exist, are nothing short of amazing. The final results are beautiful and worthy of display in any show. It takes dedication, the right tools, money, talent, and a driving commitment to go from the beginning to the end.... and time. Do what you want to do while you're still young. Make it happen.
I used to have some of those virtues, ^^^^^ but now, lack the most important.
Tick Tock.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 20, 2020 11:02:12 GMT -5
You are correct the 41-42 has a sloped hood. I found one on a rice farm the other day. Haven't stopped by to look at it has a tank on the back and missing drivers door. Don't know how long it has been parked there. Seen it from the railroad tracks. Sadly, the US Government sold both the 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 ton trucks from WWII so cheaply in the 1950s no one thought much about them as being anything worth saving. So, there are not many left in running condition. That is why I work on restoring this one and salute our friend NightKing for undertaking that old Dodge. |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 20, 2020 12:12:25 GMT -5
I have a 1970 ford dodge viper red sitting in garage needs a little work. 4x4 390 4sp front disc power steering off 78 or 79 and ac not a dent on the inside of the bed two small dings. F100 short box. It was made Feb. of 1970 Ontario 302 automatic 2wd that is why l think the body is so clean.
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Post by sperrytops on Nov 20, 2020 13:32:01 GMT -5
That's the plan. No computer no air bag no seatbelt. No seat belt? |
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Post by Gypo on Nov 20, 2020 14:27:03 GMT -5
Nope
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Post by Winton on Nov 22, 2020 9:26:57 GMT -5
I still miss my Mazda pickup. We bought a fixer-upper house and I spent several years fixing the house. The Mazda was a great help. About the time we got the house how we wanted it, the truck finally died with 235K miles.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 22, 2020 10:37:44 GMT -5
I had a Mazda B3000. It was a great truck, but it got lousey gas mileage. I got a job that was 60 miles round trip and I traded it in for a Cobalt. It saved me the price of the car over the next 88k miles and I traded it in just before the bad news hit.
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Post by ironclad on Nov 22, 2020 13:09:00 GMT -5
Ha! I drive a '98 Mazda B4000 now. It has 119,xxx miles and purrs like a kitten (knock on wood).
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Post by toshtego on Nov 22, 2020 13:30:03 GMT -5
My 1999 Ford 7.3 Liter diesel just turned 200,000 miles.
I guess the oil should be changed, eh?
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 22, 2020 13:33:17 GMT -5
Ha! I drive a '98 Mazda B4000 now. It has 119,xxx miles and purrs like a kitten (knock on wood). I bought mine used with 50k or miles on it. I only put another 30k or so on it before I traded it in, but that was 3 years of driving it to work every day. Then they moved the office. It got 13.6 mpg no matter how I drove it. The Cobalt got 28 mpg. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 22, 2020 13:35:08 GMT -5
My 1999 Ford 7.3 Liter diesel just turned 200,000 miles. I guess the oil should be changed, eh? I hope that you set aside some money! 😁 |
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Post by terrapinflyer on Nov 24, 2020 4:25:59 GMT -5
We had a '90 Tacoma until it got T-boned. Well over 200k miles. So we bought another one. Low maintenance, Japanese but made in 'merica. She had a used Dodge Ram briefly in the interim and was a money pit. Detroit rolling steel is no more.
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