Re: 1940s 1 1/2 TON CUSTOMIZATION-CONFUSION

Posted by Ludwig - a source! on April 25, 2002 at 09:40:18 from (209.213.208.66):

In Reply to: 1940s 1 1/2 TON CUSTOMIZATION-CONFUSION posted by CHARLES on April 24, 2002 at 15:34:03:

Hi, sorry for being the bearer of confusion, but
I bet you're glad I mentioned it huh?
Those old trucks were never intended to go
very fast, especially not the heavier duty ones.
When I was just a wee little nipper my Great
Uncle had a '47 I think KB 7. Thats a pretty big
truck and top speed was somewhere in the
'50s which seemed pretty dang fast in that but
not really by todays standards.

The nice thing about what you're planning is
that either way you'll be replacing almost
complete subsystems. So for the steering
you'd be better off to get a whole front end off a
newer truck and hang it underneith, of course
you'd need all sorts of fab work to get it all
together. Same for the engine, rearend etc.
The same thing is true for the chassis
conversion except in that mode all you'll need
to do is fab up controls.

Heres an idea, a used U-Haul truck can be
had pretty cheaply, the E350 models are ton
and a half with a gas engine. They say $4500
for the start. Then you sell the box and cab
and get part of your money back.
Of course you'll need to rebuild the trans, and
since you want this as a keeper you'd want to
rebuild the engine but the 460 is a
powerhouse.
If you wanted to go all out you could go all the
way up to a C6000, but thats a bit big for what
you say you want.

Good luck!

• Uhaul truck sales

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