Pictures still are kind of low quality. No ID tags on it anywhere? It does look like a big truck cab to me, but I'm no expert on which is which.
Pretty sure it's a Federal also. First look said Autocar but the windshield frames are wrong and so is the insterment cluster. So Federal is most likely .
on the back of the gauge it has biewars warmen made in the usa yes it is a big truck cab gross weight 35000 im going to put it on a 1/2 f100 frame for my rod
Maker: Federal Motor Truck Company, Detroit, Michigan 1952 Federal 45M Truck Tractor 1951 Federal M-65 Semi Truck
i seen a pics of the grille shell looks like this one but just going by what i can remember he wanted 500.00 for the shell the guy i got it from thought it could be a white or a dimond t
The inside pic of this Federal cab looks like yours! This was posted on Rat Rods Rule june 2009 http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/member.php?u=4141
"M" model cab, used from '38 to '53, with two grille designs, medium & heavy. I have a '47 18M2 3 ton, the red 65M belongs to a friend. The back window that looks like the layout of Martinsville speedway is the give-a-way. The cab and cowl will separate
Yup, '47 Federal. I whacked the hell out of one of them and had it as my avatar until a couple days ago.
Yep it is 47 Federal, I had one but left it outside to long and the rust got to it so bad I had to scrap it last year.
Those old trucks are so cool looking, its hard to imagine how one might improve on the original styling. It might be interesting to see one chopped, but not channeled, with the right front clip. I'd veer more mini-semi and less rat rod.
It's not a White or a Diamond T, but here is a Diamond T grill that could look OK with it for less than $500. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-DIAMON...Parts_Accessories&hash=item19df8da85d&vxp=mtr
My wife's Grandfather used a Federal on the farm after WWII. When he tells the story, you don't get the impression he was all that proud of the make. It sounds like he would have rather had a more common brand, but the Federal was literally the only truck available for him to buy in western North Dakota after the war. Still, he can't say that the truck was unreliable or anything. By 1948, he was finally able to buy a new GMC 1-ton. They took the train all the way to Minneapolis, spent the night, and drove home a new GMC cab and chassis the next day. They built a bed for it back at the farm. He told me these stories when I mentioned that I was working on a Diamond T. They were both odd-balls in his mind. I don't have any photos of his Federal, but I found this Autocar photo to rule out, without a doubt that your cab could not be one of those.
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