I havent posted on this site in a long time, but that doesnt mean i havent been playing around with a few projects here and there. This is a quick run down of a quick and dirty 1946 Ford truck build. So story starts with a 1938 olds coupe. I did a bunch of work to the chassis, standard heavy notch, 4 link, camaro clip, but i got burned out on it when it came time for sheetmetal. I downsized garage space when i bought my house, so it ended up in the barn with pretty much everything else. Enough was enough after a while, so i sold it. That was 10 am. 12pm i found this truck for sale online.... Looked super rough, but oddly complete. I called the fella on the phone, and headed out with cash in hand and a trailer in tow. To my surprise, the truck was solid. No rust. Door bottoms and cab corners were perfect. It was a 6 cylinder/3 speed short bed half ton. So i bought it. took about 3 hours to dig it out from where it was resting. All 4 brakes were locked up. took 4wd low in my duramax to yard it out. I tried for a little while, but the 6 was done for. Standard water down the carb story. I thought about dropping in a flathead v8, but i had recently purchased a 1955 chevy 265 off my aunt. Short story long, it was the original engine in my uncles 55, but they swapped in a crate motor. For those of you who dont know, 46 ford pickups are open driveshaft, and 6 cylinder cases are different from the V8 cases, but the guts interchange. I built a transmission from the 6 cylinder guts and a v8 case so i could run the stock drivetrain behind the little 265 using an offenhauser adapter. For the clutch, i redrilled the chevy flywheel to the ford pattern and made a custom piolet bushing. While i had the front of the truck off i also added some F1 brakes for a little better stopping. Tri 5 chevy manifolds work really well for clearing the steering. Threw on some ebay bias ply knobby tires and a quick flatbed, and its been a pretty reliable truck for amost a year now. Only downfall is the 4.11 gears, but im gonna try and fit a 49 mercury R10 od on the back of the 3 speed. Does 60 mph without much fuss, but your damn glad its a smallblock under the hood. So thats pretty much it. Its got heat, both wipers work, and it doesn't run hot. Also, my total investment including purchase price of the truck is right around $2800 bucks. Not too bad?
I bet that Joker will absolutely freakin fly! It's probably not a fast truck but a sure enough quick one. It'll kill ye. I love it.
Its a little OT for this place. Its a 1950 Gmc 750 diesel. 4-71 detroit with a 5+3 Sent from my SM-G960U using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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