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Well I am not very puter litterate so will just rattle some. Our project is a 1934 ford pickup with suicide doors that I have owned about 40 years and as my son grew older and my grandson got involved we decided it was time to drag the thing out of the woods and do something with it. It has been a trying experience as we can't find many patrs for the slant door thing don't guess Henry made many of these but we do get to spend a lot of time together.
Have learned a lot about making things as we have Metal brakes and a beader and and a roller so its been fun should get it done in a couple years
bj

welcome bj , alot of good people and info here. please share some pictures if you have some , I'm going to be starting my 34 coupe soon , maybee we can share some build Ideas.

Hi BJ34 welcome to CHR. I hope you can post some pictures of your truck. I've never seen a 34 pickup that had suicide doors. I thought sedan delivery trucks were the only ones with suicide doors. Was your pickup originally a sedan delivery that was cut down? There are lots of places making parts to restore or hot rod a 34 Ford.
There's lots of knowledgeable people on here that can help you find the right parts and give advice on every aspect of rod building.

Welcome aboard bj.

I'm with Al on the door thing.? Your comment about "slant door" would rule out an original Ford truck as their doors were rectangular. The only trucks of the mid '30s I'm familiar with that had a slant front, and were suicide, were the Mopars.

Well this thing was titled 34 when i had the title along while ago. It looks like a 34 tudor that i have seen and it has not been cut down so dont know a whole lot about it. Seems as though in late 34 just before the 35s they made like 650 of these things.
Thanks for the replys. Dont know about postin pictures was just proud to get on the net. Still lost in the 60s chuckle
bj

Oh yeah this thing has a whole in the top like the old A's did to

Just to clarify, it's not the vintage that's at issue, primarily because Ford never made a production truck with suicide doors. The cloth insert muddies the waters some more. Makes it sound even more like a conversion. The '33-5 Dodge panel trucks had an insert, but I don't recall the pickups having that.

Here's what the '34 Ford is supposed to look like. Very upright and square cornered doors, solid top.

Everybody loves a mystery! It'd be fun to figure out what you really have. It would really be great if you could find someone to help you with the photo thing.

Here's what a '34 Dodge looks like. The front of the door is slanted, similar to windshield angle, hinged at the rear. Notice the detail on the cowl.

I love the little red trucks.... especially with the tops choped...

This is very interesting for 40 years now i done thunk the thing was a Ford and it looks to be a Dodge huh!!!! Actually that ain't all bad because the reason i got it to begin with was because it was differant.
Thanks so much for clearing this up for us. Now to figure out the hole in the top if it is not factory somebody done one heck of a job on it for sure
Once again thank you mite find some peices that will work since I now know what i'm looking for feel like such a dummy
bj

Oh yeah those are 2 fine looking rides for sure

Welcome to CHR, sounds like a neat project, hope you post some pics for us. And congrats on involving your son and your grandson in the buildup. Sounds like all three of you should have a great time. By the way, when it's done, who gets to be the driver??? tee hee hee

Those youngns sure do got some ideas.
Guess we will have to odd man out for driver

Welcome BJ,

Just to throw a cat among the pidgeons, over here in Australia, we had Ford 'Coupe Utes' which had suicide doors, and it started in '34. They were a response to a farmers wife requesting a vehicle which they could drive to church on Sunday, and Pigs to market on Monday,

Catcha round.

Well got to admitt that is differant for sure
bj