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    joe_and_jeep is offline CHR Member Visit my Photo Gallery
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    1947 Dodge Pickup Build

     



    Hoping that this build thread will keep me motivated to finally finish, or at least get the Dodge streetable. I bought the truck when I was 14, and really didn't know what I was doing. Put it on a S10 frame with a Chevy 350/TH350. Then life came, marriage, kids, house, then became interested in Jeeps, a 68 Chevy C10, then a different Jeep, new house, 2nd kid. So I'm 28 now, and finally gonna work on the truck.

    The plans are, supercharged 350, TH350, get the body together, fix my hacked up firewall. Paint and all that pretty stuff will come when I can afford it. Probable be a few years for real paint. I'm building this out of stuff I have laying around.

    I'll get some more pics later. Some pics of my middle school follies. I look at some of my hack jobs and think that was genius and some I think are scary.


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    I'm anxious to see what you build. Be sure and take lots of pictures!
    There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flipper_1938 View Post
    I'm anxious to see what you build. Be sure and take lots of pictures!
    I did the S10 frame swap 12 or 13 years ago. Had planned to build it almost exactly as you have yours. I started working on it again a few days ago and found ur thread today. But I think I'm gonna put a bed on it. Probably a basic box with trailer fenders like a 40ish Willys pickup. I like the Willys trucks of the gasser drag racing era.

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    Welcome back onto the site Joe and by the sound of it you are already acquainted with Flipper. I like your truck and having owned it since you were 14 is amazing. As Flipper says, we like photos and stories of how your build is progressing and yes the odd photo of pets,children and anything else that you think we would love to see is most welcome..
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    I've got a 41 Dodge truck for a project too...but I have to get my boattail finished before I am allowed to start anything else.

    Not a whole lot of dodges rodded to use as examples of what to do (mine was bought in pieces without the factory frame...not sure how it goes together )
    There are two things in life where penetration is really important.....and one of them is welding.

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    As it sits tonight. Pulled everything apart, pulled the seized 350. I put a 2 bolt main 350 in it and never covered the carb. The hood leaked and ruined the motor. That was probably 10 years ago. Every summer I would get a bug up my a$$, pull it to the garage to start on it and I would do 1 thing then quit.

    I bought a 4WD Chevy truck for a donor motor. I bought it off a friend that gave it a JC Whitney rebuild and lost interest. Putting a Weiand 144 Roots style blower on it. Its a low compression smog motor with 882 heads. Not gonna be a big power house, but should still run good when I drop in a cam.

    EDIT = I painted the frame in the mid 90s, it getting painted red or black. The Yellow has to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
    I like your truck and having owned it since you were 14 is amazing.
    The truck is named the "Girlfriend" because the same girl I was dating at 14 is the same girl I'm married to now. We where talking on the phone one day and I had to call the previous owner and my wife/girlfriend thought I was talking to some other girl. She thought I was meeting some other girl the day I bought it. I didnt tell her till the day I brought it home.

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    I think those early Dodge trucks would be rare as hens teeth down here too. I like seeing different types of vehicles getting used as rods,it is so refreshing,eg. Flippers boattail is a one off that I 'm enjoying following and the other build that is left of centre which has a heap of wow factor is I Scream truck/van both on this site.
    Congratulations on you hooking that girfriend and making her your wife and proofing that it is only those rich famous hot rodders (Jesse James) that don't know how to look after their very special partners.
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    hi here is my 46 dodge pickup built on a chev c20 chassis with a 302 windsor and a AOD auto its a real parts car I used everything that I had accumulated over the last 20 years
    cheers[IMG][/IMG]

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    Hi cool build I will be watching this one I have just completed a 1946 dodge pickup and have mounted it onto a chev c20 chassis with a 302 windsor and a AOD auto like you say there isnt many about and even less being hot rodded even in oz where they were built by TJ Richards in south aussie you just dont see them around anymore heres mine below

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    cheers

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    This build just took an interesting twist. I just picked up a freebie 4wd S10 Blazer with a good running TBI350 and 700R. New plan will be to lengthen the Blazer frame with the 2wd frame. Keep the 4.3/700R4 and use an AWD transfer case. Drop the Dodge down on it, uncrank the torsion bars till its as low as I want it and make an Modern AWD Traditional Rod. Keeping the 2WD look, the Blazer frame is still IFS so it might take an extra look to see the CV axles up front.

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    That ought to be interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flipper_1938 View Post
    That ought to be interesting.
    Yea, the cool part is tho it will be undetectable until you look underneath. I'd like to slowly upgrade the suspension till it handles good enough to take it to some track days. We have a really nice track (Beaver Run) about 40min from the house. I'd also like to start thinking about the motor. With the measurements I took the 4.3 will fit a lot better, and with some of the videos of Syclones I've seen I think I can make it run pretty darn'd good and not have a heavy motor up front. The 4.3 Syclone motor is a completely different beast, but it just shows a 4.3 can put down some impressive motors. I am gonna look into Turbos and using my current 144ci Blower.

    Tomorrow wifey is going in to deliver our son, so progress just halted for a little bit.

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    keep the pics coming when you can this will be interesting Ill be watching with interest
    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by fordxp View Post
    keep the pics coming when you can this will be interesting Ill be watching with interest
    cheers
    Looks like your truck fits good on that frame. If I would of know they fit that well I would of probably went that route instead.

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