GOPOKES Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Looks like a 1946 or '47 one ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Smolinski Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 No matter what year it is, it’s definitely a rusty sob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Did Ford make any pickup trucks for the military in '44? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 yes, trucks were made for the military in 42-45.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Look at the running boards. If the bolt heads come up throgh it is a 46 if they are in slots under the boards it is a 47. Somebody told me the 42 had the script bolted on to the hood sides not raised like this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOPOKES Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Thank you. I will look at It closer in the next couple of weeks. Bed was 8x5 and wheelbase around 132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 16 hours ago, mercer09 said: yes, trucks were made for the military in 42-45.............. A 'clue' if it was an official military vehicle is small lever-operated ignition switch that did not require a key. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOPOKES Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 There is also a number here but I cannot tell. 45022 maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GOPOKES Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Looks like a bolt head on top of the running board on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Be sure to thank the moron who took the transmission cover off and left it open. Add finding and buying a new transmission to this truck's long list of upside-downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said: Be sure to thank the moron who took the transmission cover off and left it open. Add finding and buying a new transmission to this truck's long list of upside-downs. The spray can of red oxide primmer is missing the spray nozzle also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Looks like a good candidate for yard art. Would look nice in our lower pasture, below the barn with a flowerbed in the pickup bed. Spring is coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon bee Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I think maybe the war ones had a windshield that opened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Can’t be a military vehicle, there is no OD GREEN paint on it. That stuff never faded. I think I still have some on me from 67/68. ! Dave S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 42 -46 had no chrome . And could be a CIVILIAN model Some even had wood bumpers Is it for sale ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOPOKES Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 The current plan is yard art, but do not have it yet. It is at an old salvage yard and they are working on getting to it with the forklift. It has been raining for the last week so we will see when it gets on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Virginia titled vehicles the year they were sold new, i.e. 1944. I had a late friend who had a Ford pickup like this one (still in his family) that had a Virginia title dating it as a 1944 Ford. I have read that when the War started all new cars on had at dealerships were put into a reserve, i.e. the dealer couldn't sell the car without approval. These cars were sold, as necessary, to special people like doctors, politicians (no doubt), fire departments, government offices, etc. If that happened to be in Virginia (any maybe other states), the title said it was the year it was sold....it wasn't then, necessarily, a military vehicle. My friend insisted it was a 1944 Ford, and no amount of convincing argument could convince him his Ford was a 1942 or 1946 Ford because the title said it was a 1944 Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOPOKES Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 There is green paint under the yellow. This time he says it is a 44 or 45 and that he had done research on it. He got it from a Dairy farm east of Norman when the grandson was liquidating. They had used it on the farm until it stopped working then parked it and a fire went under it at one point. Serial number looks like the same as on the transfer case but still cannot make it out. Looks like maybe 799Y 345022v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, GOPOKES said: There is green paint under the yellow. This time he says it is a 44 or 45 and that he had done research on it. Hard to tell in the photos, but it appears the door windows have metal frames around them; which is characteristic of military vehicles. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 EAB engine is from 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 That faded yellow wrecker is going to have one heck of a time getting that Ford out of there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaiah Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 shouldnt be hard to get out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTR Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 More importantly, who are “They” ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOPOKES Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 They are a salvage yard in Norman Oklahoma. 2 acres with 60 years in the family. The wrecker has about a 30 foot boom but the Nissan forklift had no problems. Based on this fordbarn post the 799Y 1354022 serial looks like a 47 one ton. MERCURY & FORD239 CID V-8............1939................99A-1................................................. 99A-101700............1940................99A-101701.......................................99A-257100............1941................99A-257101.......................................99A-446700............1942................99A-446701.......................................99A-539426WWII PRODUCTION............1946................99A-650280.......................................99A-1412707............1947................99A-1412708...................................799A-2002282............1948................799A-2002283.................................899A-2374315NOTE: It has come to our attention that there may have been serial numbers beginning with 699 for 1946 vehicles, instead of 99 as listed above.ALSO, For 1942-1947 Pickups, a letter after the first numbers indicate the size truck: C = 1/2 ton, Y = 1 ton, T = 1 1/2 ton60 HP PRODUCTION1937 started with 54-66021938 started with 54-358,3351939 continued from 1938 to 54-506,5001940 54-506,500 to the end.There are other number sequences for 4 CYL 32-34, 4 CYL 41-42, 6 CYL 41-48. Some early 1933 model V-8'S used a "40" prefix.Contributed by Dan Krehbiel, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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