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CHuDWah 01-08-2021 03:33 PM

What is this truck?
 

What can you folks tell me about this truck? It's obviously early-40s Ford stake-bed. But I don't recall hood vents like that or the V/8 stamped in the sheet metal rather than an applied badge.


https://photos.smugmug.com/USA/Calif...IMG_9844-L.jpg

ronn 01-08-2021 04:15 PM

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is it in the outback?

1952henry 01-08-2021 04:26 PM

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1940 tonner.

mercman from oz 01-08-2021 04:30 PM

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The truck is a 1940 model. While the 1941 Ford Trucks look similar, there are slight differences. For example, the picture of your truck shows a V8 pressed in to the sides of the Hood. This pressing was only on the 1940 models. That is because in 1941, Ford offered a Six Cylinder Engine as an option, so, rather than having to supply two different Hoods, Ford merely offered a plain side Hood without the V8 pressings. Also, the 1941 Ford Trucks got an added approximately 4 inch wide Chrome Trim on the Hood extending down the centre of the Grille. So, what you have is a 1940 model.

OldGold360 01-08-2021 04:31 PM

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Yep, sure looks like a 1940 1 ton

mercman from oz 01-08-2021 04:35 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610141529

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610141537
These are the Covers of the 1940 and 1941 Ford Truck Sales Brochures.
You can see the slight differences between these two years of Ford trucks.

Lanny 01-08-2021 05:02 PM

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Here is a picture of a 1940 1.5 ton.

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mercman from oz 01-08-2021 05:47 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...mp;d=161014580

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610145733
Here are pictures of my friends 1940 Ford Truck. You can see the V8 pressings on the Hood which denotes that it is a 1940 model. Very nice.

mercman from oz 01-08-2021 05:58 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610146216

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610146209
Just for the comparison, here are pictures of the beautiful 1941 Ford Fire Engine that is on display at the Early Ford V8 Foundation Museum at Auburn Indiana. Notice that the Hood does not have the pressings with V8 on them that the 1940 model has. That is because in 1941, you had the choice of a 6 or a V8. Also notice the wider Chrome Trim on the Hood, extending down the centre of the Grille. In 1942, Ford released an all new model Ford Truck, so these models were only available for two years, 1940 and 1941, but with slight differences as mentioned above.

GB SISSON 01-08-2021 07:05 PM

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Aint seen no background like that in FlawDah when I went there. Looks more like Montana to me. That cab style is my favorite. I've owned lots of ford tonners and bigger, but only one that was the 40-41 like that. Is it yours?

51504bat 01-08-2021 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON (Post 1971858)
Aint seen no background like that in FlawDah when I went there. Looks more like Montana to me. That cab style is my favorite. I've owned lots of ford tonners and bigger, but only one that was the 40-41 like that. Is it yours?


Bodie State Historical Park, Bridgeport, CA
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509

CHuDWah 01-08-2021 07:31 PM

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Thanks all for the info!


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Originally Posted by ronn (Post 1971797)
is it in the outback?

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON (Post 1971858)
Aint seen no background like that in FlawDah when I went there. Looks more like Montana to me. That cab style is my favorite. I've owned lots of ford tonners and bigger, but only one that was the 40-41 like that. Is it yours?


Flaw-duh has some places that look like that...well, except for the mountains. ;) But no, it's in the ghost town of Bodie, CA. I ran across the pic while web-surfing and was curious about it. I'm not knowledgeable about trucks bigger than a pickup, and not real knowledgeable about them. The truck isn't mine, unfortunately. Bodie is a CA state park - I imagine they'd frown on anybody trying to salvage it.

CHuDWah 01-08-2021 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 51504bat (Post 1971863)
Bodie State Historical Park, Bridgeport, CA
https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509


A-yup.

expavr 01-08-2021 07:50 PM

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That's a well preserved 40 Tonner which in its "hey day" looked like this.

GB SISSON 01-08-2021 07:57 PM

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Dangit, ex, yer always killin' me with pictures of that thing! Maybe this summer will be when we meet up, tonner to tonner! Whidbey could be half way, or you and the Missus come to the island!

mercman from oz 01-08-2021 08:00 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610153305

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610153084
Very nice 1940 Ford Pick-up. Thanks for sharing.

flatford8 01-08-2021 08:27 PM

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I like seeing pics of these trucks.....I took this at the Coles Transportation Museum in Hamden, ME.........Mark

expavr 01-08-2021 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON (Post 1971887)
Dangit, ex, yer always killin' me with pictures of that thing! Maybe this summer will be when we meet up, tonner to tonner! Whidbey could be half way, or you and the Missus come to the island!

Gary
There was a good restaurant (pre Covid) in downtown Anacortes that I might be able to convince my wife that a 3 hour ride in the Tonner would be fair compensation for any aches and pains that might result from that trek. As an added inducement if the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival happens we can turn both wives loose to look at the posies and you and I can wander around some country roads in our old iron. Looking forward to it.

Les

mercman from oz 01-08-2021 09:45 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...mp;d=161015823

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610158238

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1610158243

Very nice 1940 Ford V8 School Bus on display at the Early Ford Foundation Museum in Auburn, Indiana.
Back in 2018 when I visited the Museum, it was wrongly listed as a 1941 model?
As mentioned earlier in this Thread, it has to be a 1940 model, as the 1941 Ford Trucks did not have the V8 pressings on their Hoods, as buyers got the choice between a 6 or a V8 in 1941 for the first time.

tubman 01-08-2021 10:00 PM

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Help out a poor uninformed "shoebox" guy. That school bus sure looks like it has "wide-5" wheels. Did Ford continue them past 1939 on trucks? Some of the other examples in this thread don't appear to have them.


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