Re: My’40 PU is a ‘42 w a ‘40 front clip.
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Originally Posted by 34pickup
A "jail bar" 42 is considered an "ugly duckling" by most people I know.
A 40 front end would make it a lot more valuable in my opinion. I would leave it as is.
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Hey, careful there....  but, actually I get it. I have bought really nice dry western examples of jailbar trucks for pennies on the dollar. I could never have ventured into all my old V8 truck projects if I was looking for '40-'41 truck$. Besides, I like my trucks to look like a truck, and not a car so I'm lucky. Real truck-type leaf springs and open driveline has stood the test of time. Here's a question on yours, since I thought I needed 40 sheet metal on my latest frankentruck. The track width of the 42- is 2 1/2" wider than the earlier ones. I got past that with wheel offset, but the wheelbase is 112" on the 40 and 114" on the 42. That got my wheels way off from centering in the wheel well. How did your truck overcome that hurdle?
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Last edited by GB SISSON; 11-30-2020 at 07:54 PM.
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