Re: Bare Bones Fords
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Originally Posted by paetsgone
Looking for information regarding the 1940 Ford commercial trucks offered from the factory with just the cowl forward tin for custom applications, bus, ambulance etc. Any photos, order forms or general knowledge would be appreciated. Someone sent me this photo a while ago but it may be a stripped woodie.
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That picture was taken at my place in 2016. I had just sawn the 1/2 ton pickup's cab off at the windshield to convert into a one-off phantom woodie wagon. The entire process is chronicled here on a thread titled 'Truck Based Woody'. Much closer to your original request was a project I built a few years later where I mounted a ford factory cowl ('40-'47) with no provision for a windshield onto a fully functional chassis/drivetrain of a toyota landcruiser 4 door station wagon. Ford made these cowls with and without a windshield. The subject is well documented in James Wagner's great book titled 'Ford Trucks since 1905'. Out of print but often on ebay and amazon. I will add some pics here, but will get some links for you tomorrow morning.
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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