Re: 1937 Ford Truck
My first job out of high school was driving a ‘37 Ford truck. It had a V4 air cooled Wisconsin powered Hop To back hoe mounted on it. I don’t know the wheel base but it had a two speed rear axle that you’d shift with a lever, no vacuum.
It burned a valve so on Thanksgiving day we pulled the intake manifold and left head and changed that one valve.there was a 10 inch Cresant wrench laying under the intake manifold.
A few weeks later when the ground froze I joined the Army.
Three and a half years later when I came home the HopTo digger was mounted on a ‘50 Dodge. I went back to work for him again, it was nice to have a five speed transmission and hydraulic brakes. I never asked where the Ford went.
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