Re: Help with 7.00X17 tires, Budd wheels, '39 3/4 ton followed me home
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Originally Posted by NealinCA
Are 40-41 closed drive also? I was under the impression that they went to open drive in 40.
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Starting in 1940 all the commercial trucks were changed to a Hotchkiss drive system (open driveline) . At the same time the fronts were changed to fore and aft type springs. The width increase in the tonners wasn't til '42.
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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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08-17-2015, 07:25 PM
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