Thread: Need Pickup Identified-Please !

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This is a photo from my home town Historical Society Site and no one has been able to identify the Pickup on the far right of the photo. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
meller

looks home made to me ... the bed is part metal and wood .. you can see the original metal contour above the rear fender ..

I agree with Hoss, it's a 2dr sedan cut down with a hand built bed insert. Going to be kind of hard to ID the sedan from what's left, and no view of the front half.

The rear wheels appear to be a wide-five looking stamping but there are maybe 10 bumps like lug nuts. THere are too many
spokes to be a Ford. The door reveal plus the wheels should help. Uncle Bob will come along soon with a picture of the car along with a disgusting looking woman laying on the fender.

35/36 ford humpback sedan .

I'd go with 35 ford

Looks like one of the original rat rods to me!
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sorry meller..

36..............

You guys have a pretty good eye. I'd agree it's probably a '36 based on the wide five wheel/drums, the '35 had wire wheels on the 5 1/2" bolt circle. The rear fender looks like a patched together deal with the rear section of a '35 fender which had a sway back line down the back as opposed to the upward arch evident in Joe's picture. That's a '41 Ford sedan, and a '40 Chev sedan next to it, so this could be during WWII............some folks converted passenger cars to pickups, not only for utility, but also a pickup qualified for an increased fuel ration as a "work" vehicle.

Thanks Y'all - - - - Bob, FWIW - here's the other part of that photo that show some later year vehicles also.

Ah, very good. Looks like '46-8 Chrysler or DeSoto sedan, surplus Jeep, '49 Ford coupe, probably '49 Chev (or '50), and '37-8 Chev coupe.

Woo Hoo, I only missed one - - - - the '37/8 chevy coupe on the end. I thought it was a Willy of some kind.

Originally Posted by shine

35/36 ford humpback sedan .

Right on the money. Uncle Bob, the Mopar could also be a Dodge. Looks exactly like my first car, a '47 Dodge.

I've told this before, but in the high school years, we lived close to a shopping center called Miracle Lane (Dayton, Ohio). It was a wide open parking lot with no curb bumpers or poles of any kind. We used to pray for it to snow on Saturday night, because the mall was closed on Sundays and we could have the parking lot all to ourselves. I would pack 6 or 8 guys into the old Dodge, including Ken (NTFDAY) and other Viking Customs buddies and we'd go do brodies around and around the lot. Big fun.

Chocy fish on the way to Uncle Bob and look, no models draped over the fenders. LOL. I want to know where is the traffic police when you need one as all those cars are parked the wrong way about.

Originally Posted by techinspector1

.................... and other Viking Customs buddies and we'd go do brodies around and around the lot. Big fun.

And probably laughing yourselves silly the whole time.....................