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What do you think about this old Ford Grain Truck? (PICS)

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Beatles65

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The same place where I am getting all the other equipment that I posted about yesterday also has this old Ford Grain Truck. It hasn't been run since the 1980's. The guy who is selling it says that it is either a 1946 or 1947. There is no title.

What can you tell me about these trucks?

Does anyone know the year or model?

I could get it for $600, what do you think of that price?

It will probably end up being scrapped if I don't purchase it, so thats the sad thing.

I think it is a very cool looking truck. Not sure if the engine is stuck or not. It has a V8 in it.

I look forward to your comments!
Thanks for reading!
From Denton, Nebraska.
Andrew Kean
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By the looks of that door , you could make your,? You're,? (Or Brooklyn style) Yoose?, Money back in just selling parts.

Not many like that around, I'd buy it .
 
Get a good bill of sail and go directly to the county offices with that and apply for a collectors title. You will eventually get a title.
Frank
 
I would put in a Dodge V 6 with 4 WD running gear,
Get a Re con Title for it. Could do that with a Bill Of Sale.
 
Beatles,
I would buy it at that price.To bad it isn"t closer to where I live.

Vito
 

Think you should have a talk with your neighbors and get them to chip in on your purchases.......... All that junk you are piling up is shure to drive their property value (and taxes) down :shock:

Just kiddin. Looks good to me. Been a long time but I got a title for an old car out of the woods with just a notarized bill of sale with the VIN# and notarized varification with the local sheriff deputy signature, and a police check that it wasn't stolen (in Ohio)
 
Buy her if you can swing it! If you don't you will regret it! If nothing else you can always sell her to some crazy tractor collector for a tow rig!!
 
Looks like a Ford Jailbar truck 1946

check this beauty.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/branxholm/4465886295/

I don't know how to "poke"
Alternatively search "jailbar ford truck"
there is a wreck in a paddock,worse than yours.
 

Engine MIGHT be stuck, but most likely NOT seriously stuck. A generous dose of your favorite flavor penetrating oil in the spark plug holes will work wonders. That old truck needs to live again, even if all you do is get it running.
 
I cut my driving teeth on Dad's 1947 just like it! Even overhauled the engine in Vo-Ag class in high school. Dual straight pipes and we were 'haulin!!
Grandpa had a 1941 Ford but he had a muffler on it.
 
Good price, would hate to see that get scrapped. It looks to have an Obeco Cattle/Grain body on it, those are nice and reflect old craftsmanship, believe they are made of oak. I have a much newer one '64 F600 with the same body on it.

Concerns I would have is dealing with the tires for it, (probably those dangerous 2 piece or 3 piece rims)some people still work on them but most shops don't. I spent close to $1500 to get tires and 1 piece rims for mine, tires were used, as were the rims, just did not want to fool with em, though properly done, should be safe, just the thought of what happens when one comes apart.

Brakes, no idea what that era truck has, hydro boost like mine with a single master cylinder for both axles, you rupture a line or a wheel cylinder in one or lose that vacuum booster, not much left except a pump or two on the pedal and the emergency brake. I would like to set mine up for 2 master cylinders or one with 2 reservoirs, I don't run it that much, it has paid for itself, handy size truck to have for some of the implement collecting you are doing. Must be a flathead V8, Y block V8's were the next generation mine has its original 292 y block.

Looks like its been under cover all those years, kind of a nice find.
 
Looks like the 1st truck I ever drove -- and we had a pickup the same year model
The flathead is the 1st motor I ever overhauled - Had to do it twice!!
Great rigs -- if you are a ford man -- buy it!!!!!!!!!!
 
That is one sweet truck! I learned to drive in a '34 farm truck that was very similar. Dad and Grandpa gave me the job of following the combine during wheat and oats harvest. I was nine years old, and had a 5mph speed limit in the grain fields! Thanks for posting those pics!
 
Go for it!

There are ways to get a title here in Nebraska. When I was in high school, I had a '36 Ford pickup. Nothing fancy, just an old pickup. While I was in the Marine Corps, my dad gave it to a neighbor in return for some custom farm work. (The neighbor asked for it in lieu of cash). Never bothered with the title. Thirty years later, the neighbor sold it, and the buyer wanted a title. By then my dad had passed on, and it was in his name. I don't recall the exact procedure, but there were steps to take to get a title.

Actually, this reminds me of a same sized '48 Dodge truck I restored once. Resurrected would probably be a better word, as I still used it as a working farm truck at the time, but it cleaned up well enough to put it in an occasional parade or show. I was the fourth owner, and when I sold it the original owner's son bought it back.
 
Load it on a roll back and take home. Looks complete which is very good. May want to store this one in side rather than the yard. IF stuck should not pull to break lose the motor.
 
Run, don't walk to the place and have the check written. Even if the engine is stuck, Those old flathead v-8'are about as simple as opening a can of soda pop. What a buy!!!!!!
 
Regardless if you plan to restore it or not, save it! Buy it and resell it for a few bucks.

These relics are getting harder to find. It would be a shame to let it go to the scrape yard.
 
Because of the parts being more commonly available.

One guy around here took an old 46 Chev dump truck and put a 350 with an automatic in it.

For light use and show in parades would be my objective . Ya can't tell a book by it's cover.
 
I used to drive an old '46 like that. Needed to learn to shift w/no syncros. She'll probably run, might have to clean the points.

As a matter of interest, I went to an auction here recently that had a lot of collectable old trucks. Buyers came from all over with their transports.
The going rate for barn fresh old trucks seemed to be $125. Scrappers might get more but do they pay more?
 
That year of truck wouldn't have a 4 cyl. It would have a flathead V8 or an old flat top straight six. I believe.
 
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