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'48 Ford F1 Pick up
This is another project I mentioned in my introduction. It is actually my personal hot rod. The plan was to build a simple shop truck/parts hauler out of some of the left over parts I had lying around. As project some times do,this one kinda got out of control,and it ended up being way more "finished" than I had planned.
What started it was this 1948 Ford F1. A guy I worked with was going to scrap it, so I told him I was interested in it, he actually gave it to me for free. He just did not want to start over on the truck. It was sitting on an s10 frame. He had modified the front suspension trying to get it wide enough for the front fenders. The rear axle was too narrow for the truck,in my opinion also. The floor was a single sheet of 14 gauge steel with no supports. The first thing I did was take of the front sheet metal and trans plant the cab onto the '70 c10 frame that I had. The c10 frame already had a motor and transmission in it.
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The top on the cab was already chopped 3". I built a floor sub structure from 1" square tube and made the floor from 18 gauge steel. I needed a little more leg room so I stretched the cab 5" behind the doors.
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My idea was to build a fender-less truck. So when I modified the bed I took that into account. I shortened the bed to 66" overall,centering the arch in the raised panel over the rear wheels. I also mounted the bed so that the bed rail would line up with the body line on the cab.
Having raised the bed,meant that I had to extend the lower portions of the bed sides to balance out the look. I also built a rear roll pan with a license plate pocket to finish off the rear of the bed. I built a sub frame to support the bed out of 1" square tube,covering it with 18 gauge steel. I built storage compartments under the floor also.
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Now to make the front look the way I wanted,I needed to modify the hood.....it ended up getting pinched at the front,shortened length wise,body lines cut into the sides,peaked and a grill opening cut into it.
Cut lines marked off Original nose piece cut off Cuts started Sides pulled Checked the fit with the radiator Ended up having to remove the whole center section and reposition it Re-attaching the all the pieces
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I have always like the looks of a '32 ford hiboy from the front,so I used that look as a guide for my new front end. With the basic hood shape done,I used tape and card board to mock up a new front end design.
Started to transfer my cardboard parts to 18 gauge steel. With the hood side design,the main part of the hood still opened with the factory hinges. Filled the lower part of the cowl
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With hoods sides din place I started on the actual grill shell. I used 18 gauge steel for this as well.
I used some tape to lay out the top of the "grille" Started on the sides Used some tape to connect the sides at the bottom and get an idea how big the opening should be Used 1/4" steel round rod to out line the opening. The bottom of the opening matches the contour of the hood top. When I was happy with the shape,I cut and made pieces to fill in the lower grille shell.
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Hood still works...you can see how the grille shell works in relation to the upper hood as its opened.
The factory never carried the body line onto the hood. So I added one. This is also how I made the rear of the hood fit better also. I made a series of cuts and pushed things into submission and welded everything back together. I made a grille from 1/8" x 1/2" and 1/8" x 3/4" cold rolled steel. Added latches and poppers to the hood sides to keep the hood top functioning like it should. Used a 1/4" solid steel rod to peak the hood center Spent a lot of time shrinking the hood to get it back into some kind of usable shape
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Joe, That looks great!
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