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You have a great old truck and a good plan. The truck was lucky to find you. You have made an excellent connection with Ford folks here. I would suggest you consider looking into the Antique Truck Club of America (ATCA) where you can meet die hard truck folks, too. Between the Ford experts and...

Thanks for all of the pictures. Nice to see the old BB at work. Your 33 is great, and so are all your other trucks. Save as many as you can. They just don't make them like that anymore. I agree with you that driving old trucks is a lot of fun.

A very handsome truck. Glad to know it will survive as a BB truck. Does it run? What engine does it have?

Karl, I think Bob West had a 1935 Ford dump truck early in his career. In later years he found and restored the one you own as a tribute to his original. I know he restored an International KB for the same reason. Steve

Bob West was a very close friend of a friend of mine. The two of them spent a lot of time together fixing old trucks and travelling to truck shows. I heard many tales of their activities. I was at the same truck shows as the two of them several times, but only met Bob West once. My friend talked...

I found a couple old show pictures of Karl's 35 dump truck and thought you might like to see them. They were taken at Owl's Head in 1999 and the ATHS show in Baltimore 2006.

That is a fine pair of trucks for sure. Could you share some information about the brake booster? I have been toying with the idea and would like to see how yours is set up. Thanks.

Thank you all for your help. I should have known to look for the bug, but it never dawned on me. But I wasn't sure they were Ford parts either. I am a truck guy. They will be available sometime soon. Steve

I'm trying to help a friend clear out a garage. There is a set of 4 doors that we can't identify. Someone suggested that they might be from a 1940 Ford. I'd appreciate your expert opinions about what they came from.Thank you.

Just to follow up, here is a report: I purchased an old stock re-manufactured carburetor 8RT-9510-A. It seems to be a perfect replacement. The throttle linkage attaching point is just a few degrees more clockwise than the one that came on the truck. I installed the carb, and the throttle...

Thank you all for the replies. CM Bruce, I can't locate the post you refer to, but the linkage in Bob C's picture of the red engine especially looks like the ball is lower than mine. Ross, there is no other hole for the ball connection to go in. How can I tell if the carb is the right one for a...

I am working on a 1949 F-1 V-8. It was restored about 30 years ago and used very lightly since. As far as I can tell it has been kept pretty much the way it was built. It has some issues that need to be sorted out, but it runs and drives pretty good. The most serious drivability issue it has is...

Re: 7-1/2 years later…my project is done. Your truck looks great. Your time invested may keep the truck around for another hundred years. Hope you have plenty of time to enjoy driving it. Steve

Chris, glad to hear that you have found the source of your anti freeze troubles. I would assume that you will want some type of anti freeze protection since you drive your truck more or less year round. There are many options, of course. Here is a link to an interesting thread on one man's...

Chris, You already have several good leads on your coolant problem, if they don't solve the issue here is another idea. Is it possible that your anti freeze solution is foaming up at "higher "speeds ? I have an old Brockway truck with a big flathead six that will turn anti freeze into foam, and...

In a full floating axle, the entire load is carried on the axle housing. There is no weight carried by the axle shaft. With a full floating axle, the axle shaft can be removed, and the vehicle can still have its loaded wheels on the ground. Semi, or 3/4 floating axles carry some of the weight on...

Yes Bob, that's the one.

David and Chris, Could it be possible that the slot was thought to be needed to allow for some give between the rigid frame mounted pedals and the rubber mounted engine. Perhaps it was later learned that the slot was not needed. The linkage on my parts truck is threaded for adjustment. David...

Hello Chris and all, this is my first post here on the Ford Barn. I registered after I stumbled on this thread. It is fantastic. I have just finished reading all 98 pages as though it was a new book I just couldn’t put down. Not only is your truck remarkable, but the introduction to your other...