ironandsteele
Senior Member
I just wanted to take a moment to give credit where it is due and thank Karl Wescott for helping me out of a minor but annoying predicament.
My '40 Pickup has a later, 42-47 cab. This means that the seat back mounts differently than an actual 40-41 cab.
This truck was put together by a close friend of mine when he was in high school and it came to me in pieces after he had disassembled it to upgrade some things, then lost interest. I put it all back together, but the interior was somewhat of a question mark that I saved for last.
This truck had gone through a few different interior configurations, and what I inherited when I bought it was basically a compound of all of those different changes, none of which worked together. I had the seat just sitting in place because the provisions for mounting the seat back had been cut off.
Not knowing exactly what the missing pieces were supposed to look like, my options were to make something, or to find a 42-47 cab that still had those parts in it. I could have made something relatively easily but kept putting it off in hopes that I'd just stumble onto a cab and remove them. This proved more difficult than I thought.
I was recently at Wescott's and noticed that Karl had a few of these trucks in the back field. I looked and sure enough, two of them had the missing pieces I was after! When I explained this, Karl's response was immediate: "If you need them, you are welcome to them."
A very generous offer indeed and I took him up on it. I was able to get them out with relative ease, took them home, cleaned them up and installed them. The previous guy had just cut them off of my truck, bolts and all, so I had to drill them out and chase the threads, but it all worked out just fine.
I am including photos in case someone down the road happens to be in the same predicament and needs to know what these hinge pieces look like. Yes, they could be made, but having the right stuff really makes things much easier.
I want to thank Karl Wescott for taking the time to help me, even though he has a lot on his plate as it is with his business. Little things like this and the great people involved with these old Fords are what makes this hobby so enjoyable.
My '40 Pickup has a later, 42-47 cab. This means that the seat back mounts differently than an actual 40-41 cab.
This truck was put together by a close friend of mine when he was in high school and it came to me in pieces after he had disassembled it to upgrade some things, then lost interest. I put it all back together, but the interior was somewhat of a question mark that I saved for last.
This truck had gone through a few different interior configurations, and what I inherited when I bought it was basically a compound of all of those different changes, none of which worked together. I had the seat just sitting in place because the provisions for mounting the seat back had been cut off.
Not knowing exactly what the missing pieces were supposed to look like, my options were to make something, or to find a 42-47 cab that still had those parts in it. I could have made something relatively easily but kept putting it off in hopes that I'd just stumble onto a cab and remove them. This proved more difficult than I thought.
I was recently at Wescott's and noticed that Karl had a few of these trucks in the back field. I looked and sure enough, two of them had the missing pieces I was after! When I explained this, Karl's response was immediate: "If you need them, you are welcome to them."
A very generous offer indeed and I took him up on it. I was able to get them out with relative ease, took them home, cleaned them up and installed them. The previous guy had just cut them off of my truck, bolts and all, so I had to drill them out and chase the threads, but it all worked out just fine.
I am including photos in case someone down the road happens to be in the same predicament and needs to know what these hinge pieces look like. Yes, they could be made, but having the right stuff really makes things much easier.
I want to thank Karl Wescott for taking the time to help me, even though he has a lot on his plate as it is with his business. Little things like this and the great people involved with these old Fords are what makes this hobby so enjoyable.
