Very Unusual '52 Pickup

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Here is a similar build. I think this one may have been for the RR, Power or Oil company I can't remember.

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truckdog62563 said:
There have been several similar trucks show up over on the FTE site, and IIRC, one almost exactly like this. None were done by Ford in-house, but were all subcontracted out to body companies like Armbruster and others. The old Hildy's Blue Books that show Ford approved aftermarket equipment contain ads for these companies. Stu
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Can't help but think perhaps one of these was built and converted to AWD by M-H.

Since M-H equipped 30's woodies grandfathered the modern SUV it would only be fitting that M-H would grandfather the modern crew cab 4X4.

What did that 48 F-3 Marmon Herrington finally go for on ebay a couple of weeks ago??
 
1952henry said:
Can't help but think perhaps one of these was built and converted to AWD by M-H.

Since M-H equipped 30's woodies grandfathered the modern SUV it would only be fitting that M-H would grandfather the modern crew cab 4X4.

What did that 48 F-3 Marmon Herrington finally go for on ebay a couple of weeks ago??
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Ask and you shall receive. Here's the threads on a M-H version from FTE and Vintage Truck Mag. These threads are the last I've heard of this truck. The FTE thread actually pulled Chuck into the discussion.

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/899422-marmon-herrington-ford-f1.html
http://www.vintagetruckmagazine.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=818

There have been two '48-'50 F-3 M-Hs on ebay in last couple of weeks. The F-3 in Colorado sold big, over $6000. I swapped notes with the guy and gathered his identifying info for Mark's M-H Registry. The other '48 went unsold. It is still sitting at a dealership in Belgrade, MT. We are on the road right now and passed through Montana on the way here. So I stopped and looked at it, and got the info off its M-H plate. Missing engine, ******, and all M-H linkage. There was a $1500 or best offer eBay price. The very same truck is on the Desert Classics web page for $2500. Either price is a lot for a parts truck. Here's the Desert Classics ad. Interesting, the Desert Classics ad now says it's sold. Maybe that means it was sold to the dealer in Belgrade. Who knows. Stu

http://www.desertclassics.com/Ford48MHwkr.html
 
Based on the paint wear and markings, I think this example posted by bobj49f2 is the same truck that's in the original post, which is also the truck that was for sale at the Turkey Run.

 
"The other '48 went unsold. It is still sitting at a dealership in Belgrade, MT. We are on the road right now and passed through Montana on the way here. So I stopped and looked at it, and got the info off its M-H plate. Missing engine, ******, and all M-H linkage. There was a $1500 or best offer eBay price. The very same truck is on the Desert Classics web page for $2500. Either price is a lot for a parts truck. Here's the Desert Classics ad. Interesting, the Desert Classics ad now says it's sold. Maybe that means it was sold to the dealer in Belgrade. Who knows. Stu"

Stu, great info/links. When you stopped at Belgrade, did you go by Paul Landsgaard's place? He's south of Belgrade, maybe 10-12 miles, on US191 going toward Yellowstone. The little area is called Gallatin Gateway.

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He always has a number of good Montana-class restorables.

... a M-H 4x4 WOULD be the ticket.
 
Yup, same place. There's quite a few real good projects on his lot. Old Ford coupes, Mercs, a half ton F-1 with a Henry flat bed, and for the big truck guys a '65 F-500 that's wearing a full set of 5 lug 22.5s. And his prices didn't seem too out of line either considering the shape stuff was in. Stu
 
Thanks, Stu. I'm curious about the M-H with the later cab/earlier body. I wonder if the original cab was extended and got damaged? Or perhaps it was a very early '48 cab that was mated with an existing short bed chassis.
 
Owen - That M-H with the 48-50 stretch cab sitting on a 47 and earlier chassis is a real puzzle. Looks to have been an oil field truck or similar. I wish the guy would have come back with more details about it. At the time I thought the guy posting the questions might have been a dealer or some such, but would have thought we'd have seen it for sale if that was the case. It's just disappeared. Stu
 
Boy, if I ever get out West, I know where I'm going.

I went through the Hildy book, and didn't see anything specific to a double cab with the bed being cut "in place" Then again, it's before 1952, too.
 
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"Boy, if I ever get out West, I know where I'm going."

If you do go, be sure to visit Yellowstone. And if you take along some bear spray, read the directions. Do NOT use it like insect repellent and spray it on yourself and the kids like some folks have really done.

(The smell actually attracts bears ... along with the smell, bears like nothing more than screaming, half-blind people running around in the woods.)

http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_15329093?nclick_check=1
 
"I don't have to outrun the bears, just the people running with me, lol."

OK, OT Bear jokes.

"How big a gun do need if a bear starts chasing you?"

"A .22 will do if you just shoot your buddy in the leg."
 
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