1945 Dodge

[BarryinMN]

I had a '47 Dodge Brothers for several years. The full time heater worked great at 6000' in Colorado, then moved to San Antonio, TX opening up the windshield, side flaps and front snorkel produced a mini tornado inside the cab!!

Finally sold it and got a new truck with real AC.

It was the only truck I've ever had I did not have to pay for beers.. somebody would see it & have a story about hauling fish in Boston with one and buy the beers!

My post war '47 had chrome nose piece and hood ornament as well as Dodge lettering along hood.

Only caution is remember to release the barking brake before driving - off seeing a red glow from the burning band around the driveshaft under the truck after dark right next to the fuel tank makes for a quick decision to either throw dirt on it or RUN!

I had an Uncle with a '66 Dodge 1 ton and the transmission wind up sounds were identical to the '47.

 

[BarryinMN]

I had a '47 Dodge Brothers for several years. The full time heater worked great at 6000' in Colorado, then moved to San Antonio, TX opening up the windshield, side flaps and front snorkel produced a mini tornado inside the cab!!

Finally sold it and got a new truck with real AC.

It was the only truck I've ever had I did not have to pay for beers.. somebody would see it & have a story about hauling fish in Boston with one and buy the beers!

My post war '47 had chrome nose piece and hood ornament as well as Dodge lettering along hood.

Only caution is remember to release the barking brake before driving - off seeing a red glow from the burning band around the driveshaft under the truck after dark right next to the fuel tank makes for a quick decision to either throw dirt on it or RUN!

I had an Uncle with a '66 Dodge 1 ton and the transmission wind up sounds were identical to the '47.

 

[California]

Those Dodges are beautiful, a real timeless classic of industrial design.

There is one at the equator monument (a small tourist village) at the equator in Ecuador.

This one has a passenger bus structure on the back of a cab/chassis identical to yours.

I asked our 30ish host if he had ever seen one like it in bus service.

His reply amused me - "That's a party bus. It has a killer stereo. [the banner on the roof rack says KENWOOD down both sides]. They (rich people's kids) hire it for the evening, crank up the stereo full blast, drive around and pick up each kid at his home, then drive all over Quito blasting music late into the night. Every kid who hears it wishes he were on the party bus."

He didn't know anything about its history in transport service.

Present generation busses in Ecuador are like busses anywhere, and the previous generation was mostly ordinary US school busses shipped down there. This Dodge must have been what preceded that.

Barry: That transmission sound is unforgetable. I haven't heard one for many years but I can hear it now precisely.

 

[California]

Those Dodges are beautiful, a real timeless classic of industrial design.

There is one at the equator monument (a small tourist village) at the equator in Ecuador.

This one has a passenger bus structure on the back of a cab/chassis identical to yours.

I asked our 30ish host if he had ever seen one like it in bus service.

His reply amused me - "That's a party bus. It has a killer stereo. [the banner on the roof rack says KENWOOD down both sides]. They (rich people's kids) hire it for the evening, crank up the stereo full blast, drive around and pick up each kid at his home, then drive all over Quito blasting music late into the night. Every kid who hears it wishes he were on the party bus."

He didn't know anything about its history in transport service.

Present generation busses in Ecuador are like busses anywhere, and the previous generation was mostly ordinary US school busses shipped down there. This Dodge must have been what preceded that.

Barry: That transmission sound is unforgetable. I haven't heard one for many years but I can hear it now precisely.

 

[1948berg]

The bed is a 3 way dump bed, made of Norwegian Pine.

 

[1948berg]

The bed is a 3 way dump bed, made of Norwegian Pine.

 

[1948berg]

One more pic

 

[1948berg]

One more pic

 

[Cliff_Johns]

How could you bare to put anything in a truck bed that beautiful? That's just stunning.

Cliff

 

[Cliff_Johns]

How could you bare to put anything in a truck bed that beautiful? That's just stunning.

Cliff