RustyRatRod
Well-Known Member
I got the truck cab. It's a 1949 Dodge Pilothouse cab. It's a five window cab. Kitty says it'a a nine window cab cause of the split windshield and vent windows. lol
Anyway, I think it's real solid for a piece of 49 tin. I'm callin it a "rat truck" but I think it's gonna be more traditional than rat. I'm thinkin hot rod black. Maybe a checker black and white firewall. It'll come to me as I go.
Cab floor at the rear has a little rust.
The removeable front strip between the firewall and floor has some rust. We'll just make another one.
Over in the RH corner is the worst of the floor inside. It involves a little of the permanent floor, but we'll fix that right up.
Another shot at the rear of the cab floor. I think it was under water up to the floor at one point, because it had about an inch of mud all over the floor.
A shot of the whole thing. Remarkably solid, IMO.
Here's the original seat with all the mud still there.
Passenger side.
Driver side.
More.
The only glass it actually needs is the passenger side windshield and both vent windows. I'm going to replace both side of the windshield though. Since all of the glass is flat, my local glass shop can cut it cheap with a template. I even got all four original cab mounts too. The cab roof was dented in pretty good. Looked like a couple of kids mightta jumped on it, but I got over 90% of it out. I'll take my time with a hammer and dolly and get the rest. I was lucky in that it did not crush thw rear window opening or the windshield opening. I think it's a fairly solid start.
Anyway, I think it's real solid for a piece of 49 tin. I'm callin it a "rat truck" but I think it's gonna be more traditional than rat. I'm thinkin hot rod black. Maybe a checker black and white firewall. It'll come to me as I go.
Cab floor at the rear has a little rust.
The removeable front strip between the firewall and floor has some rust. We'll just make another one.
Over in the RH corner is the worst of the floor inside. It involves a little of the permanent floor, but we'll fix that right up.
Another shot at the rear of the cab floor. I think it was under water up to the floor at one point, because it had about an inch of mud all over the floor.
A shot of the whole thing. Remarkably solid, IMO.
Here's the original seat with all the mud still there.
Passenger side.
Driver side.
More.
The only glass it actually needs is the passenger side windshield and both vent windows. I'm going to replace both side of the windshield though. Since all of the glass is flat, my local glass shop can cut it cheap with a template. I even got all four original cab mounts too. The cab roof was dented in pretty good. Looked like a couple of kids mightta jumped on it, but I got over 90% of it out. I'll take my time with a hammer and dolly and get the rest. I was lucky in that it did not crush thw rear window opening or the windshield opening. I think it's a fairly solid start.