1947 Dodge Other Pickups

WFX 32 Pickup truck

6 - Cyl.

Manual

81419260

Clear

Gasoline

This is a great truck and I've really enjoyed it. Its great for work - it has a 14 foot flat bed, and a 15000 pound GVW. If you've been renting those pickups at home depot, be prepared to load about three times as much stuff - then put their truck on top for shock value. My wife bought me this truck on ebay in Dec 09. The truck was in Northwestern Colorado and I was in San Antonio Texas. I paid the seller to put on six new tires (REAL truck tires: $1700.00), flew to Colorado, and drove the truck to South Texas! Okay, maybe I'm a little crazy. The only real problem I had (other than the fact that it was Colorado in December and it was -5 out) was a loose wire on the electric fuel pump. The four speed tranny has a very low granny gear, not exactly a highway truck. But I did manage to average 62 mph for an hour going into Clovis. The rest of the time I kept it around 50-55. Since then I have used the truck to work on my rent house and in remodeling my own house, but I haven't even put 1000 miles on it since it got here. I spent $2400.00 getting it inspection ready right after I got it, and it passed inspection last year. This year I have antique plates, so it doesn't require inspection. That can be tricky in different states because they exempt a lot of stuff. The body is definitely a 20 footer; great for a driver/work truck. I get plenty of compliments at Home Depot, every time I go. In the pictures you'll see little dents here and there - especially on the roof, but I don't think they're very noticeable. There is very little rust. Some of the bed parts underneath have scale rust, but nothing is rusted through. The cab is fantastic - no rust damage on the bottom of the doors, floor, or door jams. These doors have lots of vent holes in the bottom, which probably prevented water from accumulating. The main floor piece is wooden - I think that is how it came when new. There were two old rust repairs on the inside part of the fenders, and the paint was bubbling. So I scraped it off, put on some rust stop, and painted the fenders black. You can see it is still a little rough in the pictures. In general, I sprayed rust stop and paint everywhere the paint looked thin, to prevent rust. As you can see I didn't do a professional job, but at 20 feet... The engine is a flat six and from what I've heard, it's pretty indestructible. This truck has a huge cooling system, and I just spent a thousand to have the water pump replaced. It has a huge radiator,and it can sit and run in San Antonio for a long time. The plugs are on top, and you have to be careful when you wash it. If you get water on the plugs, you'll have to dry it off before you can start it. The carb could use a rebuild, and it probably needs a regular tune up. I replaced plugs and plug wires a year or so ago. The cable on the hand choke is broken, so I just hung a generic one under the dash. It would be easy to replace the old one with the new - I don't have time. It starts within a few seconds, but sometimes requires 2-3 attempts. It runs well once it warms up. The amp gauge works fairly well - it jumps when it should, so you can tell the fuel pump is running. The oil pressure gauge also seems pretty reasonable. Fuel gauge and temp aren't working right now. I think the speedo actaully works - cable is still hooked up - but the need (actaully a disc) has fallen off and is sitting inside the front of the gauge. I've got a feeling somebody could super glue that disc/needle back on, and it just might work. Of course the motor burns some oil and leaks some as well. Nothing catastrophic. There is a heater, clearly disconnected, and a really cool ancient radio which obviously doesn't work. It has two cowl lights - 2 3/4 " diameter lights. One lens is missing - can be found on web sites for about ten bucks if you really want it. The truck is very original. It is still six volt, and as far as I can tell, about the only non-original part is the electric fuel pump. It is push button start - great for pranking anyone below the age of about 40 {"here's the key - go start the truck"} You'll see in the video, you turn the key to "on" , then push the toe starter, and release it when it it starts. Here's the link to the video of the truck starting. http://youtu.be/8ItYSLxTFBQ