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New teeth for the Ugly Truckling

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The old one was smashed, trashed, twisted, buzz-box welded together with big support chunks missing, and all sorts of spotwelds no longer making any contact.
The wife liked blue, so blue it is. Counting the heater duct (points down above RH headlight), there are 48 bolts, not counting sheet metal screws, most of which are where they were when installed in 1950.
 
Very nice. I do love me an old truck. Maybe someday...
 
everybody comments on the grin since I took the photo. I think the old girl is happy to have new teeth.
The MPO (moron previous owner) apparently ran into something....bumper went under whatever it was.
When I got it, the fenders were bowed out over the wheels, and the guy had drilled holes in the exposed frame to mount turn signals!

Yanked the signals, pulled the nose back out.
I got nailed in the LF by a stop-sign runner about 12 years ago, got that fixed.....the grille bars from the original wreck were twisted, mangled, arc-welded onto the outer frame, the center vertical support was cut off on the bottom 2/3 or so, when I got it out, the inner fender panels were not nice...they extended out past the radiator support and bolted to the grile. Supposed to be A) straight and B) parallel, they were neither. I ended up using drywall screws, fender washers and a 2X4 to suck the ridges down, then hammer and dolly, not too bad, every bolt went in with no problem or prying except the last one that held the inner center vertical support to the upper body piece.....about where the "R" in "FORD" is. Got it, but it was a job.
 
I know a truck in Radiator Springs that'd give his left lug nut fer a date with that purdy lil' lassy! :laugh:
 
Got all the lights, trun, park, head, and horn re-wired up. Cleaned the original GLASS park lenses, polished the chrome surrounds........ready for the date!
 
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