1942? Dodge

[David DeWeese]

That cab looks really odd. Looks more like a late 40's General Motors truck cab with a Dodge front end grafted on, but why would anyone go through the trouble? The photo below is of a '48 Dodge truck. Note the deep-sculpted body lines on the doors.
Thanks, David

[cliff]

Originally Posted by David DeWeese

That cab looks really odd. Looks more like a late 40's General Motors truck cab with a Dodge front end grafted on, but why would anyone go through the trouble? Thanks, David

Mate you obiously don't know Aussie Farmers do you. It would have been cheaper by far $ wise to graft a good front that was just 'lieing in the paddock' onto the old truck which needed it as she was still mechanically sound thus making her roadworthy again!

[David DeWeese]

Originally Posted by cliff

Mate you obiously don't know Aussie Farmers do you. It would have been cheaper by far $ wise to graft a good front that was just 'lieing in the paddock' onto the old truck which needed it as she was still mechanically sound thus making her roadworthy again!

At least Australian farmers did it with a little sense of craftsmanship. The "cab jobs" our farmers did here in the US look like fitting a square peg into a round hole!
Knew I'd seen that cab somewhere before!

[Howard]

Originally Posted by David DeWeese

That cab looks really odd. Looks more like a late 40's General Motors truck cab with a Dodge front end grafted on, but why would anyone go through the trouble? The photo below is of a '48 Dodge truck. Note the deep-sculpted body lines on the doors.
Thanks, David

It does look odd, David.
In fact, the panel work between the cab & the back edge of the bonnet looks like a 'very good home-made job', or a 'poor factory job'. The whole panel looks a bit rough & the lines from the cab do not blend in to the bonnet lines.
HH