61WhiteSuperPower
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Here are some pictures from the beginning of the project.
To summarize the history of this build; I acquired a 61 White Super power truck cab, fenders, hood and grill from a salvage yard in Hobbs,NM around August of 2012. The truck used to do it's duty in Carlsbad, NM as a garbage truck and came with a title and documentation from its previous service. I have been letting the cab sit, and letting the whole project, truly, stagnate as I tried to find a donor truck for the project, and spending more time riding the harley, amongst other things. I ended up finding a 1989 Ford F-350, 460 fuel injected, 5 speed dually on the east side of Midland,TX around the beginning of July 2013. Since then the project has a renewed feeling of life. So far I have pulled the 460 and trans out of the truck and cut the rear frame to keep the heavy frame and the rear end together. The dual wheels are going to stay. The plan is to use the rear end and frame as the starting point of building the front half of the truck and get it running before April 2014. Plans are to later air bag the rear to allow for the truck to sit the frame on the ground. As far as the front end goes I am going to run a straight front axle and a split wishbone radius rods and a rear mounted spring in a suicide set up. I may or may not be cutting the floor pans out of the truck to tuck the frame into the cab. It's still an ongoing debate; however, it is in the plans to suicide the cab doors. The front end is going to come out of a '47 ford car that we have laying around the shop and replace the spindles and brakes to disc brakes and new spindles from Speedway. Enjoy the pictures and I will try to keep the thread updated as the project progresses.
To summarize the history of this build; I acquired a 61 White Super power truck cab, fenders, hood and grill from a salvage yard in Hobbs,NM around August of 2012. The truck used to do it's duty in Carlsbad, NM as a garbage truck and came with a title and documentation from its previous service. I have been letting the cab sit, and letting the whole project, truly, stagnate as I tried to find a donor truck for the project, and spending more time riding the harley, amongst other things. I ended up finding a 1989 Ford F-350, 460 fuel injected, 5 speed dually on the east side of Midland,TX around the beginning of July 2013. Since then the project has a renewed feeling of life. So far I have pulled the 460 and trans out of the truck and cut the rear frame to keep the heavy frame and the rear end together. The dual wheels are going to stay. The plan is to use the rear end and frame as the starting point of building the front half of the truck and get it running before April 2014. Plans are to later air bag the rear to allow for the truck to sit the frame on the ground. As far as the front end goes I am going to run a straight front axle and a split wishbone radius rods and a rear mounted spring in a suicide set up. I may or may not be cutting the floor pans out of the truck to tuck the frame into the cab. It's still an ongoing debate; however, it is in the plans to suicide the cab doors. The front end is going to come out of a '47 ford car that we have laying around the shop and replace the spindles and brakes to disc brakes and new spindles from Speedway. Enjoy the pictures and I will try to keep the thread updated as the project progresses.
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Cab on trailer (800x451).jpg69.7 KB · Views: 101
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Cab, Grill, and hood (800x451).jpg67.1 KB · Views: 86
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Mocked up on 48 (800x451).jpg73.9 KB · Views: 142
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The whole shebang (800x451).jpg195.2 KB · Views: 90
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The whole shebang 2 (800x451).jpg66.6 KB · Views: 80
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fenders (800x451).jpg63.6 KB · Views: 76
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Fenders close up (800x451).jpg210.4 KB · Views: 67
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Cab in yard (800x451).jpg66.8 KB · Views: 102