Field Find!! 1948 dodge pickup, winter project

DRAG-ULA

DRAG-ULA

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How I found it





Cleared some brush away




It's actually in decent shape rust wise, there's not much rot at all.


I've got it stored in the back part of my work for now, gonna shuffle some cars around before winter and bring it home.
 
That looks like a Garage Monkey project.
The hood ornament is sweet & the ignition/choke knob in the middle of the dash is a nice touch.
 
DeFormula said:
Yeah the rust isn't bad, but man you are waaaay more ambitious than I. Keep us posted.
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I'm not painting it, just gonna clean it up, reassemble the body, and do a front subframe swap. I have a good running 318/904 I'm thinkin about using. Depends on my budget. The front fenders have some rust that needs to be addressed though. Interior really just needs a good cleaning. I'm kinda torn, I really wanted to start on that Catalina wagon I picked up as my winter project. Gotta get a plan down.
 
Very cool! There's an old dodge up by me I have been watching for a while. Just sitting in someone's driveway. I have been wanting to build up an old truck. Will probably go for an old Chevy though. Have fun with it!
 
DRAG-ULA said:
I'm not painting it, just gonna clean it up, reassemble the body, and do a front subframe swap. I have a good running 318/904 I'm thinkin about using. Depends on my budget. The front fenders have some rust that needs to be addressed though. Interior really just needs a good cleaning. I'm kinda torn, I really wanted to start on that Catalina wagon I picked up as my winter project. Gotta get a plan down.
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Ya gotta get a bigger garage !
 
svopro said:
Ya gotta get a bigger garage !
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Dude, tell me about it. Unfortunately the 70 wagon is going away for the winter and this is coming home. Hopefully the coronet sells, if not I gotta try and find a spot for that too. I gotta downsize the fleet!!!
 
How I found it. It was actually in the fenced in area, and there's an 86 GN you can't see I'm working on getting too


How it sits now, lol


This is all I got right now. Haven't started on it, so no good pics yet. I'll snap a few when I pull it out to take it to my buddy's this fall.
 
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DRAG-ULA said:
Dude, tell me about it. Unfortunately the 70 wagon is going away for the winter and this is coming home. Hopefully the coronet sells, if not I gotta try and find a spot for that too. I gotta downsize the fleet!!!
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I might have some room in my barn this winter if you need to store it. I gotta give my repeat winter customers first dibs but I can let you know.
 
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