Build Jacks 40 to fake 45 build

[BackwoodsFJ]

Wow! 45 pages of pure gold here.

You're making me want to do a whole lot more to mine than I had originally planned...

 

[JackA]

Here's a few pix my friend took....

 

[RevISK]

Your friend has the Bob Guccione photography thing going on.

 

[Chamba]

Somehow, I only just stumbled upon this thread. I've now obsessively looked at every picture in it and all I can say is wow. Very cool build. Your pictures really make me miss this southwest.

I'm six foot six and that extra bit of leg room in a 45 would make all the difference. It reminds me a bit of that build from back in Virginia I think. Does anyone remember the green 45 which was extended and he put '77-'84 40 series pop out vents behind the doors? Anyone know where that truck is now?

Looking forward to see what you decide to do to it next.

 

[Living in the Past]

In my prime I was 6' at most. Now going away from that and not taller. The biggest for me was always my right ankle on long trips. Can't imagine 6'6" in a cab of 45 pickup.

 

[Chamba]

In my prime I was 6' at most. Now going away from that and not taller. The biggest for me was always my right ankle on long trips. Can't imagine 6'6" in a cab of 45 pickup.

I've owned one LHD 45 pickup: a '65. I LOVED it. I could look at it, polish it and stroke it for hours. But I couldn't drive it more than five or ten minutes at a time without stopping to stretch. I sold it after only a few months heartbroken that I couldn't drive it.

I also owned one RHD HJ47 pick up. I could drive that fairly comfortably for twenty, thirty minutes at a time.....but even then I started needing to stretch.

On all of my forty series I've moved the seats back two inches. That made all the difference, especially for left hand drive. RHD I can drive without moving the seat aft, but I always do eventually.

 

[bikersmurf]

I can’t imagine fitting into a 45. I have a cutaway E350, and I can’t imagine driving it without the extra 10” the builder stretched the cab. I certainly wouldn’t have survived the 650 mile trip home from Nampa Idaho without the extra space.

I have driven my 40 long distances… but this was something else.

 

[JackA]

I placed this 2F on the stand. I picked it up awhile back as a ran when pulled mystery motor. Gonna strip it down and use some items on the fake 45. It will probably eventually make it into a future 40 resto.
If there's any small items anybody is interested in.....let me know. I may sell some stuff off it.

 

[Malleus]

...and I thought I was alone in having spare 2F engines sitting around on engine stands.

 

[JackA]

I currently have this 2F and 4 Ford V8s hanging out waiting for a home....lol

 

[Chamba]

That's was me over a decade ago: 2Fs, gear boxes, axles, body parts, etc. I finally thinned everything out and sold/ tossed almost everything. Then got my 43 which needs nearly everything...... now I wish I had some of that stuff back.

As I get older I've come to realise that Murphy was actually an optimist.

 

[JackA]

Striped off all the spaghetti and emissions stuff. This motor is a grimmie mess.
Here's the junk I removed. Lemme know if anybody wants any of this before I toss it.

 

[JackA]

It's the little things.....I picked up these caps for steel tubing. Installed them in the ends of my front seat mounts. A nicer finished look and no harsh edges.

 

[JackA]

My headache rack became loose and was wobbling around. I pulled it off and discovered some cracks in the mounting stubs. I'll fix that later. Headed to the local cruise night this evening.

 

[JackA]

Cruise night was cool......my buddies rat rod and the fake 45. Some other random big GM cars. Too many people to get good pix of the other stuff.