1946 WD21 Pics Please

[Bruce]

All This Time?

I don't know what the status is of the repro hubs, but the last post (Dec 2008) I can find on the subject seems to indicate that the project is still alive and well.

http://www.t137.com/archives/wwwboar...s/2860785.html

I don't know what I was thinking, my buggy is a 3/4 ton, these BEAUTIES are 1/2 ton! :~(

[mdvberg]

Hi Bruce,

I went back through the posts on the hubs, and the proto-types are for the 1 ton FFPW axles (or 3/4 T WC's?). The post I that I linked to earlier was just in response to someone on Joe's forum asking if he could modify the 1 ton design for the 1/2 WC's.

[Bruce]

Muchas Gracious

Thanks Mike!

[Geromenshed]

WD-21 Fire Truck

Hi gentlemen.
I've been searching for some information on a Dodge Fire Truck that we have in our workshop here in Geraldton, West Australia. Poor old girl is in a sorry state as the owner left it sitting on a vacant block only a few hundred metres from the sea for quite anumber of years. Nasty stuff salt air with steel. We've been holding off starting on this project as we lacked info on its original looks (and we're only in a temporary shed). Been searching for some pictures that can give us an idea of how she looked originally, but no luck so far.
BTW, we are not a commercial concern, we are a community organization where us retired fellas can keep ourselves occupied doing something constructive and not sitting in front of the tube vegetating :)

I have a bit of info off the compliance plate.
Model WD-21
Serial No 81207911
? HP @ 3400 RPM
Dodge trucks
Built By Chrysler Corporation
No date of manufacture on the plate

There's a second plate giving a warning about ensuring special equipment is disconnected before driving off.

This is gonna be a major contract. Any info you guys can provide will be most appreciated.

[Gordon(Scotland)]

US-built one ton, and not the only one.....

US-built chassis and cowl, with locally-built back body.

I'll need Nollie to help out here, but either on the 39-47 Dodge Group on Yahoo or on the Maple Leaf Up Forum there is another of these owned by a contributor down your way (OK - mainland Australia - I know it is - large)

Technically it is no problem at all, but many of the bits are just slightly different from the much more common 1/2 ton stuff, such as six stud wheels, longer shocks, bigger brake linings, that sort of thing.

[Geromenshed]

Thanks Gordon, I'll follow those leads. We probably won't get to this one for a while yet as we have to vacate our present shed by the end of Feb. We only have it on a temporary basis until the company who own it need it themselves (rent free too, gladdens me little Scottish heart :). The more info we can gather in the meantime could help us shorten the refurbish time.

Cheers
Bill