new arrival

[coog]

Santa came a few days late this year. This is the result of my search for a 9' bed for my '68, which I have since found.

[Gordon Maney]

Wow! Very nice....

[coog]

Thanks!

[Bristlecone503]

Beauty!

Nice truck! I bought a 1970 W300 about a year ago. It has duals, and a flatbed that I have since removed. I'm trying to find a ute bed like you have, but they are tough to find, as I'm sure you know.

I like the wheels you have on your truck. Do you have any close-up pictures of them? They remind me of the type on the flat fender powerwagons. I've considered pulling the duals off mine, and replacing with single wheels, and if so those wheels and tires would really look nice.

Any input, and/or additional pictures of your truck would be greatly appreciated. My truck needs quite a bit of work before it looks like yours, but thanks for the inspirational pictures. Derek.

[coog]

I can get a better shot later, if you'd like. This shot also shows the aftermath of the one time the P.O took the truck off-road. I think the wheels will end up white when I paint it.

[Gordon Maney]

It's a shame about the door, but the other sheet metal looks great. How are the front cab mounts in the floor?

[coog]

I guess "as new" is the best description. I don't think this truck has spent a night outdoors. My bodyman tells me the door is "no problem".

[Gordon Maney]

Color me green with envy.

[coog]

Thanks. I usually buy the project truck, so this is new territory for me. This truck drives like a new one. The man I bought it from grew up in Oakland, CA and watched this truck go out on fire calls when he was a kid. He only sold it because he recently acquired an open cab W300 from the same department.

[Hobcobble]

Wow.....
That's one clean machine!
Congrats on your purchase.
John

[MoparFreak69]

Very nice! Looks like a bunch of fun. Fix that door and paint it and it looks like you have nothing else you have to do to it.
Reminds me of the '69 D100 I had acquired before I left for boot camp. It was basically a body and a frame, but it had that same basic cab and the Utiline bed like you put on yours. Paid $100 for it (scrap weight) out of a recycle yard. I always loved that look and regretted leaving it in my brother's hands (it got run over by a tractor "accidently").
My '59 cures that itch though.

[coog]

Hard for me to leave well enough alone, but I'm trying. I have a '68 that I can use to scratch my diesel itch with. I have noticed this truck suffers from "firefighter drill syndrome", so that will need to be addressed. I'd also like to mount my spare on the running board. I've seen it done, but not well enough to see how it was done.Ideas?

[WARWAGON41]

WOW ! That thing is COOOOL !
Great find , looks like they took good care of the old girl.

[coog]

Thanks. It seems a lot of people like it, as witnessed by the cell phones they point at me when I am driving her. It's been fifteen years since I've driven a Power Wagon on a regular basis ( a '66 WM300), but I remember the attention that they draw.

[QuantumJo]

I don't know how I missed this post. Very nice rig!