1940 VF Dodge Recovery and now Death

[MWMULES]

This saga started several years ago on a pheasant hunting trip in the far north of the Texas panhandle. KCCLAY and I were out there a spotted a shot up VF Dodge 1 1/2 ton truck with out bed and a stretched frame, found the land owner and it was given to me for free. Had it for a couple of years and really never did anything except get some new rubber for it. KCCLAY is a Dodge1/2 ton guy and always had VF envy so a year ago I gave it to him. He started to track down the missing parts found some south of us about 3.5 hours, so today with the temperature being a balmy 109 we left to go fetch up the parts, another truck, bed, cab, extra doors and wheels. Uneventful except for the trailers winch controller going out. Also got a tour of some the former owner, Allan's play toys.

 

[papabear]

Gosh...you guys sure know how to make a po feller

 

[ODdave]

.........awsome..........

 

[Flyingvan911]

Very nice recovery.

 

[Stan Leschert]

I like the looks of it, but for the benefit of us un-educated folks,
could someone post a pic of what this might have been,
and could once again look like?

I'm learning as quick as I can,
but my transfer case is sometimes in LOW Range!

 

[MWMULES]

I like the looks of it, but for the benefit of us un-educated folks,
could someone post a pic of what this might have been,
and could once again look like?

I'm learning as quick as I can,
but my transfer case is sometimes in LOW Range!

Sure
They were pre war trucks with a flat head 6, transfer case was made by MH and had Timken axles. Most got used up on the Alcan hwy. They use the same bed as a 1 1/2 Chevy. Came with or w/o winch and even had a dump version.
Fleetmaster did a thread back in 09 on the one he restored.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/members-rides/33751-rare-wwii-dodge-vf-1-1-2-ton.html

 

[68427vette]

who was the previous owner,NAME?, looks like he bought John Bizels Daimond T,, thats the one i wanted, went cheap, at 5K, i have 4-6 of those VF's,, the hard parts are the spare tire carrier, and fuel tank..

 

[MWMULES]

Allen Link got John's T. Both the frames we have had been buggered up so still looking for a straight frame. We will be at the MVPA in Dayton from Wed to Sunday am, Outside space 100 ask for Peter if you come by.

 

[doinworkinvans]

Good ol' midwest, rust-free metal...makes me sick; as well as jealous

 

[MWMULES]

Update, and this will really make you sick. Last night while having dinner with KCCLAY and others the phone rang and it was his renter stating the hay barn was on fire. Inside the hay barn were the 2 VF's, spare VF cab, two early war 1/2T WC's Dodges plus a mid 50's Ford tractor and 20 large round bails of hay. . Right now it appears the fire started outside of the barn and it will be a couple more days before the rest of the hay is burnt and the scraping can start.

 

[tractors0130]

Sorry to hear about that, sad that history was just lost. Hopefully, nobody was hurt or injured.

 

[dawico]

Very sorry to hear that.

 

[jasonjc]

OH that just make me sick, I hate fire!!! That's as bad as the stuff I saw when helping Cranetruck get his 8X8 picked up.

 

[RodUSMC1962]

So much of history lost, so sorry to hear of this.

 

[dmetalmiki]

Very sorry and disturbed to see the result of the fire damage. That's a big loss all round.

 

[m1010plowboy]

You will be in our thoughts!

 

[FrankUSMC]

When I first saw this post, I thought it was from last year. I had seen a post on the Midwest Military site where John had gone out to buy some stuff from a guy who had lost his entire military vehicle collection to a barn fire. Like this fire, there are photos of some very rare vehicles that are gone. I was shocked when I looked at the date and though, oh, no not again!. Very sorry this happened.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET

 

[mikey]

Sorry for the loss. What a crappy way for this thread to end.

Mikey

 

[Flyingvan911]

That's terrible.

 

[Piper Cub]

That sucks. Are there any salvageable parts left?