A pickup exactly like this one is the first vehicle that I remember growing up out on the farm. Mom and Dad used it for everything, since it was our only vehicle (except for an 8N Ford tractor).. For a while, Dad drove a delivery truck for the local Coca-Cola bottling plant. Mom had a wooden rack that fit in the bed to transport Angel food cakes that she baked for a store in the next town over (Pauls Valley). Lots of people really loved her angel food cakes. The County Home Demonstration Agent even arranged for a reporter from the big city paper (The Daily Oklahoman) to come out and interview her and take pictures. We later replaced it with a '54 Dodge pickup. Dad had opened his chicken processing plant by then and used the pickup to deliver ice-packed chickens to all the grocery stores and restaurants within a 30-mile radius. He drove about 800 miles per week, and the old Dodge held up like a trooper. A few years later, after he had moved up to bigger and newer trucks, we needed a pickup to haul a 400-gallon water tank to bring water out to the farm. We found a '53 Dodge pickup for that little chore. Just a side note: 400 gallons of water weigh about 3000 pounds and it was a half-ton pickup, so it really took a beating with that load. Never missed a beat and just kept on running. These old Dodges were really tough and would keep chugging along as long as you did a bit of basic maintenance every now and then. Today's trucks would never last under those conditions..
Okay, your comment just made my month, what a great story. Some of these old vehicles would cross my path and I would not work on them so I would not have a video. I started doing the videos so people could see some of the cool vehicles of the past and bring back some memories. The 8N was a cool tractor. Thanks muchly. Stevo
the main reason for the extra supports on the bed back there was that the bed sides tended to spread out with heavy loads , such as wood or gravel, we had a 41 dodge pickup which my dad put those braces on to prevent the sides of the bed from being broken loose and starting to flop around. I think here in the states they didn't start putting turn signal lights on vehicles until 54, so I guess that's the reason for the add on's on that truck.
Things use to be simpler back in the day but I am not sure that a push button on the floor was. Though it was a lever that activated the starter not a switch. Thanks Bruce. Stevo
Great video, love these old dodge trucks. For the record it's a DG-1, might look like DC on old door tag Dodge Canada DE is 1948-1949 DF is 1950 DG is 1951-1952 DH is 1953
That is good to know. I was surprised at how cool that truck was. I am more of a Chevy guy but I would drive that all day long. I will pass your info on to the owner. Thanks. Stevo
Hi Stevo. I guess this one slipped by me. I can't believe how nice this truck is. It had to spend a lot of time in a nice building or garage to stay in such nice shape. Is it a newer movie or an older one? If it's older it's probably on you tube
Yep this truck definitely spent some time indoors. I checked on that movie "Let Him Go" and my TV said I had to pay $5 to rent it. I figure it will be free soon. It's only a few years old. The fellow that owns the truck said he wouldn't put another vehicle in a movie, they treat them pretty rough I guess. Thanks Dave. Stevo
