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1948 Dodge Hot Rod Pickup, Lowered, Shortened and Sectioned, 302 V8 Automatic

Sale price: $12,650.00 make an offer

Seller's notes: "Great little Dodge Hot Rod Pickup with an Old School Patina. Runs and Drives Great!"

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1948
Mileage:
1,000
Engine:
302 V8
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1948 Dodge Hot Rod Pickup, Lowered, Shortened and Sectioned, 302 V8 Automatic for sale

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 1948 Dodge Hot Rod Pickup. Ford 302 V8. C4 Automatic. Ford 8” rearend. Mustang II front suspension. Lowered. Sectioned. and Shortened.

 

Details:

 

Chassis:

Boxed frame 1 ½ ‘ x . 120 wall round tubing k. frame Z'd frame @ rear Stock mid section cross member modified with fabricated 10 ga. driveline safety hoop.   Cross member drilled for 2 ½ “ exhaust pass through. Front frame rails pinched Mustang II cross member with tubular upper a-arms and stamped lower arms Manuel rack and pinion steering rack. 8” Ford rear axle with 4 bar. span >   panhard bar and coil over shocks.   (adjustable. early version Aldan coil over shocks. Front springs/shocks. are chrome 500 P. S. I. coils with Monroe shocks. Front brakes are 11” disc with G. M. metric floating calipers.    Rear brakes are drum with all new brake parts. Front wheels are 15x8 steel with 225/50 x  R15 Faulken tires. Rear wheels are 15x10 steel w/ 295/50 x  R15 BF Goodrich T/A radials.

 

Body Modifications:

The truck was lowered 14” from stock. Front wheels were moved forward 6” with fender flares cut out and moved forward and up to accommodate.          Grill was sectioned approximately 6 “ eliminating one grill section of  original three. Headlights are frenched. Rear axle moved forward 8” from stock. Bed sides were shortened at front and back and sectioned 2 ½ “. Bed sides also lowered on frame from stock height. Stock dodge rear fenders were replaced with '50 Chev  pick-up rear fenders w/ frenched '57 Corvette tail lights. Dodge tailgate was replaced with '47 Ford pick-up tailgate.   The Ford tailgate was sectioned approximately 2”. hinges are fabricated. Inner bed was tub'd 3 ½ ‘ and has a Chev P. U. bed floor with 1” square x . 120 wall tubing reinforcement. Stock running boards were replaced with fabrication running board stubs at the front of the rear fenders. Custom fabricated firewall and driveline tunnel.  Vehicle exterior is Patina w/ mostly original paint and rust.

Drive Train:

Motor is a 1986 Ford 302 C. I. (5. 0) with Tru-Roller timing chain. Edelbrock aluminum single plane Torquer intake manifold. Summit 600 CFM 4 bbl. carburetor with custom cable linkage and aluminum velocity stack air cleaner and single wire G. M. chrome alteration. Starter is mini High Torque. Headers are Speedway block huggers. The exhaust is 2 ½ “ mandrel bent tubing with 40 series Flowmaster mufflers w/ converted Ford flathead piston rods for rear tail pipe hangers. The transmission is a Ford C-4 with Lokar 23” nostalgia shifter. Shortened Ford driveline with new u-joints. The rear end is a Ford 8” (1965?) with 325 gears. The radiator is a Speedway aluminum cross flow with fabricated 1 ½”  round x . 120 wall core support. Engine is equipped with a remote oil filter. Tranny cooler is an aluminum heat sink transmission cooler. Fabricated partial fan shroud. New Odessy 12 volt battery. (mounted in drivers side floor) All new wiring through out.

Interior:

1.      All new window glass all around. w/ new seals and etc. (including door seals).

2.      Custom black carpets over dynamat type floor insulation including the back cab wall.

3.      Custom fabricated door panels. scuff plates. kick plates and cab back panels.

4.      Vintage air heater and defrost.

5.      Custom fabricated bomber style seats. with real leather seat pads over high density foam and slide type seat adjusters– interior sheet metal has been clear coated.

6.      Nostalgia style seat belts.

7.      Nostalgia Grant G. T. aluminum and leather steering wheel w/ '68 Ford pick-up steering column and flaming river u-joints @ steering shaft and rack.

 

 

Please check out www. riggsboysracing. com/1948 Dodge Hot Rod Pickup. htm for more pictures and information.

 

 

Video: www. riggsboysracing. com/48-DodgePU. wmv

 

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The car is for sale locally and I reserve the right to end the auction early.

 

 

 

 

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Comments and questions to the seller:

from Davey Crawford, dated 23 february 2018
Hi
Love the truck.
Where is the truck located? I am in the UK.
My number is 07951 702965

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