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OK, here goes...I need some help.
Long story condensed way down... I have a 1940 Dodge pickup truck that I inherited when my father passed away. He inherited it from his uncle in the `90's who inherited it from his father in the early `60's. The last time this truck was driven was in 1961 when my parents first started dating. My father was the last one to drive it--the engine that was in it was pretty much shot, the rings were gone and the truck barely had enough oomph to make it up a mild hill. My father parked it in the barn behind his grandparents' house where it sat until the summer of 2001. I was working at a performance shop in Middletown when a customer came in one day to order some parts for his 1940 Dodge street rod project. Naturally we struck up a conversation, and when the customer revealed he was swapping out the old flathead straight 6 for a modern small block, I jumped on the opportunity to buy the flatty. We put a new set of tires on the truck so it would roll and drug it out of the barn and over here to the house. I made arrangements with a friend to do the engine swap, but his work schedule got in the way 1/2 way through the job and he had to bail. I had another friend who was down on his luck (recently had a terrible car accident that left him mentally challenged [not his fault, FWIW]) and he wanted to take a swing at it, so I let him try his hand at it. Suffice it to say the job never got finished. The new engine is in the truck, but nothing is hooked up, and since I didn't tear it apart, I have no idea how it came apart nor how it goes back together. I need someone with some experience in these older vehicles to help me get this truck put back together, and--dare I hope--even get it running again. I'd been after my father to do something with the truck since I was a youngster, but that obviously never materialized. I would LOVE to be able to get the old truck running again and drive it at least once before I have to turn the keys over to someone else. What I do have: an ample supply of spare parts from a `39 Dodge truck that was wrecked by my great grandfather, the original engine that came out of the truck, and a repop assembly manual which I've poured over numerous times to no avail. What I don't have: The knowledge of these older vehicles, nor the time to dedicate to get it finished. If anyone knows someone relatively local to me that could offer some help, I'd be deeply indebted. |
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