I have never seen this type of old pickup before- any ideas?

[RDMcG]

Was driving this morning and saw this on private property. Hood emblem suggests it could be a Mack, but cannot make this true,. Does anyone know?

[emperorburger]

No idea, but the front clip looks like it's made from fibreglass knocked up in a shed.

[MDMA .]

Is an old fire truck of some sort? Front door shape looks like a Mercury.

[LimSlip]

I also suspect it's some kind of homebuilt special; the terrible proportions, nasty misshapen wheel arches and wheels that look too small and too modern in design for the style of the body.

[finlo]

The wheels look too modern, film prop maybe?

[Turbobanana]

Wheels look like Ford Cortina?

[RDMcG]

emperorburger said:

No idea, but the front clip looks like it's made from fibreglass knocked up in a shed.

quite possible if you look at the shape of the front door. My guess is it might have been a Dodge sort of like the one below:..

[LimSlip]

Turbobanana said:

Wheels look like Ford Cortina?

Not unless they built Cortinas with 8 stud hubs. They'll be from a more modern pickup.

[Custard400]

Cab is a 48-53 dodge B series pick up but the rest is all homebrew special by the looks of it.

[mike9009]

RDMcG said:

emperorburger said:

No idea, but the front clip looks like it's made from fibreglass knocked up in a shed.

quite possible if you look at the shape of the front door. My guess is it might have been a Dodge sort of like the one below:..

Agreed, front end looks a little like a pastiche to a Dodge Power Wagon. The grille particularly.

[85Carrera]

LimSlip said:

I also suspect it's some kind of homebuilt special; the terrible proportions, nasty misshapen wheel arches and wheels that look too small and too modern in design for the style of the body.

It could just be American

[LimSlip]

Custard400 said:

Cab is a 48-53 dodge B series pick up but the rest is all homebrew special by the looks of it.

Did Dodge (or any other manufacturer) make an extended cab back then? Never seen one that old.

85Carrera said:

LimSlip said:

I also suspect it's some kind of homebuilt special; the terrible proportions, nasty misshapen wheel arches and wheels that look too small and too modern in design for the style of the body.

It could just be American

To be fair I quite like the style of (real) 30's/40's Yank pickups.

[AAGR]

Well, at least the bonnet emblem is from a Mack. That's a bulldog. We have two real live ones in the family, and I have a brass bonnet emblem on my desk !

[55palfers]

LimSlip said:

To be fair I quite like the style of (real) 30's/40's Yank pickups.

Me too!