The Purple Pickup: My 47 Ford Pickup In Progress

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Member ID: Wild_47

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

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1947 Ford F-Series Pick-Up

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Well Heres my project.

Started out as my grandpas old farm truck, he bought it for $75.

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I graduated from high school and went to Wyotech. Chopped my best friends 65 Chevy Panel 6 inches and started to gain an intrest for custom vehicles.

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So I brought the 47 Ford home from grandpas place and started.

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I started with replaceing the floors. Hand made by myself.

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Then moved on to the door. Fixed the farmer fixed hinge to get the door to fit properly.

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After that was all taken care of a co-worker, a buddy, and myself proceeded to chop the top one saturday. Was going to take 6 inches out, but took 5 first to see how it looked. We liked the look and left it at 5 inches give or take a tick or two.

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Then working after hours at the shop I continued to weld the chop back together as well as the door tops.

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After the chop was welded up I tackled the frame. I put a 76 firebird front subframe on for the suspension as well as the rearend from the same car.

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Then put the front end back on to see what it looked like.

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Did the rear C notch and dropped my 302 out of a Merc Grand Marquis on the frame.

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Then put a firewall in so I may be able to use the truck for my wedding. After I got engaged we decided to maybe try and use the truck. So I had a deadline to get it driveable.