34guy wrote:

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should be able to haul it back on a u haul  trailer , cheap to rent, nice to tow

The truck shouldn't weigh to much if nothing on the back (box or flatdeck)

If there is remove it  may also have to take off outer wheels if dual wheel's on the rear.

 

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Joe, that's  exactly what I was thinking, but I don't know for sure. I would hate to drive 15hrs one way, to find out I can't do it.

 

I'd be doing a LOT of measuring before I rented a U-Haul car trailer. The U-Haul (open) car trailers look quite small to me for some reason, smaller than most open car trailers.

 

I'm also thinking a 5 ton probably has dual rear wheels.  If that's the case I can't see it fitting on any open trailer I've seen.

-- Edited by Santos L Halper on Saturday 8th of March 2014 04:36:41 PM

Santos, no, he's an older gentleman. I can make arrangements for someone I know in New Brunswick to go take pics, that's not a big issue.
It's sometimes really hard to make a judgement call by looking at pics. Specifically when it comes to length, width and weight of....

That's what I had pictured, aside from the rear would likely have tandem axle on a 5 ton? I will call the owner and shoot a few more questions, yet. But whether it has a single or tandem axles, still doesn't tell me what it ways.

I don't want to push a trailer or a flatbed close to it's capacity rating, for a 15-20 hr haul.

Knowing U-Haul's maintenance history anyway.

 

This is being advertised as a 1954 5 ton Dodge.  This one definitely has a single rear axle and dual rear wheels.  Sorry, no idea what it weighs.

Ok? That's one big flathead six. I was under the assumption that most 6 cylinders where under 300 ci., even a V6. Best of my knowledge, Chrysler never made a flathead V8 413ci.

Some mis-leading info there, is what I'm guessing.

 

Looks like '54-55-56 where the only years, mostly Canadian, 30" long. I think I have one here, I have to wait for the thaw, to go out and measure it, lol.
Having said this, this engine has to have a long stroke to get it to that CI.
I always figured a 413ci would've be a V8, go figure.

Santos L Halper wrote:

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This is being advertised as a 1954 5 ton Dodge.  This one definitely has a single rear axle and dual rear wheels.  Sorry, no idea what it weighs.

 

 

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 I just acquired one of the above in dark blue. If you look at the VIN, it says 17,000 lbs. That's equal to 5 tons plus your vehicle weight, making the vehicle weight 7000 lbs, assuming that's right. Maybe 6000 if it's actually 5.5.

There seems to be some confusion about these trucks. I bought mine as . . . probably a 1.5 ton. Well . . . maybe a 2-ton. Well . . . maybe even a 3-ton. But it for sure has a flathead 6.

Turns out it was a 5-ton with an in-line 6: bigger than a flathead.

 

I'm having a flying pig of a time finding the original-colour paint. Only thing close I can find was used on Woodward's delivery trucks.

 

If the picture above is actually your truck, the body and some area's of paint (assuming what I am looking at IS original paint) look good enough that I would expect you could wet sand and buff a small area then have a paint shop "shoot" the paint with one of those computer camera things that tells them what paint components are needed to custom mix your specific colour. This is assuming that you are trying to be as correct as possible during your restoration.

To be honest, with so few of these still out and about, I'd bet very few people would ever think ... "hey wait a minute, I don't think that's the right colour for that truck".

Just sayin'

 

 

I wonder if the original poster ever got the truck from New Brunswick and if the engine was a 354 AND if the engine was even usable.  I sure as hell wouldn't travel that distance for something I never even saw pictures of ...

Yeah, I agree with you: "sight-unseen" is something I only do with people I know and trust, and even then I'd have to have a look.

I'm living in the prairies now (I used to live in Toronto), and there are a bazillion old vehicles out here. I recently saw a Model T for sale in the Western Producer for $1800 in running condition. Another example: a friend of mine has a 1960 Ford pickup for sale, body in pretty good condition, not running, that he offered me in exchange for getting it off his property.

At the Naicam Bakery which doubles as a coffee shop, us oldsters like to sit around and bloviate. I've found that all of the guys (mostly farmers) have old vehicles, one as old as '38. I've been thinking recently that maybe I should collect info and phone numbers for all the old vehicles. These guys have been sitting on them for years.