Just a quick comment. I went to a local small muffler shop for my 1953 one ton. He looked it up in his book, bent the pipe (from exhaust manifold to muffler, sold me the pipe, the flange to connect it to the manifold, and a muffler. Took him about 15 minutes to do the job, then I hauled it home and installed it on the truck. Total cost was $30! And I got to have a great conversation with an old time stock car driver/mechanic!

Tim

I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.

Tim