My oldest son has a '46 Chevy 1/2-ton that we're going to start on this winter. It looks like it will get a Chrysler 383 with automatic, a rack & pinion front suspension, and either a_FoRd 9" or a Mopar 8-3/4" rear. All we've done to it is get rid of the mud dauber nests in it and change the four flat tires over to four matching used white spoke wheels with good rubber, so it'll roll around, anyway. Engine is not locked up and the truck is 98% complete, but we're still gonna rod it. For the same money, we can make a killer fast truck rather than a killer slow truck! We made room in the shop after we got rid of the two Metropolitans today, so we'll be able to move the truck indoors and start on it.
This is the second '41-'46 I've had. The first was a '41 3/4-ton I had in Tacoma, WA in 1981. It was a former dairy truck with over 500K miles on the truck itself.
I'm a Mopar and Hudson guy, personally, but have owned many Chevy and GMC pickups over the past 30 years; the most recent, a nicely-restored '68 C-10 LWB with factory 327 4-bbl, auto, power and air, with later-model 6-lug Rallyes.
