Got an update for anyone interested:I finally got the 47' back on the road. Restoration still not quite finished but I got her running again. The over drive works great if you can stand the transmission whining in 3rd gear... a problem I plan to soon rectify. I finally found me a replacement rear-end. Guy was junking out a 1954 2-ton. So I swapped rear-ends, now my front and rear rims don't match, the 1954 has the larger center hub and at least 2 of the four rims on the 54' axle will be unsafe to remount if I ever have to change tires. But it's getting me by for now.
As usual with me, my OD and drive line reconstruction got the trial by fire. I finished the truck just in time to help me move. So it got about 100 miles on it hauling 4 full bed loads of my junk and also pulling a trailer with it's new bed on it full of lawn mowers to my new place. Ran and drove great!
Good news is the trucks inside now! Still working on the bed got the smallest of the five panels sanded down only 4 to go!
And here is the photo bucket pictures so those with out facebook can see her.
http://s1133.photobucket.com/albums/m596/acmandrk/
