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03-24-2017, 09:39 AM | #1 |
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Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Truck has been in Tucumcari New Mexico it's whole life. Has zero rust. Owner says it runs, but it didn't have a battery in it. No big deal really, I'm planning a duramax swap. lol
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03-24-2017, 10:03 AM | #2 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Cool. Feel free to post more pics when you get situated.
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03-24-2017, 11:07 AM | #3 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Here's a little better picture!
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03-24-2017, 11:28 AM | #4 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Brant,
Do you plan to leve it as a wrecker or do something else with it? Paint or rust? Probably not what you're thinking of but it'd look pretty cool as a wrecker but lowered with polished Alcoas. Just my $.02. Best, Dan
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03-24-2017, 12:21 PM | #5 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
x2 ^
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03-24-2017, 12:43 PM | #6 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Looks like a solid start there. That wrecker boom looks to be home made.
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03-24-2017, 01:06 PM | #8 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
awesome. i almost bought one similar but would have cost to much money to have towed to my house and a lot of work to fix it up. love the look of the old tow trucks though
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03-24-2017, 01:16 PM | #9 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Nice find....will be a nice build.
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03-24-2017, 01:34 PM | #10 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Nice find...
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03-24-2017, 01:39 PM | #11 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
That works as you aren't going to be doing away with a nifty old name brand wrecker body in the process.
If you want to run a stock frame rather than doing a frame swap they did have 1-1/2 and 2tons in 1953 with 179 inch wheelbases that might stretch a bit rather easily. No vin on the frame so finding that truck in a Texas field with the beat up cab, no engine and missing pieces but a nice straight frame works if a stock style frame is in the plans. GM Heritage center link. Lots of blank pages when you scroll down but good info in it even if you are going to do a lot of swapping around. https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...olet-Truck.pdf
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03-24-2017, 01:48 PM | #12 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
OMG damn that is cool. I would have a real hard time not leaving it stock. If I was wealthy I have always said I would love to have a collection of "working cars" and trucks, I love stuff like that.
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03-24-2017, 02:30 PM | #13 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
love that roof rotator, looks like Roscoe P Coltrain should be driving, haha
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03-24-2017, 03:38 PM | #14 |
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Or cooter davenport ^^^
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03-26-2017, 09:41 AM | #15 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
If you need two of them there is a pretty nice 54 tow truck sitting on the main drag in Woodward OK. Have not checked the price but looks pretty clean from the road
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03-27-2017, 02:28 AM | #16 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
neat find! duramax swap would be nice, use the whole chassis is my advice.
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I actually got the truck running this weekend, but the carburetor is pouring fuel. Every gasket in it is toast. I'm gonna chunk another carb on it and go cruisin. lol |
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03-27-2017, 12:09 PM | #18 | |
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03-27-2017, 07:00 PM | #19 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
I like the car hauler idea, just post pictures as you go.
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03-27-2017, 10:59 PM | #20 | |
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you are in luck here, the project and builds section has some cummins swaps you can look over. the cummins is a very long engine and will come through the firewall to at least the dash, also very challenging to get enough cooling in the stock rad location, but it has been done!
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03-29-2017, 12:26 PM | #22 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Cool build. The ditymax would have been a much better fit in the engine bay, but that 12-V Cummins is hard to beat for simplicity and reliability (and power if you want to go that route). Really hard to get a radiator big enough for the diesel, plus an intercooler and A/C compressor under the hood. And the Dodge frame is going to be way wide for that body so it's tough to get the tires under the fenders. I chose to narrow my frame (and steering, and rearend, etc.) but I got the tuck I wanted. Anyway, I'm tagging along for this one. Don't drag it out 4 or 5 years like I have!
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03-29-2017, 12:36 PM | #23 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Im in to see this one .
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03-29-2017, 01:57 PM | #24 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Gonna be cool..I agree would habe been real nice with a d-max..
2slow..he's got a 4100 so his front end is wider longer and taller than your 3100..cabs are the same..still gonna be tight squeezs but thatll help going on the full size chassis |
03-29-2017, 02:26 PM | #25 |
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Re: Bought this yesterday.... 1953 4100 Wrecker...
Mongo - that's good to know. The firewall and floor mods on mine are extensive. Hopefully his fits better. 12V or Duramax, either way it will be badass.
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