1940 Dodge Half ton panel truck, Job Rated

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @williamlindner3984
    @williamlindner3984 Месяц назад +7

    Love those old Dodges . Henry the coal man used a 1947 Dodge dump truck to deliver coal, when I was a young sprout. It drug up the hills in second and third gear ,but that little six eventually got the job done. That cab, was the same cab, used on the old Dodge Power Wagon. Smith Compressor also used that Dodge engine to build 75 cfm compressors 3 running and 3 pumping . I'll take the Dodge panel truck...

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +2

      Thank you so much for sharing it. Those memories great choice
      Did you ever notice how similar 47 Chevy hook to a 47 Dodge.. very similar design

  • @DSP1968
    @DSP1968 Месяц назад +4

    A very nice example. It's so nice to see one in original condition, and not modified or rat rodded or otherwise messed with. And I'll take the '40 Ford Panel and the Dodge.

  • @leedaniels7196
    @leedaniels7196 5 дней назад +1

    Never knew these trucks ever existed.I seen variants of these in pickup trucks but not panel truck versions.Thanks Jay!.😎

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 дней назад

      @@leedaniels7196 =) I love the panels happy to feature a truck you've never saw before

  • @nathanjoseph4284
    @nathanjoseph4284 Месяц назад +2

    Always interested in coverage of vintage commercial vehicles such as trucks, vans and buses as I feel like those don't get enough attention, and were very important vehicles that helped keep the world moving. Please keep up the great work Jay! :)

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +2

      Wait for the BB 1.5 they are so rare and it has a V8 it's the only one I've ever saw in person I love those long wheel base deliveries
      Happy you dig this episode =)

  • @automatedelectronics6062
    @automatedelectronics6062 Месяц назад +5

    Wow! All the orange peal in the paint and fish eyes too! Then there is the overspray on the driver's door. Probably looks best atleast 20 feet away. It's cool anyway. Thanks for another great video!

    • @ragtopdeluxezl1
      @ragtopdeluxezl1 Месяц назад +2

      The paint is probably as good as one that was new. Except It has plenty of rock chips on the hood and places you would expect to see chips, some scratches and a pitted windshield as well. Overall, a fine example.

    • @victorboucher675
      @victorboucher675 Месяц назад +2

      non slip surface option

    • @ernielaw
      @ernielaw Месяц назад

      Good eye for detail

  • @Truckguy2007
    @Truckguy2007 Месяц назад +2

    That is a stop , tail light,and plate light. That’s all that was required back then! The lights on each side are optional turn signals.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      I personally love the brake lights back down that actually said stop I think we need to go back to that personally

  • @73_f100
    @73_f100 Месяц назад +4

    WYR1: Dodge. WYR2: International!! Love that one.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      @@73_f100 I love that era of international as well

    • @luisvelasco316
      @luisvelasco316 Месяц назад +1

      I agree. My choices too.

  • @passwordbosco407
    @passwordbosco407 Месяц назад +2

    I drove a '53 Dodge 3/4 ton pickup during high school (1971-'75) with the flathead 6 and 3 on the tree. My dad and I converted it over to 12 volt, making it more reliable. It ran great and was smooth as silk, that 6 was really quiet. It was a good truck for what it was but would only do around 55 mph top end because of the gearing. It was the oldest vehicle in the school parking lot, next oldest was my buddies '56 Olds 2 door. I used to fill the bed up with student hitchhikers on the way home and was stopped once by the CHP when I had around 10-12 kids back there 😄. Fun times...

  • @frankpetrone2966
    @frankpetrone2966 Месяц назад +1

    My father owned a 1939 One ton panel in the late 40s. It was a good vehicle.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Awesome I love this truck the seats where really cool

  • @josephpiskac2781
    @josephpiskac2781 Месяц назад +2

    I own a 2021 Ram Promaster City Van that I also live in. My Chrysler or Dodge or Ram or Fiat van is great with the Tiger Shark engine. As a Fiat it would be the Diablo. People from Mexico in the United States are always excited to see it. I am elderly at 71 years and I find the van to be a great place to call home.

  • @hughdavis8769
    @hughdavis8769 Месяц назад +2

    I'm a Ford man all the way, but the Dodge looks really sweet!

  • @ronnieroberts9478
    @ronnieroberts9478 Месяц назад +4

    Good video thank you

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much for watching happy you dig this video

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 Месяц назад +4

    Trucks back then were a LOT different than they are today! Talk about bare-bones! I had to laugh at the 120 mph speedo, I'll bet that truck won't go much faster than 60 or so. You sounded a bit like you would trade your 52 Chevy for that Dodge. It certainly is rare to see one in such nice condition! WYR= 40 Ford, and Terraplane. NTT= A Song That I Probably Don't Know. Now I really want to see that other truck lurking behind the maroon early Corvair convert! (I'd take a video about the Corvair, too!)

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      Hahaha I know right the only way this truck with the stock engine would hit that speed is if it fell out of a plane

  • @billhyde2303
    @billhyde2303 Месяц назад +5

    we always called them parking lights.

    • @ragtopdeluxezl1
      @ragtopdeluxezl1 Месяц назад

      This example has two headlights, and the rear has turn signals and I believe one brake light.

  • @P_RO_
    @P_RO_ Месяц назад +2

    Those front turn signals are a later aftermarket add-on. Had you shown under the hood you might have seen an early anti-theft feature; during this era Dodge and Plymouth made the ignition coil and key-switch as one unit connected with integral armored wiring so you couldn't hot-wire them. Panel trucks were always bare-bones work vehicles, unlike later sedan deliveries and vans. Most were worked and wrecked to death then scrapped. That flathead six is renowned as a 'runs forever' engine with no vices unlike Ford's V8. A friend had one in a 40 Business Coupe; not fast but torquey.
    WYR I'm going to switch sides and pick the Chevy then the International. BTW I'm a big fan of 'novelty songs; and Dr. Demento but I've never heard that one!

    • @ernielaw
      @ernielaw Месяц назад +2

      Frontal amber turn signal lights first appeared on North American cars in 1963, Although some pre-1963 cars had aftermarket amber turn signals.

    • @P_RO_
      @P_RO_ Месяц назад +1

      @@ernielaw I remember my 52 F-1 and my 61 Chevy had white front signal lenses. The lights on the Dodge were very common on large trucks and construction vehicles from the early 60's on. Possibly made by "Grote" who did a lot of add-on truck stuff.

  • @geebs76
    @geebs76 Месяц назад +1

    I love this truck and I bet it is a blast to drive. The lack of speed, the noise and the stiff ride would be part of its charm. Although I'd choose the Chevy and the International I'd be super happy with this Dodge too.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      =) I love it as well I would rock this
      The acoustics in there is great because it doesn't have any insulation

    • @davidpowell3347
      @davidpowell3347 Месяц назад +1

      @@What.its.like. Remember "Van conversions" in the 1970s,a full size Chevy flat face van or a Ford Econoline that had bare metal on the inside except at the very front and no headliner behind the driver's head area as it came from the factory would be quite noisy inside but aftermarket they would put finishing panels over everything covering some kind of insulation and a padded headliner all the way to the back - often made the rear into sort of a bedroom and the thing would be about as quiet inside as an upmarket car

  • @jasonrusso9808
    @jasonrusso9808 Месяц назад +1

    Good job, J-Bone!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Thank you happy you dig this episode =) this is a great truck

  • @JefferyHall-ct2tr
    @JefferyHall-ct2tr Месяц назад +1

    Hi Jay! What a nice vehicle! Would be fun to go truck camping in that! You could take your time driving, as it probably cruises comfortably about 45 mph. WYR. Number One. LOVELY as that Ford is, I would take the Dodge, because I kind of like the styling. Number Two. Dude. . .was all set to pick that DDG International and you hit me up with that Mega Cool and ULTRA rare Terraplane!! Going to have to go with the H-T, but DANG that International is NICE!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      Great choices yeah that 120 mph speedo is hilarious because it would never achieve that speed. Even if you were going the only way that it might hit 120 if it was dropped out of an airplane. lol
      100% honest I was never a huge fan of these Dodge truck designed but it's growing on me I like the one that comes before it with the low headlights.. my grandpa always said Dodge was the roughest riding trucks of their day and steering them was hard they had really heavy steering.. I found the Chevy is pretty balanced, but I've never driven a Dodge from that era.. I drive a ford truck from the 30s and it had the lightest steering but that can also be adjusted

  • @richarddavis1646
    @richarddavis1646 Месяц назад +3

    The first Dairy Queen opened in Joliet, IL in 1940😮

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      I saw that was conflicting information
      It's possible that Wikipedia was wrong

    • @richarddavis1646
      @richarddavis1646 Месяц назад +3

      @What.its.like. Wiki wrong????? 😂. I only know because I live close to Joliet. Joliet is the right answer. Love your videos.

  • @buffdelcampo
    @buffdelcampo Месяц назад +4

    The Ford panel would be my pick.

  • @MrGuitar1458
    @MrGuitar1458 Месяц назад +1

    Great video as always! ❤❤

  • @asteverino8569
    @asteverino8569 Месяц назад +1

    My oldest brother, in the 60's liked cool or out of the norm cars.
    One of them was a 50's panel truck. Chevy, I think.

  • @davidpowell3347
    @davidpowell3347 Месяц назад +1

    "Dodge builds tough trucks" true (at least used to be) and the pickups and medium duties became much more desirable after such engines as the older heavy 318 V8 or the "poly" head hemi blocks became available,probably were harsher riding than the Chevrolet competition however

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      That's what my grandpa used to say he said Dodge was the roughest riding of the three. He also said it was harder to steer.
      I've driven a couple 30s Ford trucks but nothing in the heavy duty category. I have a 52 Chevy 1 ton that I drive daily and the steering is great ride is rough but I wouldn't trade it for a new one

  • @davidpowell3347
    @davidpowell3347 Месяц назад +1

    Is the engine the same one that was in the 1939 Dodge car? My father owned a '39 Dodge as of when I was born,I don't know for sure but think that was still the family car at the time of my first recollections of our 400 mile trips to spend a week or two at my mother's parents' home, that car was either the '39 or possibly a slightly newer Dodge- it was laborious going over mountains,had to be in second gear most of the time on hills and mountains,I think about 60 mph was quite a strain on it and passing on a two lane road was a dangerous adventure requiring a lot of planning and trying to get up momentum while hoping to synch with a clear stretch of road with nothing coming. Even if the vehicle to be passed was only doing 40 or 45 mph. (Old U.S. Rt. 11 to Rt. 60 ,sometimes via U.S. 29 to Charlottesville,then old U.S. 250 to Rt. 11 then around Lexington VA picked up U.S. 60 which went virtually all of the way to Huntington WV
    no interstate 81 or 64 in those days
    As I remember the '48 Oldsmobile that replaced the first or possibly second Dodge was somewhat quicker although I think it was only a flathead six like the Dodge(s)
    But the Dodge didn't drink oil like the Olds and was easier on gas. Later there was a Plymouth 1954 station wagon and it was also sluggish. I think Plymouth received Dodge's old six while Dodge got a new one with a better crankshaft and slightly more power but still just a flathead six.
    1950 Pontiac Eight "Chieftain" by comparison was a rocketship. Effortlessly went up hills and mountains mostly in high gear that the Dodge was crawling at 40mph. in second,much faster acceleration and much more confident in being able to make a pass.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Thank you so much for taking the time to share those memories
      I daily drive a 52 Chevy 1 ton truck when I need a truck that's the only one I have. And know what you mean by having to plan for things.. I love stop sign coming up signs that means better start down shifting =). My truck is original chassis brakes but upgraded drive train 350 v8 150 hp SM420 trans and 373 rear end I passed someone today two lane road ( which is really saying something the truck will go 75/80 comfortably might go faster it's just stopping. I use the transmission as much as a can to slow down.. I just did close to 150 miles in it today love it

    • @davidpowell3347
      @davidpowell3347 Месяц назад +1

      @@What.its.like. I bet that 350 even if the low compression "smog" motor has more real world pulling power than the old "Blue Flame" six that came in it. Possibly could have been a 261 cubic inch model instead of the car version ?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      I think mine had a 216 it was gone when I bought the truck there was a 327 in the engine bay but was out of a school bus parts were impossible to find during COVID, and my wife said if it cost more than a $1000 to fix had to get rid of it. I found a $400 Chevy 350 from 86 last year with four barrel carb took all the smog shit off. I wish we would have painted the engine before putting it in tho. A friend of mine did all the work. One day I'd like to build a. Engine but never have yet. Can do basic stuff tho. I needed a transmission which John ( the guy that did the work found ) on market place for $250 so for $650 plus some odds and ends got it back on the road... DO THAT IN A NEW CAR

  • @bensonsspeedshop1191
    @bensonsspeedshop1191 Месяц назад +1

    Dodge on Both Questions!!!!

  • @scooterdover2771
    @scooterdover2771 Месяц назад +1

    I would take the Dodge and the Hudson. That International was really nice looking too. Roosevelt was elected four times. 1940 was the third, and he died about a month after his fourth inauguration.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Very true only president to be elected to three and four terms crazy I wonder if he lied if he would run a fifth time
      Sweet choices

  • @jeffreykurth2703
    @jeffreykurth2703 Месяц назад +1

    The Ford and Hudson.

  • @johnboydTx
    @johnboydTx Месяц назад +1

    GMC love that grill....
    International 🤔
    Hudson 🤷
    Great Song 😂
    Happy Motoring ✌️

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      Awesome choices =)
      I have no idea where that song came from my brother used to sing it all the time I don't even know if there's a second course he might've made it up for all I know he was kind of a weird Al he loves to take songs and make them his own. He had some good ones. We aren't into rap and Soulja Boy was a huge song growing up. He made a really funny version of that song but it's PG-13. Board line rated R but it's great
      Happy you got a kick out of that

  • @hcombs0104
    @hcombs0104 Месяц назад +1

    For WYR, I’ll go with the Dodge both scenarios…only because I see what this one looks like and I’m not familiar with the others.
    Yes, it is pretty basic, but it still has the hood ornament. I thought the wood floor was interesting…makes me think of those woodie wagons that come up from time to time.
    I was thinking maybe you should buy it, as a companion to your ‘52 Chevy.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +2

      I was driving my 52 yesterday I'm about to go uptown and take it to go get some wood. I don't think I'll ever sell it or trade it. It's like the perfect truck.
      We did that live show with it but I want to do a follow up episode on it I think
      I was finally able to figure out what I didn't figure it out mechanic figure it out why it shimmy and shake as much as it did it just needed adjusted He can tighten the steering box and that's what he did and it fixed everything I could go 70 miles an hour again. Gets great gas mileage for a 1 ton truck I love it

  • @wolfwind9658
    @wolfwind9658 Месяц назад +2

    I have one of these, not stock at all but I do have one.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Awesome what's engine is in yours what's all done to it does it look stock with upgraded drive train

    • @wolfwind9658
      @wolfwind9658 Месяц назад +1

      @@What.its.like.It's not done, but it has a 318 stroker mated to a 5 speed manual. It will be a retro 70s themed build.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Awesome =)

  • @davidpowell3347
    @davidpowell3347 Месяц назад +1

    1940 might have been the first year for "sealed beam" headlights ?

  • @tigre7739
    @tigre7739 Месяц назад +1

    Beautiful truck! I'd pick this one although the Chevy looks great too! Nice singing, you may need some new material though, literally 😁

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад +1

      Hahaha
      Sweet choices I did a few takes in different voices that was the first take.. I don't remember where that song even came from my brother would sing it

  • @ragtopdeluxezl1
    @ragtopdeluxezl1 Месяц назад +1

    WYR The Chevy, Dodge and the International. The Terraplane looks better as a car. The Dodge you review is very nice and made me put it on a wish list for cars I would desire to buy... long list too!

  • @trevorgordon-j6b
    @trevorgordon-j6b Месяц назад +1

    Has it got an engine mate Kiwi Trev.

  • @paul-er7ho
    @paul-er7ho Месяц назад +1

    1940 Ford, head lamps integrated with the front fenders.

  • @ThomasGreen-n6c
    @ThomasGreen-n6c Месяц назад +1

    Thank you so much for this amazing video! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

  • @JamesAllmond
    @JamesAllmond Месяц назад +1

    Uh, 1938 was the 1st year for the Sturgis Rally. I've met one of the guys who started it...been there a few times.
    A single tail light is all one got from Dodge in 1940. Someone intelligently added the other lights. Dodge owned Graham from 1926 on, so yeah, gets kinds murky...
    40 Dodge
    37 Terraplane

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Awesome thank you so much for that correction =)
      Great insight and choices

  • @ernielaw
    @ernielaw Месяц назад +1

    I never did like the styling of that truck. Of all trucks shown here my pick would be the 1940 Ford panel truck. I just think it looks so much better with the built in headlights. I also like Ford's jail bar grill which came along right after.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      I'm totally with you. It has grown on me though. Over the years but still wouldn't be my first pick.

  • @michaelporter9354
    @michaelporter9354 Месяц назад +1

    Hudson!

  • @coreyellisart6877
    @coreyellisart6877 Месяц назад +1

    Good morning I have a 48 Dodge panel van and it seems that there is almost zero information on these in the late forties after World War II it's marketed as the b-1-b

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      I did cover a B but from 1950 would love to cover more truck and wagons I do cars as I find them =)
      ruclips.net/video/Hae5XE4UtnE/видео.htmlsi=wdm2eQj-rvSWb9DT

  • @tonychavez2083
    @tonychavez2083 Месяц назад +1

    1940 Ford + Hudson

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby Месяц назад +1

    WYR: All of them.

  • @brianhayes7618
    @brianhayes7618 Месяц назад +1

    40 Chevy and Ford

  • @mikepotter6426
    @mikepotter6426 Месяц назад +1

    Good job. Nice to see a young guy interested in guy stuff. No harm meant ladies, we know anything we can do you can do plus have babies ! 😊

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      I want to see more of this stuff actually being used as intended
      I personally have a 52 Chevy 1 ton truck which is the only truck I have so when I need a truck that's the one I use I love it, it is a the stock frame stock drum brakes ( which aren't bad drums don't warp )
      Upgraded drive train 350 v8 ( 150 Hp 1986 ) transmission SM420 from 59 and 373 rear end thing gets great gas mileage and will go HWY speed.. I wanted a real truck which they don't really make anymore ( people get offended when I say that but what is a truck a work hose that can be loaded time and time again without fail, mom has a f150 everytime I would get wood in it I would blow out the shocks in the rear. Trucks are just SUV now... ) just my opinion tho

  • @bparksiii6171
    @bparksiii6171 Месяц назад +2

    First pick 1940 GMC panel second 1940 Terraplane panel.

  • @victorboucher675
    @victorboucher675 Месяц назад +1

    If the Chevy has the OHV engine ...

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      Yep but with the Babbitt buster engine and slash lubricated

  • @jrkat
    @jrkat Месяц назад +1

    The Chevy because I like Chevy’s and it’s Krispy Kreme truck 😉

  • @allenwayne2033
    @allenwayne2033 Месяц назад +1

    1. Ford, just for the in-fender headlights 2. Hudson, just cause it's a Hudson.

  • @1936Studebaker
    @1936Studebaker Месяц назад +2

    Too Many People Paul & Linda McCartney Too many people going underground too many reaching for a piece of cake. ?

  • @goldenboy5500
    @goldenboy5500 Месяц назад +1

    International half ton panel

  • @johnmartin7158
    @johnmartin7158 23 дня назад +2

    1940 Dodge.

  • @clarencesmith2305
    @clarencesmith2305 Месяц назад +1

    First "would you rather" The dodge but the second "would you rather" OMG to hard I love the spare tire/body on the International but the terraplane panel van has a lower roofline.

  • @robertwatkins364
    @robertwatkins364 Месяц назад +1

    I live 27 miles from Sturgis SD. I’m watching from the black hills.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      That's awesome I've never been there. I need to go out west that's the last time I was in California. The only time I was ever in California was when I was 16. We did Vegas that year too.

  • @johnmartin7158
    @johnmartin7158 23 дня назад +1

    1940 Dodge 2nd scenario.

  • @bobmccurdy8881
    @bobmccurdy8881 Месяц назад +1

    Ford- Hudson

  • @buckystarfinger2487
    @buckystarfinger2487 Месяц назад +1

    Anyone remember real women? Real cars and real women. WTF happened?

  • @gene978
    @gene978 Месяц назад +1

    If you’re interested in a Duet to your Song hit me up. “God Bless his Underwear, Only God knows he Needs it Blessed baby’

  • @garyfrancis6193
    @garyfrancis6193 Месяц назад

    Terrible grammar.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  Месяц назад

      You sound like you'd be really fun at parties