New project

Made a deal today on a 1948 Federal 16M2 truck cab today. Going to pick it up Thursday. Yea I know it’s not a MOPAR but it’s a rare Vehical and it will probably end up with a MOPAR drive train. Hopefully a Gen III Hemi.

Shop truck?

Good luck and keep us updated.

instead of a gen3 hemi, how bout a cummins turbo diesel ?
in my opinion, that would fit that style of truck better.

Pictures???? We NEED to see pictures of this truck cab. Is it just a cab, or did you get more parts?

It’s just the cab. So I’ll have to build a chassis to put it on. Will probably go with a Speedway G- Comp front suspension and a triangular rear with coil overs. Pictures will be coming once I get the cab and get started. I plan to document the build like I did when I built my 55 Gen III hemi powered Dodge pickup back in 2013.

Looking forward to this build as well.

Sorry it’s taken so long but here is a picture of the Federal Motors truck cab As I bough it. And one of where I’m at now

Bree is the chassis I built for it. And the bed. Also the hood, fenders and radiator shell are all hand formed.

NICE!

More details please.

Fantastic job !!!

Really like where you're going with this

wow ! that bed is fantastic !
as said above, more pictures !

That's cool!!!

The front suspension is a Speedway Motor G Comp universal unit. The rear is a triangulated with coil over. I used a kit designed for a mid 30s Ford. The same set up on my 55 Gen lll powered pickup. 17 inch tires front and rear. Y’all aren’t going to like this, but I went with a SBC with a 700R4 for power. A friend offered me a fresh rebuilt sbc short block for $300. Since the plan is to sell it when it’s finished I figured why not. It’s also easier to sell with the sbc. The rear end is a Ford 8.8. Here are a few more shots. I’m not at home now but will post more when I get back next week.

Here are a couple shots of the street rod I built last year.

I like the wrecker bed

Getting close. Almost done with the wiring. Fabricated the headlight brackets this afternoon.