Dodge version of a Divco milk truck?

~5 years ago, there were a couple of old Dodges that turned up that had a rounded side profile and a roll up rear door. Wanted one, but had too many projects at the time. Haven't seen one since....can't find a picture either...

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tr, that is an excellent pic ! if i'm looking at it correctly, on the springs, the pc bolted to the spring thru bolt area would be the rear hub carrier ? what year[s] fsm would that be in ? thanks for sharing !!!!!

No exact, but 53-54ish in year.

I have a 54 Dodge truck service manual. The route truck has what looks like a hollow spindle bolted to what looks a lot like a front axle (runs side to side). This axle is attached to the leaf springs. A short drive shaft is mounted to the spindle with pressed bearings and connected to the the splined centers of the rear drums. (picture a modern front wheel drive hub/axle shaft, only more primitive, but with both hub mounts attached to an axle.) The other end of the drive shaft is connected by u joints to the center section mounted by "arms" to a subframe attached to the truck frame.

If the book wasn't in such rough shape I'd scan the pictures. Its a pretty cool looking thing, but I bet it was a real pain to work on. Gene

There's one in a field near my house.

I don't think the route trucks ever got a Hemi, most were delivery trucks with the flathead 6. Little room for much else. Also, by the early to mid 60s, the funky rear axle was gone. Had a guy come in my shop with a 63-65 (can't remember which) and it had a standard 8 3/4. There was also a route van running around here with a big truck (1 or 1 1/2 ton) frame under it. Gene

i have heard some dodge school busses had red rams,,never seen one my self,,,

here's another Dodge . This one looks to be an earlier 50's model

Seems the Route Vans like pictured above can still be found for not a lot of money. Just trying to get a vision of how one would look as a hot rod.

sorta like this ?

or this one?

that needs the top chopped in the front,rake the roof and smaller whindshield would make it look meeen,,,just my 2 cents

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