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Posted by Gary in CO [64.234.252.221] on Saturday, January 05, 2013 at 14:19:17 :
In Reply to: 40's dodge 9 ft utiline bed and cab compatibility posted by Mark in Vancouver [207.216.140.116] on Saturday, January 05, 2013 at 10:08:09 :
The 39-47 cabs are taller and sit taller on the frame like on the 42 WC 1/2 ton WWII truck which is why they had sloped hoods. The PW cab is shorter and sits on the frame lower like on the 43 WC 3/4 ton WWII truck. You can see the difference below the door. Disclaimer: I am no expert at all, but I have drawn all of these. Like Kaegi said, I think they put that lower bed on a PW prototype. I believe the lower bed also had slanted top rails vs flat on the first series 47 PW bed. G-Man.
A 47 1 ton would be cool anyway!!
Power Giant bed info, but perhaps some info pertains to earlier beds:
http://www.dodgeclassictrucks.com/bedtime.html
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