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Look what I found today


The owner didn't seem to be home, so I just shoved as much money as I could through the mail slot, with a "call me " note. We'll see how it goes. A 1938 I think.

and this is what I found yesterday, (while touring around)

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It's a 1938. Ford or Merc?
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it's a 1938. Ford or merc?
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It's a 1938. Ford or Merc?
They had Mercury trucks in Canada, didn't they?
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They had Mercury trucks in Canada, didn't they?
They did, but this one says "Ford" on the badge which you can see just behind the headlight
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The Ford looks to be in great shape, as do those Pilot House Dodges. Don't they use salt on the roads up there?
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They had Mercury trucks in Canada, didn't they?
Yes, I had to look it up to refresh my memory. In '46 Ford Canada began building slightly upscale trucks and badgeing the Mercurys. This one had to be a Ford, being pre-war. Great looking truck. I hope someone preserves it.
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... Don't they use salt on the roads up there?
By the tons...

Use to drive my enduro all year around in Halifax and the only time I slide off the road was not because of snow or ice but salt...
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The lines and proportions on that thing are so beautiful. And look how the fenders are gradually rolled in just a little the last few inches before they end at the fenderwell line. Somebody put a lot of thought into that.

There was none of that left in the lines of the '51 that my dad and I refurbed in my teens.
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The lines and proportions on that thing are so beautiful. And look how the fenders are gradually rolled in just a little the last few inches before they end at the fenderwell line. Somebody put a lot of thought into that.
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Yep. But they only made the barrel-nose pickups for one year. They went back to car-based sheet metal in '39.
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I am constantly amazed by the vehicle you are able to find. Well done.
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Wow, that first one is beautiful. They just don't make 'em like that any more.




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