Oppo, can you help me identify this?

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 08/16/2020 at 07:20 • Filed to: None

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It’s badged as a Dodge, but I can’t find any information about it.

I can’t find any Dodge trucks with that body. I’m beginning to think this is a one-off custom.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 07:55

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no idea. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 07:57

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maybe something like a 1938 Dodge, with like you say a custom body.

TheRealBicycleBuck > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/16/2020 at 08:09

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That’s what I was thinking too . The wheels and front clip look right. There’s nothing about that body out there. It also has sliding doors. I thought I might find information on a coachbuilder, but no luck.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 08:23

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It’s a 40's Dodge truck with custom rear body. Not uncommon for delivery vans and such at the time. Companies would buy chassis from the manufacturer.

A Dodge T-, V-, or W- series, likely.

Dusty Ventures > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 09:25

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It’s definitely junkyard gold prewar

TheRealBicycleBuck > Dusty Ventures 08/16/2020 at 10:16

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T hen that’s what it shall become!

Kar Wai Wong > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 10:52

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Yeah, like some aftermarket walk-in delivery van body for a Dodge W-Series.

Couldn’t find any exact matches though.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 11:00

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Lots of prewar van and truck upfits were outsourced to small third parties who often produced very few of a design. Looks like this Mack I saw or maybe this other one. Then again, they only needed a box on wheels so they just made whatever and sometimes changed things up.

onlytwowheels > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 11:50

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1946 or 1947 Dodge 1 1/2 ton, most likely sold as a chassis, and custom body installed from aftermarket company.

Similar to these older Dodge truck chassis.

TheRealBicycleBuck > onlytwowheels 08/16/2020 at 12:01

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It makes sense that they were sold as a chassis. I was really hoping to find something on the coachbuilder, but it looks like that information just isn’t out there.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/16/2020 at 14:09

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Yeah they made all kinds of custom bodies back then, a lot are just a box.