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[NodawayRiverClone]

My old roommate in college had a Fiat that he did that with, only he had one of those little hand held tire pumps he used instead of having to put his lips on the gasoline drenched hose.

I'm trying to remember, but you're mentioning the battery made me remember that the battery was under the cab floor? Maybe?

One other story about Dad. At some point he reused an old brake fluid can, he put some leftover kerosene in the can and marked it with a magic marker. Then later, forgetting that he did that, he dumped the kerosene into the brake master cylinder of that same truck (and also the 62 Ford that was basically my sister's car at the time). Needless to say that didn't work out too well. Both vehicles needed rubber parts replaced and full bleeding of their brake systems.

Yes, my recollection is the battery was under the passenger side floor board, maybe.

An unusual feature on the '40 was that the windshield was hinged on top and could be cranked open to fully horizontal.

 

[MeanDean]

Yes, my recollection is the battery was under the passenger side floor board, maybe.

An unusual feature on the '40 was that the windshield was hinged on top and could be cranked open to fully horizontal.

Yes passenger side floor. Six volt, of course. The '50 didn't have the hinged windshield. It did have some sort of a grill protector/push bar configuration on the front. And yes, it was used for that many times. It also had a bar frame around the top of the seatback.

I remember many summer days with it backed up to the wire mesh corn crib (ear corn) and us climbing in and tossing the ears into the back of that pickup. And that's how the back window got broken - spider web crack broken, not broken out. Then the trip to the grain elevator two towns over - weighed - then dumped - then weighed again. Then receiving the weigh ticket to bring home to Dad. I think one time my sister tried to get them to pay her for the load when she drove one over. I don't think the elevator fell for it. They knew Dad and the truck too.