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12-12-2008, 08:10 PM
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Would've been a big loss if it went for scrap value......
And yeah it just hit me; All that re-capping! Well worth it though to get it running well again. I'd camp out in there!!!! 
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12-12-2008, 08:37 PM
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If you guys wanna read a good, sappy love story, check out "Truck" by John Jerome. In it, Jerome buys a worn-out 1951 Dodge B2B pickup & restores it as a work truck for his farm. The book chronicles his experiences, & while it tends to be a bit heavy in the "granola/hippy" idiom, Jerome is a good enuff writer to get you to fall in love w/the old junky truck, too. His truck is a smaller, 1/2 ton pickup version of Julian's big van, which looks to be at least a ton chassis. IIRC, Dodge came out w/the "Pilot House/Job-Rated" series of trucks in 1948, & made few changes on them til 1955.
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12-18-2008, 10:49 PM
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Wow that van is amazing! Like a blast from the past! It's awesome to see it's in good shape too! Yes, alot of recapping!
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12-19-2008, 10:23 AM
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Likely the oldest intact TV Remote truck extant. A score for the ages. This truck was originally built for WGN-TV in Chicago and passed down to a sister station when WGN built color facilities. Julian and I had an interesting phone chat about this find.
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12-19-2008, 11:03 AM
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Did you get those doors open yet?
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12-19-2008, 12:43 PM
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That is way cool!
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12-22-2008, 03:35 PM
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Wow, neat find. Your mileage maybe accurate, those are the original headlights. The small bullseye circle in the middle of the lens gives it away.
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01-12-2009, 11:31 PM
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Did you ever get the doors open to see what's in the storage areas?
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02-08-2009, 11:26 PM
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I'd also like to know. Thing is insanely neat.
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02-09-2009, 07:10 AM
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Incredible find, and once restored, what you can do with it is mind-boggling! What did it run you?
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02-09-2009, 07:40 AM
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That is a worthy project. Very cool! I have worked on a couple of vintage trailers from the 1940's and know how much work this stuff can take.
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03-28-2009, 08:36 PM
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Tough call. Since it was used at Cubs games, there is a definite draw towards repainting it in the original WGN livery.
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This will be a fun project to watch for updates! Nice save! Good luck with the restoration! 
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