1948 Ford F-1 stake bed- 1/18 road legend

[f1ford48]

modified from a pickup- Ford actually offered these as can be seen in the dealers catalog image.

[1930fordpickup]

Frank looks great . My brother had a 52 just like it , takes me back a bit.

[f1ford48]

Hi Andy-I have a 1/1 1948 F-1-but its a pickup- I remember seeing a factory F-1 stake bed like this in Salinas back in 1977-the whole truck painted gold! it had the FORD script bed. thats the only one ive ever seen.I think ford offered the stake in the F100 series up till the late 60's.

[gray07]

Perfect color, looks great.

[jerseyjunker1]

i love what you did with this truck. the color is perfect it actually looks 1:1. i have some 18th scale trucks i have been trying to get to but at my age time is running out so i better get to it. lol

[the goon]

That's a real beauty.

Mark

[AzTom]

Very Nice. Do you have any Work in Progress photos? Sure would be great to see.

[f1ford48]

Hi Tom- this was built long ago- I dont have any ''in progress'' photos. but I can tell you the stake bed is from the 34 ford 1/18 truck.. the running boards , 1/4 fenders and frame for the bed scratch built. a pretty easy conversion.

[AzTom]

Thanks Frank.

I hope future builds can show WIP

[Greg Cullinan]

Nice job. Looks like a bear of a truck.

[Chuck Most]

Very nice.

And indeed- you could get a factory Ford stake bed platform, the one on this truck is the same style used from 1932 well into the 1970's with few changes.