I think it was around 46 when Dad bought that Buick. took the back doors of a 4 door car and cut the roof of at the back side of the doors and floor at front side of doors. Used a rear axle with drive shaft emergency brake to run cables to lift the forks and it had a shaft running thru the right side of the cab that was powered off the fan belt to do the lifting. At first that shaft was not covered and Grandpa got his pant leg tore up with that shaft, then it got covered. For use in winter Dad had made a small wooden bed for it and it was our first truck in that it hauled the cow feed in that bed and pulled the wagon to town to the elevator. Lasted untill 53 (I was about 10) when it was getting so worn out could not get it started without pulling so was going to have overhauled and needed boring, checked and was told pistons and rings were avaible (Moms sisters husband was a mechanick) so he had the boring done, guess what no pistons avaible so you can figure what happened from there. That Buick road on 32 X 6 tires that translate to 6:00 X 20 for you youngsters and after it went byby those tires ended up on a school bus that was used as a huckster truck (Groceries). Was replaced with a 1946 Dodge 2 ton Maxwellhouse Coffe truck For 2 years. And Dave I am comming along fine since the surgery, starting to do a little work but a long while to fully recover, tire out very easy. And that rake is something different, had seen a picture of one like that someplace before.
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