Sol's '54 R112


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Sol's '54 R112

Been hunting for one of these for over 2 years now. FINALLY found one locally, in reasonable shape, and for not a ton of money.

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There is quite a few dents/creases to fix, but extremely little rust :cool:




I've been hoarding a dakota that is going to give up its frame/suspension for the cause.
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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:45 am

Re: Sol's '54 R110

Probably going to take more than a week on this one :laughing:


Some more pics

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I love the hood on this thing. You can open it from either side like this.

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Seat has had better days. Floors feel solid.

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No rust on the doors

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The worst rust area. I'm assuming this sat in a field with the front slightly downhill and the bed filled with water.

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A little more rust under the headlights. This area is completely open in the back so it gets fully abused by whatever comes off the tires.

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Dog approved? He best not think that is a good place to sit after I put some paint on there :lol: (he jumped up there himself)

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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 9:48 am

Re: Sol's '54 R110

Dakota is stripped. +$87 to the project from scrapping it


What I was after

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Re: Sol's '54 R110

The tailgate was mangled pretty bad, so I elected to just build a new one (a bit heavier duty also)

Old gate

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First swing at the replacement. It is just tacked up for now. I left the center open enough to fit the INTERNATIONAL back in there as I hope I can straighten out that section of the old tailgate.

(the tubes are straight, not sure why it looks like it has a dip)

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On the truck. Now I made it the same dimensions as stock so it sat about an inch lower than this. Well I don't plan on using the chains and I didn't like how it look, so I moved the hinges up a bit so it would line up with the top of the bed.

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3rd brake light for safety. Top of the cab like a modern truck would have been better, but holding it up there it just didn't look right, so in the tailgate it went. 12" Led strip from Amazon.

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Flush

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And that is where I'm at right now. I have an old F150 I got for free I was going to take the engine/trans from, but I changed my mind on that and will be going with something a bit newer. I'm heading out in a few minutes to hopefully pick up that donor truck.
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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:53 am

Re: Sol's '54 R110

Looking Good Joe, will watch your progress.
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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:03 pm

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Looks like you're off to a great start!

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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 3:29 pm

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I like what you've done so far.
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Re: Sol's '54 R110

Picked up a donor today. Little bit different route than I was originally heading. Heavy bugger. The electrical system is fubar in it so it doesn't charge at all and the fuel pump either doesn't run or runs all the time (hooked to a switch). If you put the fuse back in for the alt it stalls out :confused: I think it might be a body module issue but I don't plan on messing with it.



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Mmm, 5.4 32v goodness :D This is basically the 5.0 coyote's crotchety old man :laughing:

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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:28 pm

Re: Sol's '54 R110

I think that "R" looks like a good start.
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Post Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:39 pm

Re: Sol's '54 R110

Thanks. This Excursion was a V10 when I bought it. I drove it around for about a year before I swapped it. I owned the dodge that gave up the engine for a few years before the Ex and I really did like it, but I needed more seating for race buddies. I was looking for an 80's dodge crew but those are hard to come by and usually pretty expensive when you do (sounds familiar to shopping for the IH). The Ex popped up locally for pretty cheap so I snagged it. There are situations where I'd prefer a truck to an suv, but cheap is cheap :D


(this pic was while I was still doing the swap)

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I considered a 4BT in the IH, but I wanted something more hot rod than work truck with this.
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