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1940 Dodge VF Cargo Trucks 1940 Dodge VF 1-1/2 Ton 4WD Cargo Body Trucks built for the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. Used on military bases in the US.  Militarized versions of civilian Dodge trucks. Transport capacity 2 crew and 12 passengers. T-203 99hp 241ci engine. 6.6:1 gear ratio. Civilian gauges. 143" wheelbase.  Weight 7,250lbs. GVWR 10,250lbs.  Restoring one and rebuilding another. Album by dave horvath. 1 - 289 of 289 Total. 20058 Visits.
1 Early VF-401 #8828736 2 Sixth Service Command Headquartered in Chicago, Ilinois 3 Delivered 3-25-40 4 No date on bed tag 5 Alongside 1947 WF-31 6 Now has a 1946-48 Chrysler engine 7 Pair of VF-401s Purchased at Midwest Military 8 Restoring one Rebuilding the other 9 Early VF-401 #8828831 Delivered 3-27-40 10 W-315879 Solid cab, dented roof, excellent cargo body 11 Road Speeds 47MPH Max 12 T203-3773 No optional oil filter 13 14 "SOUP JOB" 15 16 Donor frame for second VF 17 #8829204 18 VF-401 #8829518 19 Delivered 4-17-40 20 W-315953 Solid cab, floor in need of repair, bent frame 21 Invasion star on passenger door 22 23 24 T203-4181 Zenith fuel filter 25 Note slanted carb spacer 26 Badly bent frame 27 Removing the cab 28 VF-404 #8831640 Parted out 29 W-318397 Second contract truck 30 1-1/2 Ton "LC" 4X4 "2DT" VF404 USA 8831640 Q.M Corps GROSS WEIGHT 10250 LBS MAX PAYLOAD 3000 LBS MAXIMUM TRAILERED WEIGHT 4000 LBS MAXIMUM SPEED 47 MPH Delivered 5-28-40 31 T203-5837 32 Cracked block Large oil filter 33 34 35 Specifications 36 History 37 Contract numbers 38 Production figures VF-404 starts with W-317911 39 Early contracts Instruction Manual 40 41 Early contracts Maintenance Manual 42 Late contracts Parts List 43 44 45 46 Budd Cargo Wagon 1943 patent drawings 47 Cargo Wagon Parts List with prices 48 49 Pre-registration photo Dark green semi-gloss paint Silver lock rings, studs and lug nuts Directional tires 50 Preregistration photo VF-402 or VF-405 winch model 51 Pre-registration photo VF-402 or VF-405 winch model 52 53 VF-401 W-313795 5th Quarter Master's Battalion A-32 190th truck built 54 VF-401s W-313817 and W-314618 55 VF-401 W-313876 56 W-313876 57 VF-401 #313985 58 VF-401s W-314054 59 W-314411 60 W-314483 19th Field Artillery 61 VF-401 W-31454? 62 VF-401 W-314579 63 VF-401 W-314594 64 VF-401 W-314669 65 VF-401 W-314687 80th Field Artillery Headquarters Battery 66 VF-401 W-314716 67 VF-401 W-315037 68 VF-401 W-315203 behind VC 69 VF-401 W-315286 70 VF-401 W-315625 71 W-315990 19th Field Artillery 72 VF-401 W-316176 Parts list for mounting pioneer tool rack 73 VF-402 or VF-405 W-316895 74 VF-401 W-317079 1st Field Artillery D-244 75 Same image in Hein-Werner Ad 76 124th Field Artillery Crossed Cannons 77 VF-402s W-31715? * 25th Field Artillery Battery B? 78 VF-403 W-317221 Dump bed 79 VF-403 W-317309 Dump beds had no mud flaps 80 VF-403 W-317361 Dump bed 81 VF-401 W-317418 82 VF-403 W-317451 Dump bed 5th Engineers Company A 83 French book VF-404s start with W-317911 84 VF-404 W-318464 85 VF-404 W-318857 86 VF-404 W-319158 87 VF-404 W-319174 88 89 VF-404 W-319182 90 Claude Frazelle's VF-404 W-319818 144th Infantry Service Company 5 "I bought this truck a few ..." View Comments... 91 VF-404 W-319843 144th Infantry Headquarters Company 92 VF-405 W-320014 Dump Bed Virginia National Guard 111th Field Artillery Battery B 93 W-286265 in background 94 Mess truck 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 Bart Deacock's beautiful VF-401 103 Rear mud flap moved forward 104 Now in a Russian museum 105 Short front apron on bed 106 Chevy beds had reflectors on tailgate rather than triangle braces 107 Museum truck 108 Bert DeSciullo's VF-403 or VF-406 Dump Bed 109 Sold for $15,000 110 111 Original interior 112 VF-401 Keith Wolfe 113 #8829160 114 115 Truck at Iowa PW rally 116 Truck on Ebay 117 Dump bed 118 119 120 121 122 Truck for sale in Missouri 123 Claude Frazelle's VF W-319818 124 Progress! 125 Larry Langer VF401 126 Larry Langer VF405 127 Oregon truck 128 Correct bed Frame rail extended 129 130 131 Modified 132 Pinterest Incorrect headlights 133 VF-405 with winch 134 135 136 137 Build card 138 VF-402 or VF-405 winch model 139 VF-402 or VF-405 140 VF-402 or VF-405 Montana 141 Don Evans 142 Mike Clark 143 Maine 144 145 First VF-401 Under restoration 146 147 148 Tank has holes, but will be good for pattern 149 Sales tag for NOS grill guard 150 8.25 x 20" Samson Trakker Plus 151 NOS Mazda bulbs 152 Head lamp base gaskets made by Charlie M. 153 1939 headlights used on 1940 VF 154 Rebuilt carbs! 155 VF-404 frame to repair VF-401 frame 156 Michael McClintock making repairs 157 158 251 sleeved and rebuilt as a 265 being rebuilt again .020 over by Ken Holmes 159 Head planed 160 VF has unique horse collar mount 161 Fits around cast iron timing chain cover 162 Cast iron pulley also 163 Zerk fitting to lube collar 164 Rebuilt water pump 165 166 Hub puller made by John S. 167 Rear inner bearing and race 168 Speedi-Sleeve for spindle 169 Rear inner hub oil seal 170 171 Spring pin bushings 172 Installed 173 Rear hangers 174 New bushings 175 Pinion nut pops when it releases! 176 Pinion yoke and cap removed. 177 Pinion seal numbers 178 Lever action shock links straightened 179 Inner seal surfaces badly grooved by seal springs 180 JB KWIK Weld to fill deep grooves 181 Sanded smooth 182 183 Installation tool made with 3 1/4" hole saw 184 Heated to expand 185 Tap with big hammer 186 Installed! 187 Dremel with cut-off wheel 188 189 Rough edge filed down 190 Sanded smooth 191 Rear wheel bearings, nuts, and washers 192 Axle treated with Rust Fix 193 194 Brake shoes relined 195 Installed with new wheel cylinders 196 Home made leather seal to replace cork 197 198 New pinion seal 199 200 201 Original thermostat 202 251ci engine sleeved and rebuilt as a 265ci engine now .020 over 203 Will go in second VF-401 204 Flywheels resurfaced 205 Frame for restoration project 206 Pintle hitch 207 Installed with replacement lock spring 208 Budd tag on cargo bed 209 Cleaned up nicely 210 Replacement stake pockets from Vehicles of Victory 211 Flipping to work on underside 212 213 Removing battered tool box 214 Will be used for pattern 215 Reproduction gas tanks made locally 216 Need to be drilled and tapped for sending units 217 218 Underside of bed in primer 219 Cargo tie down hooks will be bolted 220 Springs for the patina truck 221 Tool box floor ready for install 222 Thanks to John W. S. 223 224 225 226 227 Underside of bed painted 228 229 230 231 Front stainless and chrome hood ornament 232 Patina front end has plain metal Dodge section and hood ornament 233 Treated with Rust Fix 234 Wheels for the restoration 235 Samson Traker Plus M&S tires 236 237 Restoration frame painted 238 Pintle hitch installed 239 Of all the trucks, only one frame had the spare tire carrier 240 Rear axle ready to install 241 242 Spring pin locks 243 All springs rebushed 244 Running boards painted 245 New wood blocks and cab mounts 246 Repro gas tanks 247 New spring u-bolts 248 Rear axle mounted 249 Three transfer cases to check out 250 Gauges restored 251 Frame for the patina project 252 253 254 255 Temporary axle and steering 256 Seat restored by Charlie McEwuen 257 258 259 260 Checking bed height and position for spare 261 Installing uprights and top bows to be cut to fit 262 263 T203-3773 241ci sleeved and bored .020" over 264 265 266 Hand brake hardware 267 Rebuilt transfer case 268 Installed 269 Replacement steering assembly 270 New clutch and pressure plate 271 Rebuilt distributor 272 273 274 275 276 277 Tie rods straightened 278 279 280 Second frame painted 281 Rust-Oleum Farm & Implement low gloss black 282 Rims for second VF-401 283 Nutech N300 Super Tractions 8.25x20 284 285 286 287 288 289
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