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The 1939-1947 Dodge Truck Registry
This page is dedicated to all those folks who are interested in
 the early trucks
of the "Job-Rated" era. The light trucks built by Dodge,
Fargo, Plymouth and Desoto from 1939, on through the War, and postwar
until 1947 are included in this special interest truck site. In
the near future the site will expand to include resources and lists
of trucks and their owners; photos are needed of all the surviving
trucks. Send yours in!
If you are a 39-47 Dodge truck
owner, we would like you to please REGISTER
now. We are building a data base of owners and serial
numbers for all these trucks. It is strictly for record purposes
and would serve as a mailing list for the members to be contacted.
It would help if you have your truck's data in hand, including
the serial number, model number and year. The serial
number or VIN is located on the factory ID plate located on the
door pillar, between the hinges. It also gives your trucks model
and the GVW. Engine numbers are located on the left side of the
cylinder head, between #1 and 2 cylinders. For assistance please
e-mail me at dlfenn@newsguy.com
We have a group forum for discussion of these
wonderful trucks. You are encouraged to go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/39-47Dodge
and sign up as a member of this forum. Once you have signed in as
a member, you have access to the files, links, photos and all the
connections to the resources. We are working together to support
the knowledge and the interest in these trucks. The forum is very
useful in sharing ideas between all of the registered 39-47 Dodge
truck owners. A list of all registered trucks is located in the
data base on this forum site. We also are planning on a semi-annual
newsletter; the first issue is to be published soon. Well, we thought
it was soon. Now its later. A lively discussion of current topics
can be seen on the link above. Please check it out. Join Up!!
In the mean time, for an excellent background
article read Don
Bunn's piece on these World War II era trucks.
I also recommend the following reference book:
Dodge
Pickups : History and Restoration Guide, 1918-1971 by Don Bunn
and Tom Brownell; I would not attempt to restore a truck without
this book and the list if references that it provides. In the meantime,
check out this site that provides A
Brief History of Dodge Trucks. Its a primer for the background
of the first Job Rated trucks.
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