- Seller: Mike H (Contact)
- Location: Hitterdal, Minnesota
- Mileage: 9,350 Shown
- Chassis #: T12851209
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 413 cui V8
- Transmission: TorqueFlite
Vintage cabover haulers have a presence all their own, and this 1941 Dodge COE looks ready to draw attention whether it is parked at a show or carrying another classic down the road. Finished with a red cab, black fenders, custom bed, and big-block Chrysler power, this Dodge combines prewar commercial styling with modernized drivability. Located in Hitterdal, Minnesota, it is offered as a Barn Finds Classified with a clean title and an asking price of $28,000.
Power comes from a 413 cubic-inch Chrysler V8 paired with an automatic transmission believed to be a Chrysler TorqueFlite. A Mitchell high/low gear splitter provides overdrive capability, and the seller states that the truck cruises effortlessly at 70 mph. The chassis is believed to be based on a Dodge truck or motorhome one-ton-plus platform, and the odometer shows 9,350 miles since the build.
The cab is finished in red with black fenders and underside, and the seller states there is no rust. The interior has been upgraded with custom black leather, a dash-mounted tachometer and speedometer, and a custom painted metal center console housing gauges for oil pressure, clock, water temperature, fuel, and voltage.
The rear bed is one of the major highlights. It features an 8-foot by 16-foot Apitong hardwood floor, described as a $4,000-plus upgrade, along with electric tilt, an electric 8,000-pound winch, 6-foot aluminum ramps, and 8-foot wooden ramps. Chrome wheels are fitted all around, with Bridgestone LT235/85R16 tires mounted as singles up front and duals in the rear.
Additional details include chrome upright dual exhaust behind the cab, oversized chrome towing mirrors, a 40-gallon fuel tank, and recent service that included a carburetor rebuild, pump motor replacement, and oil change. The seller notes that all glass is near-perfect aside from the driver’s quarter window and lower driver’s windshield area. Built in 2000 and showing only 9,350 miles, this Dodge cabover offers the look of a vintage hauler with the power and equipment to be useful. Whether used as a show hauler, shop truck, promotional vehicle, or weekend toy, this 1941 Dodge COE has the kind of character that is hard to replicate.
Surprise automatic in there. Nice rig.
Appears to be done right, nice truck.
Very nice job!!! Beautiful truck.
Sweet!!!
I really cannot condemn the job that’s been done here. The builder definitely captured the original essence while breathing some new life into the mix. That’s a lot better than some of those total butcher jobs that I’ve seen. However, I would prefer to see something that has been gone through and has retained most of its original charm, even if the builder opts for a larger engine. Myself, I’d have kept the flathead six and crashbox and continued to hold up traffic.
Does it come with the Fiat?
As most of you know I am not a big fan of restomods. But this is a very nice build. These “snub nosed” trucks are fairly rare and as GEO said I would have preferred the builder had kept it closer to original. Three things I would have done differently. First, where are the front turn signals?? and a bigger /better light bar on the back. Second, I would have gone with a rollback bed rather than the tilt and messing with ramps, which are unsafe and have the possibility of damaging the hauled car by it slipping off the ramps. Third, I do NOT like his dash, I would have gone with a larger tach and speedo, then surrounded or interspersed them with the other smaller gauges. Having the vital gauges down on the doghouse make them hard to monitor.
Yes, but the roll back adds about 1,500 to 2,000 lbs (not to mention the cost) and would probably require going to tires with more load carrying capacity. AND, if in fact it is a motorhome chassis, then it’s about maxed out (with a reasonable load) as it is now. This looks well thought out for a medium duty rig. Definitely not a heavy hauler.
That flatbed, with a heavy wooden floor, with an electric hoist, and ramps will weigh close to the same..
Whoa! That is SO cool! I’d love to have it just as a showpiece, and haul a car or two for people here and there – or put sides and a tailgate on it and move people from one house to another in town. With what’s been done to it, it appears well worth the asking price – with the super-cool factor being worth half of that.
As it sits it is probably (??) eligible for antique / historic plates and insurance. The minute you start hauling for other people it becomes “Commercial” and the price of both go out of site..
Have to go to Gods Country to get it…………………..
Great subject and build. When looking at the front pic it is pure Brute..
Chrome mirrors, chrome dual stacks and a very unusual chrome wire wheels on the Fiat. I guess this guy likes chrome!
I’m in lust! Wish I had another’s storage garage.
Gauges are easy to change out. Yes a rollback would be nice, but the price on this as it stands today is also not bad.
GLWTS