Need help ID'ing an old pick-up truck

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    My wife drives past a small collapsed barn twice a day. On the first day it collapsed, she spied a classic pickup truck beneath the boards. It has been like that for about 2 months now. Just yesterday we typed up a nice letter to the property owner and dropped it in the mailbox, asking if he would be willing to part with it.

    I have not shot any pics of it yet, but I do know that it has two rear windows, with straight glass edges in the middle but rounded on the outside edges, bubble fenders, with a pointed hood. The paint is shot, but what little sheet metal we can see is straight. It also has that 40's - 50's looking bed, squared off with the flared out rails. We went online, and I cannot find any pictures of Ford, Chevy or Dodge 40s or 50s trucks with split rear windows. Then I found a pic of an International Harvestor with two rear windows. Can anyone confirm that IH had the only split rear window pickup trucks? What else could it be? Thanks!
     
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    Look like this?
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    How about a Fargo?
     
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    Dave, I have no idea what that is. Off to google I go!
     
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    Fargo?? it's like a DeSoto... :)
    I don't think it is, I looked.
    I don't think I've ever seen a pickup with dual back windows like that, at least from the factory...
     
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    yeah, they all seem to have one piece rear windows. i told my wife she might have to take the camera next time and take a shot from the road.
     
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    I just checked, 1930-1955 Ford, and I found nothing....But I'm interested to know now!!
     
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    How about this??
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    Kind of, those windows are squared off. The windows we saw look like an oval cut in half. Is that picture of an International Harvestor?
     
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    Yes, it's a 3/4 ton International. (I think)
     
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    has anyone looked up a dodge see if any of them from back then might look like that?
     
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    I looked at a handful of years between 30 and 55 on google, nothing with two rear windows. :hmmm:
     
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    I looked at some Diamond T's and some Reo's before and after they merged and nothing. Then I looked at some of the Osh Kosh's and a few other unthought of brands like White and Mack as they did build some smaller stuff and still nothing. The Studdies that I looked at have an oval, (kinda) back window but it is a one piece. :hmmm: I can picture what you are talking about because I have seen it before. If I remember what it was or find it I will post it.

    What does the winner get anyways?? :rofl2:
     

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