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    Dipstick question

    Have (as far as I know) an un-rebuilt '46-48 59AB 239, with this dipstick. All stock (with a few older parts, such as the diver's helmet- might have been from the original truck: 1940). No oil filter. Someone in the past was rather vehement about re-stamping the stick. Level is just shy of the...
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    '40 Fuel gauge

    Have an all stock '40 COE 239. Still 6V, all original gauges. This truck has been an amazingly willing resurrection candidate- most components when opened/disassembled have been extremely clean & operable. Changed out the original gauge cluster with a much nicer one bought at Hershey, but...
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    Generator blues

    This should be the last component to deal with (HA!) '40 COE with '46-48 59AB motor. All stock spec, still 6V pos ground. On 2nd trip down the road (1.2 miles), truck starts, runs & drives well- no complaints. Back in the driveway after that 1.2 miles and it suddenly starts doing the same...
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    license plate bracket circa 1940

    Looking for a usable factory license plate bracket for my '40 COE- attaches at one of the front bumper bolts. Interesting that these are easily invertible- you can have the plate below the bumper also. Don't need/want something clean/shiny/chrome; truck is cosmetically unrestored & I wouldn't...
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    Fuel regulator

    Specs: '46-48 59AB, all stock (other than dual exhaust). Ford 94 carb rebuilt & double-checked for float level & needle stickiness. Under my ownership, the truck only ran once, when the PO loaded it onto my trailer. I didn't see exactly what he did as far making it run, but it climbed the...
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    poppin' fuses

    '40 COE, stock, 6-volt, haven't run it yet. ALL new wiring, new battery. Took apart & cleaned/checked ignition switch. New NOS gauges. New fab'bed 'fuse block'. Good continuity on each new circuit. Connect battery: tails, headlights (low & Hi), dash lights work. Hit ignition toggle switch & 1...
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    Repro wiring clips for frame

    Offering sets of the repro wiring clips that hold the wiring harness along the frame & cross members. According to catalogs, they fit '28-56 on the trucks, to '48 for the cars. They are brand new steel clips. I had to buy 100, so looking to sell the bulk of what I don't need & help others who...
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    1938 "Ford Car Engineering Standards" factory info

    8.5 x 11, 38 pages, B&W photocopies. For factory draftsmen, contains drawing particulars & the like. Most pages are dated 1938, a few have revised dates of '40 and '43. Interesting internal documents. Add $6 for shipping in continental U.S.
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    Flathead engine ID

    I have a '40 COE, but the engine's bell housing date code is 11/1943 ('K 15 3'), the heads are 59AB, and the distributor is the diver's helmet style (correct for '41 & earlier). Sounds like a 'back-inna-day' rebuild using a number of parts, IMO. I read that FoMoCo started production of engines...
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    Wanted: brake line fittings

    I have a '40 COE. Front wheel cylinders are 1 3/8-in straight bore. Ford put an adapter fitting between the WCs and the brake lines- as the WC has a fine-thread 5/8-in female port. Somehow, I misplaced one of mine, and all local searching has turned up nothing. Can't finish my new brake...
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