40 ford heater

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Originally Posted by NCSUDucker

I have that same heater in my 39 truck, albeit rough shape and non functional at the moment. Is that Ford product or after market? I would definitely like to restore it but didn't know anything about it to start the process.

That heater depicted in a previous post is a Ford (OEM) heater.
The truck heater appeared very similar to the car heater. However, they mounted differently, and the inlet / outlet nipples were in different places than the car version. The truck version had a small drain plug at the bottom, the car version did not.
Also, '39 heaters had squared of knobs vs. the rounded version in '40.
The '39 heater body was a brown color vs. gray in '40. The toe guard in '39 was solid, in '40 it was vented.
Noi stripes on a '39 heater, the '40 heater had three red horizontal stripes on its two sides. These stripes were approximately 1/8” wide and spaced approximately 5/16” apart.