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02-18-2019, 02:06 AM | #1 |
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1940 Ford Standard/1940 Ford pickup instrument cluster
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Is there any difference between these two instrument clusters? |
02-18-2019, 04:07 AM | #2 |
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Re: 1940 Ford Standard/1940 Ford pickup instrument cluster
I remember seeing a '40 pickup a few years ago that was an original and a basket case. It had a floor shift and the gauge only went to 60 mph as I recall. It also only had a low gear range on the gauge that showed not to go higher than 25 mph.
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02-18-2019, 09:30 AM | #4 |
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It was probably a four speed dash
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02-18-2019, 10:36 AM | #5 |
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Here are pictures of the 40 standard and pickup 100 MPH and the bigger truck 60 MPH. They also had very few with the 100 MPH that had the shift points like the 60 MPH
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Re: 1940 Ford Standard/1940 Ford pickup instrument cluster
Bill....that the one I saw some years ago with 60 MPH ! Maybe it wasn't a half ton I looked at !
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Re: 1940 Ford Standard/1940 Ford pickup instrument cluster
There are lots of unknowns about commercial vehicles. The '40 pickups could be ordered with the V-8 60 and they came with a 4.44 rear end. Seems logical that those pickups would come with a 60 mph speedometer due to the rear end ratio and the lack of power in the V-8 60.
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While the 60hp V8s were certainly underpowered, they are capable of obtaining over 60 mph even with low gearing.
31 inch tires, 4:44 rear axle ratio, 65 mph would be around 3128 rpm. 60hp V8 hp/torque curves list maximum hp at greater than 4000 rpm. Last edited by JSeery; 02-20-2019 at 11:14 AM. |
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Benson Ford Research Center, Dearborn, MI.
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The dash shown by Kube is the exactly the same dash that is in my 1940 pickup.
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You're very welcome.
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