| kcorrill | -- 05-04-2012 @ 1:10 PM |
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Is there a way to tellif my 37 ford truck had a 60 or 85 horse engine, hood has 85 v8 badges on it butthat could have been added later
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| CharlieStephens | -- 05-04-2012 @ 1:54 PM |
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Count the number of head bolts (studs). Seventeen is 60 hp, 21 is 85 hp thru 1937 and 24 is later 85 hp. Charlie Stephens This message was edited by CharlieStephens on 5-4-12 @ 1:54 PM
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| kcorrill | -- 05-04-2012 @ 2:11 PM |
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The engine is an 85 horse the difference between the two engines is not what i need, How can I tell what the truck came out with
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| supereal | -- 05-04-2012 @ 3:34 PM |
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If you can find "54" in the prefix any of the registration documents, it would have had a "60". A sure way to tell is to check the rear axle gearing. The 60 would likely have a 4-44 or 4-55 ratio. The stamped numbers on the "banjo" would be either 40-0 or 9-23. The production of the 60 actually beqan in 1935, and was to be used in Europe, 1937 was the first year it was sold here, and even though it was sold as an "economy" engine, it was underpowered, conpared with the '85, making it unpopular in trucks. In all, about 300,000 of these engine were produced the first year.
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| TomO | -- 05-05-2012 @ 8:18 AM |
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Check the serial number stamped on the frame. If it starts with an 18 then you truck started life as an 85 HP. The stamping should be on the left frame rail near the steering box. Use a scr*per to clean the grease and dirt away. Do not sand or grind as you may lose the number. Tom
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| wmsteed | -- 05-09-2012 @ 9:05 AM |
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My dad bought a '39 Ford 1/2 ton V8 60 in 1947.. We lived in the Inter-Mountain west at the time. That truck was really under powered.. Dad always said that the truck was so under powered that 'it could not pull a sick whore out of bed'. On many occasions I tried to talk Dad inter letting me re-power the truck with an 85 hp engine.. Of course I had plans for the V8 60, I had found a '29 A roadster pickup a few blocks from our house.. The owner said I could have the "A" because the engine was dead. Dad would not agree to the deal because he figured I would kill myself in a V8 powered Model A... Bill 36 5 win delx cpe
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| Stroker | -- 05-09-2012 @ 4:51 PM |
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Bill: In the mid-fifties, one of our neighbors in SoCal had a 29 roadster pickup with a V860. It was a horrible shade of Taxicab Yellow, but it had Edelbrock heads and an Edelbrock Super 2-97 manifold. I thought it was the coolest vehicle on earth, and tried to get dad's permission to buy it. As fathers tend to be, he rained all over that idea, and I ended up "inheriting" his hand-me-down 38 wagon from my big sister which I still have. In the late 50's, a wealthy "city boy" bought that 29 and spent a ton of money on it. The last time I saw it, it had chrome reversed wheels, was painted candy-apple red and featured a 356" Caddie with 3-94's and chromed valve covers. All I wanted to do was primer it, and install my 3/8x3/8.
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