| 39FORDPU | -- 08-11-2020 @ 4:54 PM |
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Is a 46 Ford super deluxe with a flathead six uncommon?
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| cliftford | -- 08-11-2020 @ 9:11 PM |
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If I remember correctly, about 75% of 46 models were super deluxe, and about 80% of those were V8s.
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| carcrazy | -- 08-11-2020 @ 9:37 PM |
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About 98,893 Ford Flathead 6 cylinder engines were manufactured in 1946. Although some of these were used in commercial vehicles, most went into cars. I would say that a Super Deluxe with a 6 cylinder is not a particularly rare car.
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| wmsteed | -- 08-12-2020 @ 9:02 AM |
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I would venture a guess that in reality a 6 cyln in a Delux or standard would be very rare do to the fact that most people would opt for a V8 replacement when the six started to wear out. In the early '60's a friend of mine bought a very nice '41 half ton that had a six. The truck ran well, however, my friend could not get over the fact that it was a six, he sold the truck in a few months. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe
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| 42wagon | -- 08-12-2020 @ 3:52 PM |
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Somewhere I have a dealer's price card but I can't find it right now. If my memory serves me a V-8 would cost you $10 more than a 6. When you consider inflation $10 would have been a significant number. Therefore I would not be surprised to find a fairly large number of cars with 6 cylinder engines. It is my understanding that it is a fairly complicated project to exchange a 6 for a V8.
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| carcrazy | -- 08-12-2020 @ 8:14 PM |
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In 1946 the V-8 engine cost approximately $50 more than the six. I agree with 42wagon that replacing a six cylinder with a V-8 in a 1946 Ford would be a major undertaking and not done often unless you had a donor V-8 equipped vehicle to cannibalize for all of the differing parts.
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