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sarahcecelia

07-17-2017 @ 7:07 PM

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I thouight that I had seen advertising by Ford that featured the "1949 All new Ford with 1oo hp!!"

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07-17-2017 @ 7:04 PM

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No source except memory, but I geuess I remembered wrong.

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07-14-2017 @ 8:44 AM

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Just to clarify, I rechecked my very credible and well-endorsed resource documentation to confirm and validate myself and indeed 1946 was the first year for FORD to have a 100 hp engine which is what specifically was being discussed here. To add to this and clarify the actual implementation year - Ford or otherwise - of the 100 hp motor, the 1941 Mercury (and 1942) was the first to have a 100 hp 239 flathead installed. After that, as previously reaffirmed for migger45 & TomO, FORDs (and Mercurys) first had 100 hp 239s in 1946-1948.

A bit more data from this resource documentation - the '38, '39 & '40 FORDs were 85 hp, the '39 & '40 Mercurys 95 hp and lastly the '41 & '42 FORDs were 90 hp.

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07-14-2017 @ 7:54 AM

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Steve Lee, please provide your source of horse power values. Mine is advertising material in my collection.

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len47merc

07-13-2017 @ 6:38 AM

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migger45 is correct.

EDIT - And TomO is correct.

Steve

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sarahcecelia

07-13-2017 @ 6:20 AM

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! don't think that is correct; I think 1949 was the first 100HP motor, and 1941 through 1948 were 95HP.

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07-10-2017 @ 1:41 AM

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All I know too the year 1946 is the first year for 100hp V-8

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07-08-2017 @ 8:03 AM

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The 1940 Ford was advertised as 85 HP in 1940. I believe that the 1941 Ford V-8 was advertised as 90 HP. In 1946 both the Ford V-8 and the Mercury had 100 HP V-8 Engines.

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07-07-2017 @ 5:29 PM

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Is the 1940 V8 85 or 90 Horsepower?? I thought it was 85 and went to 90 in 1946?

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