1948 Ford F1 Pickup Truck

Finally got it all cleaned up and reassembled the body panels. The old spark plugs had rusted in half, and had to be removed with an easy out.
It has 4 new innertubes, 4 used tires (15" front, 16" rear), 20 used lug nuts, a new generator belt, a new thermostat & gasket, and a new shift knob. The generator and starter have been rebuilt. All of the nuts and bolts on the engine have been replaced with stainless steel. The oil and filter were changed, new oil in rear differential, new oil in gearbox, new battery cables, new air cleaner housing and filter, new distributor cap, rotor, points, ignition coil, spark plugs, spark plug wires, new head gasket.
Still needs carburetor rebuild, wire connections to generator and coil, new 6 volt battery, brakes, wheel bearings, seat needs reupholstered, headlights, tail lights, and coolant system flushed out.
The flathead straight six 3.7 Liter 1 barrel L-Head 6 cylinder engine rotates, the cylinders look good, but it has some stuck valves. It has not been started since around 1982.
The gun sight hood ornament is off a 1949 Buick (like the car used in the 1988 movie Rain Man)

Introduced with the 1941 model year, the first Ford six (designated G-series) displaced 226 cu in (3.7 L) and produced 90 hp (67 kW), the same as the Flathead V-8 that year. Like the V-8, it was also a flathead or L-head engine. In 1948, Ford raised the compression of the flathead six (designated H-series or Rouge 226) so that it generated 95 hp (71 kW) and 180 lb·ft (244 N·m) of torque. The G- and H-series engines were used in the full-size Ford cars and trucks to replace the smaller 136 cu in (2.2 L) Flathead V8 that were used with the 1937 Ford. Ford discontinued production of the H-series engine with the 1951 model year.
1948 Ford Trucks
In January 1948, a new era began at the Ford Motor Company with the release of an all-new line of trucks that Ford dubbed the "F-Series."

This new series, which Ford promoted as its "Bonus Built Line," covered a wide range of models with different cab and chassis combinations. The line started out with light-duty 1/2-ton-rated pickup trucks and ran all the way up to the Extra Heavy-Duty, three-ton-rated F-8. These trucks used a completely redesigned cab with all-new front-end sheetmetal. And in a departure from previous practice, the same cab served both conventional and Cab-Over-Engine models.

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[MyAustin55]

they save gas the inline 6

[granskare]

nice...I drove one from Chicago to just north of Escanaba, Michigan in 1956...great sound....:)

[subiemon]

sweet ur keeping the 6 in there

[Ajen1959]

thats bad ass! i hope you leave it just the way it is!