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EFV-8 Club Forum / Light Commercial Truck Discussion / 1949 F-3 Pickup

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truckdog62563

10-28-2010 @ 1:55 PM

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1. Hard to find. Watch eBay, you see them there sometimes. No vendors come to mind. I bought a whole parts truck just because it had great boards and rear bumper. That's extreme maybe, but it beats dealing with rotten boards.

2. Bruce Horkey. Here's his link. http://www.horkeyswoodandparts.com/

3. Again, I'd watch eBay. You might also go to a more active forum like the FTE 1948 to 1960 forum and see if somebody has the parts to sell. Here's the FTE link. http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum41/

4. To keep the 8 lug x 6.5" pattern you could swap in a Dana 60 axle out of a 1967 to 1972 F-250. Bolt in swap and allows you to get down to a 3.73 or 3.54 IIRC.

5. To keep your stock Timken Model 51524 split case axle you could go to Chuck Mantiglia at Chuck's Trucks to get a set of his modified 4.11 gears. The ring and pinion sets are made for Franklin quick change racing applications but Chuck has worked out how to adapt them to the stock Timken case. I have two sets in my front and rear Marmon Herrington axles. I haven't got them installed yet so can't say how they work on the road. They've got to be a lot better than the stock 4.857 (4.86). You're right about the approximate price. Here's Chuck's link. http://www.chuckstrucksllc.com/startframe.htm

6. An issue you didn't mention but which is real important. Your '49 F-3 has 14" rear drums and uses 17" Budd multi-part wheels. There have been guys that tried to use 16" wheels and found they wouldn't clear the drums. The problem with the 17s is that they are the kind of wheel known as a "widow maker". Technical term for the wheels is Firestone RH-5°. Rather than me rattle on about the dangers of these wheels, please do yourself a Google search of the terms and read about them. Bad news. The best replacement is the 17.5" tubeless wheel first offered on 1956 F-250s. It allows use of stock hub caps and will clear drums fine. Might be hard to find though. Stu McMillan

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'52 F-3 Marmon Herrington I6

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Steve'49FordF3

10-27-2010 @ 8:43 PM

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Hey Guys, new to the club. I am finishing up a restoration of a 49 Ford F-3. Looking for a few parts and have some questions.
Parts:
1. need a driver side running board. Easy to find for F-1 but not so easy for my F-3. Anyone know where I can locate one or any ideas?
2. Seem to be missing the cross member bars for the bed. I have 2 that fit across the shorter end of the bed in the center by the wheel wells but missing longer bars - any suggestions? Also need the wood for the longer F-bed. Guess we can cut them to size but does anyone sell those ready to install?
3. Missing the small plate that sits on the floor under the brake and clutch. Anyone know where I can locate that part?
4. Finally, I have never driven this "project" truck but I know mine came from a farm and I hear the ratio on the rear end will be a slow ride - not great for highway as it is. I know that I can swap out the rear end from a junked vehicle. Anyone have a list of rear ends that would fit in the F-3? Want to keep same measure center to center between springs and would like to hopefully keep the same 8 lug wheels. Looking for right junker (year, model, make) that would do the job.
5. I've also heard about rear end kit that apparantly retro fits in my original rear end but for approx $700 gives an improved gear ratio for better speed and highway use. Anyone have any experience with this?

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