I have found them to be stamped on the flange by the bolts that mount the tubes to the center section. I take it that since you say it's a 226 flathead that you have a 6 cylinder. They can run 55-60 for a bit. I did that in my '46 when it had the flathead 6, kept up at about 65 MPH. It's about the very upper limit of what they run at, anything more just feels like too much for the engine, and my truck is equipped with a 3.78, I believe. It should be able to keep up with traffic, especially in a small town.

 

Thanks 46fordtruck. yes is 6 CYL THATS WHY i WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD with stand alot og driving. B/c when we get it road worthy thats where it's goind to spend alot of time. Cruising around town, and driving it to local shows. I bought a 50 model flatheag 6 to have a extra one. The distributer is alot easier to get to on it. The one in the 46 looks tuff to work on if you had to b/c its in the front of the motor. I think this 50 model motor has 5 more horepower than the one we have know. Ia there any numbers on it to decode it. The man I got it off of could just tell me it was a 50 model motor b/c of the distributer placement.

 

The '50 engine (called and H series motor) will bolt right up the original '46 6 cylinder transmission, and most things will be bolt in from there. My '46 had an H series in it when I got it, and it ran well, kept up with traffic fairly well, especially around town kind of traffic. Not sure what the numbers can tell...I always called mine a '50. The H series was intro's in late late '47, and made until the overhead valve 6 came out for '53.

 

Just a followup explanation about my question on the 48-60 forum. Gary explained for you about the banjo rear ends. I was thinking someone had swapped in either an earlier or later rearend. Earlier would not have a removable cover. 48 and later ones would. That's where my question was going before I found the info about 48-50's using the 3.73 ratio.
Tim

 

Thanks Tim for the info. I didn't know if maybe early 48 would have a banjo rear in them or not. They did alot of different things back then. For example: My father was a judge in a local car show many years ago and a man who owned a 67 camaro, and the motor was painted a maroon color. Everyone knows that chevy motors are orange in the 60's. Or at least I thought so. Anyway the man came up to the judges and asked them what was wrong with his car. B/c he did have the better car there. They told him the motor color was wrong. Come to find out this guy bought this car brand new. It come factory with a maroon motor in it, and he showed them the paper work on the car. So 50 of these cars come with a maroon motor B/c while going down the line they ran out of orange paint and before they could fix the problem 50 cars had a maroon motor in them. And they come with paper work from GM telling why this was. I just thought that was a cool history story to tell you all. So if you are ever at a car show and see this, then impress your friends and tell them that is NOT a mistake. Thats why I asked you if some 48 had a banjo rear. B/c you never know what all ford might have done to these trucks or cars.

 

Let me ask you guys another question? On my 48 and the 46. The passenger back wheel sets in more than the driver side does. How do correct this. Do they make a spacer to set the wheel out a 1/4 to a 1/2 inch to make the truck look better. This is one thing about these trucks that I think makes them look funny when you look down the side of them. If there isn't a spacer for this then I'm going to have to have one made I quess, b/c to me that just doesn't look right.