1987 Ford Ranger Engine in 1940 Pickup

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Dec 6, 2002 | 01:14 PM

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1987 Ford Ranger Engine in 1940 Pickup

Does anyone know if a 1987 Ford Ranger V-6,5-speed and rear end would fit well into a 1940 Ford pickup. I can buy the whole running truck for $500. The body is shot from salted roads.
One drawback is it's fuel injection instead of carb.

Dec 9, 2002 | 01:32 PM

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That sound's like it would be nice setup to me. Getting the fuel injection hooked up would be the major hassel. Maybe Ford motor sports has a wiring harnest for that like they do the 5.0s? $500 also sounds like a good price for a whole drive line.

Dec 9, 2002 | 02:01 PM

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Well unfortunately I waited too long on the $500 deal. I am still going to look in the Ranger drive train option tho. I would guess you could pull the computer and everything out of the donor vehicle to operate the fuel injection. I might call the insurance companies and see if they have any totalled Rangers or maybe Aerostar?

Dec 11, 2002 | 09:59 AM

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Aerostar has no frame like a Ranger, it is unibody.
Your 40 would weigh about 2800 pounds stock, so that is in the ballpark for a 4x2 Ranger. My choice would be a 90 or newer Ranger with 4.0L engine and manual transmission. That would come with a 8.8" rear axle.

Dec 14, 2002 | 07:44 PM

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1987 Ford Ranger Engine in 1940 Pickup

Explorer too with 4.0 v6

But get that flathead working !

Or the little 5.0 v8's out of mustangs with the 5 speed

Lots of parts available for the latter I mentioned
The main headache is the fuel injection for either setup!

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Dec 20, 2002 | 12:39 PM

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1987 Ford Ranger Engine in 1940 Pickup

Does anyone know if I could plop a 1949 Flathead engine into my 1940 pickup chassis without any frame modifications?

Would that engine bolt to my original 3 speed transmission?
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Dec 26, 2002 | 11:28 AM

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I think you could drop in the '49 flattie, but use the '40 water pumps so there are no probs in mounting the engine in the frame. The '40 pumps should bolt right onto the '49 block. Now as for the trans, I think the bellhousings are different on the '49. They have a seperate bellhousing. If you look at a pre '48 block the bellhousing is cast as part of the block, but the later flats have the belhousing cast seperate. I'm not sure if the bellhousing from the later block would bolt to your trans or not. I think it should, but I'm not 100% sure.

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