Quick Ford Pickup Question

I searched on here to try to find some info before asking...My dad and I were discussing if a 46 Ford pickup cab and box matches a 40 Ford cab and box? Sorry if this has already been covered. Tell me what you know.

 

The cab will interchange but the bed is different. Narrower I think.

 

The 42-46 bed is 3" wider than the 40-41 bed ---that means the tailgate too!!!!

 

Right! and
The cabs are almost identical

 

Thanks for the info.

 

the '40 is based on a car frame, and the '41 and up on its own truck frame, so that might cause interchange issues as well. I could be wrong, though.

EDIT: And I was wrong, lol.

 

I recently purchased a 1946 Ford pickup and sold the doors to a buddy for his 1940 ford pickup...they fit perfectly.

 

Pedal fits fine in mine. I'm using a 39 car frame with 46 cab. I did make patterns for the wood to frame mount because my floors were in great shape. I put the gas tank back on the frame as 40 pickups had and repaired the gas hole in the body. Here is a thread I'm doing on mine.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=527407

 

How wide is a 40 bed?

 

Very informative thread........answered some questions I had about using the later cab on earlier frame regarding the wood supports......Thanks

Ray

 

The 41 Ford truck used the same frame as 40 p***enger cars....42 was the truck frame changeover. the 40 - 41 pickups used p***enger car front fenders,...the 42 front fenders were of a more "boxy" style, and had different hardware to atch themm to the cab. 4TRUK