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14 years ago in FORD
the motor out of the 48 flat nose 1.5 ton currantly has a 4 speed on it,so i know it wont work unless i put buckit seats in,but im looking at bidding on a 48 ford trans 3 speed will it bolt up to the same pattern as the 4 speed and will they bolt in to the 51 ford i have.need some help as its all new to me.thanks my email add is [email protected]
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13 years ago
I am asuming,boy i better be carefull of that word,your talking about the 239 flathead,yes the trans will fit the engine BUT, the 48 trans is a closed drive shaft,51 is open and everything about the engine,water pumps, witch includes different motor mounts, distributer location,fan drive ,there is going to be a lot of part swaping.It sounds like you must allready have the engine in question,my only suguesstion and it might be painfull but try to find a 49-51 engine and trans combo passenger car only.i'd hate to find you went thru all that labor and it not work out,check out "Speedway motors" on line. They have many pages on flathead parts maybe they can give you more info. best of luck with your project .OLDSHCOOL