Question on 40 ford pickups

[Nova-ss]

hi all,

does anyone know if in 40,ford pickup made tge front bench seat tilt foward? and if not.how did they get behind tge seat?..thank you..Chris 

[disabled modeler]

Chris buddy... Far as I know they never did the gas tank was behind the seat and no room was left there on them on the 1 to 1s or kits.

[Nova-ss]

hey ya bud.I'm making a bench seat from a glue bomb and the the back and bottom separate pieces now and was going to make it tilt.but didn't know if the seats back then did that.but if not then I'll make it fixed then.I found out that the tank is in the frame rail behind the rear axle.I don't know yet when they changed the tank from rear axle to behind the bench seat...hope your well....Chris 

[junkyardjeff]

Since the frames are the same as a car and if its a 1/2 ton the gas tank would be in the rear of the frame so no tank in the cab,not sure on the 3/4 tons even though its the same cab.

[Ace-Garageguy]

On the '40 light trucks, the fuel tank IS in the rear, as noted above, and as on the cars (same frame, as stated above too). You see the fuel filler on the rear fender. '41 was the same truck, and the war intervened.

                                                                        

Post-war trucks had the fuel filler on the right rear of the cab, and the tank was under the seat.

                        

 

On the '40, storage is under the lower seat cushion, and it has to be removed to access it. The rear seat cushion remains in place....unless it's been modified, and you see a LOT of old trucks that have been bodged and fubarred in the process of making them "better".

 

Edited January 26, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Nova-ss]

Thank you Jeff and Bill.I'm making the seat like a factory stock 40 Ford pickup and yes..its a half ton.I have the tank made and it fits behind the rear axle.the seat is a bench seat and I had to remove all of monograms custom seat patterns.I made a back to the seat.so question is? how does the back of the bench seat mount to the bottom of the bench to make a whole seat...I hope the makes sense. ..thank you....Chris 

[junkyardjeff]

Never paid any attention to the 40 trucks I have seen on how the seat is put togather.