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Let me just say that your hardware could have come from a Model A pickup. That's only because someone updated that truck. Your pictures show hardware that was iron ore when the Model A was built. For instance, my '32 pickup has '46 brakes, '41 rear end, '39 tranny, a shortened torque tube from the middle '30s, rear cross member from some later Ford, steering box from I don't know where, and a '62 (?) Mercedes 220 Diesel. I did all this work 40 years ago with the exception of the Diesel which was done about 30 years ago. Before that it had a '51 Mercury engine followed by a 283 cu in Chevy. It also has three extra leafs in the rear spring. I retained the original wheels and one has to look carefully to find the changes. It appears stock and sounds like something Ford built. It is an altered vehicle but not a hot rod. That was part of the allure of the early Fords. They were easily modified. I made all these changes to beef up the load carrying capacity of the truck. I built a oak and ash ice cream vending body complete with compressor, cold plates, and soda fountain. It was very heavy. In the winter, I ran it with the pickup body and used it everyday until 1981. It only needs a battery to drive it out of the barn. I don't have pictures but I can take and post some. Everytime I broke something, I made it stronger.
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