Thanks Wayne. As an update, the starter that I was told would fit did not (snout too short). I was told that because of the 164 tooth flexplate that it must take the MT manual trans starter with the short snout, No Joy. Now I am rethinking if I must change the flexplate or bellhousing. I am...

I am swapping out stock engine and trans on my 48 Ford F1. I replaced with a 92 Ford 5.0 and used a C4 trans and bellhousing from mid 70s. My question is with the starter. Do I use the mid 70s starter or a 5.0 starter from the from 92? I did switch out the flex plate to a 92. I hear that the...