Quoted from Mrbill:the plate is faded but I am pretty sure it says ford on it on top.
The Ford produced ones should be easily to spot, as Ford placed a script “F” on every bolt. Great looking survivor you have!
I had a ‘41, but sometime in the early 50’s someone cut one frame rail and angled the front end to fit a 4 cyl Hercules engine in it. Mine was used as a parking lot snowplow from the mid-50’s until the early 90’s.