1940 Mercury old Custom convertible found.

Well, I know its not the popular opinion here......but that finished '40 Merc convert is spectacular! It would be nice to have a piece of history I guess, but I'll take the original look for myself. I have a freind with a '40 Merc coupe that was a show car in the 50's, complete with '54 Buick headlights and other period mods, but it's in rough shape now, been sitting in an outdoor lean to for many years.

 

I'm glad to hear she's willing to part with it, no matter the price. It's nice that it will be offered here in the Classifieds. I guess she has settled on a number then? I sure hope there is a HAMB member out there that wants it and can afford it. This car needs to be saved.

 

You're Correct!
My thinking also...............

 

A "Hot Rod" or period "Custom" demands more money

Here's an example of a "Hamb" Member"s car for sale..............Sweet Car!

1940 Ford Convertible
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Location: Fredonia, NY Price: $ 67,500 or ? ​

<!-- message -->When I was in High School in the late 1950&#8217;s, the first car I built for the road was a
1940 Ford Convertible. Fifty some years later, after countless other builds and when time and money were not issues, I decided to re-create that first car. It is now being offered for sale.
For Sale is a 1940 Ford Convertible. It is a fresh restoration of an all steel Ford car with a newly rebuilt, bored, 53 Mercury Flathead and a true 1939 Ford top loader transmission. The engine supports duel Stromberg 97&#8217;s, a MSD distributor and special aluminum heads (Big Boys) handmade by Paul Samarin. These 3 1/4 inch high heads, besides looking great, provide extra cooling capacity and a mild gain in compression. The exhaust system consists of ceramic coated Red&#8217;s Headers, Smithy&#8217;s mufflers and aluminized dual pipes. The engine is cooled by a Walker Radiator with an electric cooling fan. Power is coupled to a traditional banjo rear end, lowered 5 inches. The front end has a 4 inch dropped axle, dropped spindles and a super slide spring attached to the frame by a traditional four bar setup. Brakes are 11 inch disk fronts and drum rears.
The body has been painted with Midnight Blue basecoat/clearcoat. The exterior body
is relatively stock except for shaved door handles (keyless entry), a decked trunk lid (keyless entry) and smoothie running boards.
The white vinyl interior and blue convertible top were custom made by Lebarron Bonney. Other interior features include, power windows, two speed electric wipers,
a custom dash with six Stewart Warner gauges and a classic 1939 Ford steering column with banjo steering wheel.
Since after all these years, I am still building early Fords, the asking price of $67,500 can be reduced by trading in an early Ford coupe or roadster project. Questions and pictures via e-mail at [email protected] or call Neil at 716-672-2743
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You said this lady has had the car since 16 years old,she doesn"t have any pictures of the car at all when was driving and in better shape.got to have taken some pics somewhere,it ain"t every 16 year old that gets something like this to drive to high school.The merc convertiles bring high dollar even with crappy custom work.

 

Hey, I agree 100% with Pipes. This ain't exactly something I'd want in my garage but, I'd rather spend more time looking at this neat ORIGINAL cool custom than some of the newer "bolted-on, buffed-up, bought it all at the speedshop" nowadays 'customs'. Imagine what the builder had to work with when this was built? Opinion - I like it as-is, with maybe some sprucing up but keeping it as originally customized. 2c. . .

 

I thought this car looked familiar. Are these two cars related?

 

Please take down the pics. As you know, porn is not allowed. Seriously, not every 50's custom was well done.

 

my bud has one that is in pieces it was a running driving car when he took it apart . has new old stock fenders no rust,no running gear, no top and he wants 30,000 and he will probably get it .