Hot Rods Bob McCoy's '40 Sedan

[Ryan]

Bob McCoy's '40 sedan is one of those cars that's hard to forget. In fact, it only appeared once in Hot Rod Magazine (as far as I know) and yet it became one of the most influential fat fendered cars ever built. The picture above is the only shot ...

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[00 MACK]

Funny,My buddy around the corner has a clone and were convinced there werent more than a hand full of pics of the original car.

[Ryan]

A handful of shots? Hell, I'd like to see more than just the one I posted!

[Hot Rods Ta Hell]

Bob is still around San Diego and is a terrific artist.

http://www.bobmccoyart.com/index.html

I'm not 100% sure, but IIRC, the shot at the top of his web page was on the cover of one of the small size Car Craft magazines? I believe it was also pictured on a Hot Rod annual cover.

I believe I once red that the 40 is still around; black and updated into a street rod.

What's odd is that his website states it was "one of the most photographed Hot Rods ever"... but as you mentioned, we seldom see pics of it.

[Kevin Lee]

Pretty sure I have a cover shot on a Hot Rod annual. If it's not already up by the time I'm home I'll shoot it.

[wbrw32]

I believe that I have a color shot of this car....I'll look and see if I can find it so I can forward it to you.

[ROBERT JAM]

I read somthing a year or so that it was bought and repainted.That car always stuck in my mind also.Also Jerry Morland's worlds fastest street rod 1985

[Landmule]

Originally Posted by ROBERT JAM

...That car always stuck in my mind also.Also Jerry Morland's worlds fastest street rod 1985

Those are my two favorite 40's too. Lee Pratt's gold coupe also rates very high with me. Seems to me I've seen the photo in the thread of the McCoy car and then a 3/4 view from the left rear too. Those are the only two pictures I've seen.

[razorback]

My favorite too!!

[Dean Lowe]

All the guys asking what a "traditional" hot rod is, should be made to stare at that cover shot for an hour. it don't get more tradidional.

[SinisterCustom]

I love that car......one of the BEST '40 Fords ever.
Somewhere I have a pic of it from another angle.....I'll try and find it.

[Ryan]

I think the hot rod annual shot is the same shot hot rod used in the magazine earlier in the year...

Most photographed hot rod ever? Ha.

[Bruce Lancaster]

A related memory...Colombia, circa 1961...
AMT models had just released a '40 Ford kit with extravagant flame decals clearly inspired by that car. I had just scored a kit on a Christmas trip to the USA with my parents, and the box was sticking out of my bag because I was constantly rummaging through the parts and planning my build...
On arrival in Colombia, we were not subject to customs as diplomats, but a customs officer spotted that picture and BEGGED for a look in the box!
He was a bit disappointed to see a heap of loose black plastic bits, but absolutely loved the decal sheet...I wonder if it inspired a style down there?

[hotroddon]

This is kind of ironic, From Bob's web site "Bob has owned about 30 hot rods of his own, including the famous ‘40 Ford Tudor that he purchased back in 1953, which became one of the most photographed hot rods in the United States. It is still featured in hot rod magazines to this day."
this is Bob's own artwork of the car.

[JimA]

What was the story on the most unique part- the front bumper? It was in a story that it's hanging in someones garage.

[hotroddanny]

Bob is doing well and still doing fantastic paintings. He just completed a painting of my roadster with me and my buddies Tom Burger and Norm Grabowski as passengers.
Hotroddanny Bearden.
I would like to post a picture of the painting but this site asks for the url of the picture and I don't know how to find that.

[Kilroy]

Ryan, I started a thread about the Bob McCoy car 3-4 years ago in which Mike B. (AV8) posted a bunch of pictures. I don't know if that can still be salvaged?

[oldandkrusty]

Hmmmmmm, as my forty was basically built because of my infatuation with Bob's forty, I just knew that his car was on the cover of another magazine. All I had to do was find it. Sooooo, I rummaged around my magazine collection which goes back into the dark ages of car mags and found that it, indeed, was featured on the cover of the October 1956 issue of Car Craft. However, it could well be the same photo that is shown on the 1958 Hot Rod annual. However, there has been some trickery with the shadows, etc. I'll leave that to others who know more about photo manipulation than I do.

But, back to Bob's car - one of the most influential hot rods ever. And that's a fact!!!

Thanks Ryan. Glad you're on the mend...

[50Fraud]

Originally Posted by oldandkrusty

Sooooo, I rummaged around my magazine collection which goes back into the dark ages of car mags and found that it, indeed, was featured on the cover of the October 1956 issue of Car Craft. However, it could well be the same photo that is shown on the 1958 Hot Rod annual.

It's the same photo, although the cast shadow is trimmed off on the annual. There is one more B/W photo inside the Car Craft issue, in an article about flame painting, but it doesn't show any details that aren't visible in the cover shot.

[oldandkrusty]

If anyone will post a photo of the Car Craft mag, I will scan it and get it to you ASAP. I'm just a cretin when trying to do this...

Sorry.