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04-22-2011, 11:07 AM
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The Unknown '40
 The unknown '40. I've loved this car since the very moment I picked up the December, 1957 issue of Rod & Custom Magazine. Sure, it's a wild custom that goes against most of my own sensibilities, but the personality... the essence... of this car just ... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here. |
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04-22-2011, 11:14 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I don't know that I'm feelin' that one.
It'd be interesting to find out what became of it. |
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04-22-2011, 11:17 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
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04-22-2011, 11:22 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
Well if you did pull a heist with it, you'd better hope it's fast, because you aren't going to blend in to traffic.
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04-22-2011, 11:24 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
There's just something about a '40 that's been channelled or sectioned or both that really floats my boat. I think they scream "Bad Ass!" they look like some greasey hood is going to jump out and shank ya with a rusty ol' switchblade.
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04-22-2011, 11:36 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
Ryan & Greezeball, i find your comments rather interesting.
While both of you think of the car as 'bad ass' owned by a 'rebelious a-hole', I'm thinking totally the opposite. I see channeled '40 coupes or even sedans and roadsters as elegant, owned by someone creeping up on age that has a taste for European specials. I like the car. It sits just right. |
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04-22-2011, 11:41 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I always assumed the Valley Custom Shop had something to do with it... But I'm not sure, nobody knows.
I like it... with skirts... and a few other differences from the R&C cover...   
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04-22-2011, 11:42 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I've never seen those shots Rikster... Where are they from?
Not sure I like it with the skirts...
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04-22-2011, 11:47 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
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Imagine it cruising around with Ed Jacques 1941 Ford (Valley Custom Shop) 
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04-22-2011, 11:48 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
very cool... not seeing anything evil about it or the owner though.
damn... 1952 plates. car was only 12 years old. |
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04-22-2011, 11:59 AM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I think in a lot of ways I am more of a subtle Hot Rod type feller as well. I always seen myself in a dark flathead powered coupe with wire wheels. But for some reason that dream keeps getting pushed back as I'm working on my red '35 which slightly reminds me of this one. It's not something I set out to build but I am having a ton of fun exploring the personality of the later half of the 50's. There's just something explosive about this era that I am submerging myself in and soaking it all up.
Much like this car I set out to have a nasty coupe but how nasty can you be with bubbly white walls and red paint. It's like a little person with a Switchblade. Sure I bet it can be "dangerous" but you just can't help but to be happy around it. |
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04-22-2011, 12:02 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I like it! Ive always like things that are gaudy, but Im also a minimalist at the same time. This one fits both sides of the coin perfectly. I could see someone who looks like Robert Gordon (now, not when he was younger) crawling out of it....
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04-22-2011, 12:05 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
A lot of cool stuff is unknown....that's what makes it so cool , someone did it but not for the "Props" just because they thought it was cool....and I'm way more into it with the skirts....FTW attitude just drips off in that rendition
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04-22-2011, 12:15 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
love it, other then the grille, Jury is still out on it...
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04-22-2011, 12:21 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I like the '39 Buick grille..in a '39 Buick. 40's are one of those bodies that just work, without doing major mods.
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04-22-2011, 01:17 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
Funny, I like it BECAUSE OF the grill!
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04-22-2011, 02:00 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I love it with the skirts much much better!!!!! Pure class right there!!! Rik Im going to have to say it looks very Valley too! Wonder what happened....
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04-22-2011, 02:29 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
It's too low to not have a chopped top. Reminds me of the kid's game with the dice in the clear globe. You push down on the globe and it makes the dice jump. And that Buick grille would make me go back four spaces. Just wrong.
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04-22-2011, 03:05 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
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the more I think about it, if it were chopped I wouldnt care what grill is in there
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04-22-2011, 03:24 PM
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Re: The Unknown '40
I don't like the grill either...
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