Features 1940 and 1939 Deluxe Fords.......Lets see em!

About to start working on my 40 coupe. Need some inspiration! I know looks like hell. But I already have the decklid and fenders worked and a great hood and grille.

 

Mine is cherry and rust free....


As long as you don't mind the lower 8 inches of the whole car made out of Bondo, fiberglass and chicken wire.


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Mmmm....gee..I hate to start this thread off on a bad note....

-Abone.

 

Holy shit man! Mine's pretty solid. It does have enough original floors to stand up in. Mine needs quarter patches and a tailpan (standard issue).

 

Not a coupe but still a 40

 

Congrats on getting your 40. Hope these photos motivate you to work a little faster than I did. 16 birthdays is toooooooooo long.

 

1939 Deluxe that a friend used to own.

 

My dads I built for him. Since he only has one post on here he probably wont even see this thread.



The 276

 

my 40 deluxe

 

Here's a couple before and after shots of mine. It's a '40 Standard witha '39 Deluxe Grille, Halibrand Smoothies and Redlines.

Johnnie.

 

you asked...

 

Here is out '40 DeLuxe! And its driven, trailers are for queens. Been all over the western US and into Alberta and British Columbia.




Larry

 

Here's my 39.

 

Keep on guys the more the merrier! They don't have to be coupes, post whatever 39 or 40 you got!

 

Of everyone on the HAMB theres only a handful of 39-40 Fords? Come on guys!

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=244932

Click on the link above for another post with 40 pic's....

 

This is mine. I have owned it 44 years. Rebuilt it three times and just about to start driving the hell out of her again. The pickup has been my daily driver.

 

Here are a few spanning my 30 years of ownership...

one from 1979, one about 4 months ago, and two from about a month or so ago...

See if you can tell which is which....

A couple of the photos look kind of similar to yours.... with the wheel dolies and all....

Incentive? IDK, depends if you judge the progress in the last few months or the last few decades...

 

My 39 Deluxe................nothing special about it but ilike it.

 

My dad's. Built by him and my late grandfather. The first pictures is the finished car with the top and the last three are the finished car before the top was installed.

 

Here's my '39 DeLuxe. First pic is January '07 when Ben D. delivered the carcass to me. Second picture is March '08 on our way to Billetproof. That's my Poor Boys brother Rooster giving the carbs a final tweaking. Currently the car is sitting as a result of a crash the took out the front end. Should be back on the road next week.

 

My high school sedan, a sedan I did several years ago then like a dummy sold it, my 40 coupe getting close, my next tudor waiting in the wings [sorry for the lousy shot]. Red tudor is the look I am after on this one. Red 40 coupe morphed into maroon tudor. Sorry my pics aren't the best.

 

Just starting mine. Could use some help in learning what holds the front end together. Have some good steel front fenders and hood, got the frame re-done with IFS and parallel leafs in back. Ford 9", 383 w/turbo 400. Long ways to go guys.....

 

I had to figure out what holds the front end together myself, I had no freaking idea.... not a lot...

From what I have gathered, the inner fenders hook to the frame in a few spots foremost to the front with some angle brackets, the grille ties the fenders together and the bottom of the grille hooks to the radiator pan.

There is also a brace that connects the inner fenders together. It is shaped like an upside down arch. the two ends of the arch hook to the inner fenders and the middle hooks to the frame somewhere... I need to make this "somewhere" on my frame...

I did not know that this arch existed until I saw it for sale on ebay...

All of these little "pieces" of attachment add up to make a pretty stout unit..

If you want I can post up or send you some pics of how I THINK this all works... let me know if you want..

 

here's mine:

 

Hey thanks! I put your album in my favorites.
Ed.

 

its came a long way brother...hope you get it back on the road soon

 

Here's mine, now in my garage being 'fettled'! Hope to see some more cool sedan pics, more insparation.

 

If it would warm up, the parts can get primed and I can get it together again...Just too damn cold

 

Heres mine...it's a standard though (my favorite )