Hot Rods Let's have our own 84th anniversary event for the 40 ford...

Cool! I've had a fantasy lately about doing a DeLuxe Fordor, slammed, with blackwalls and body-color wheels. Now you've done it, so I don't have to. I'd have '40 DeLuxe hubcaps on mine, though.

 

Still have my "The 40 is 50" Andy's T's sweatshirt.

 

I wish I could make my picture bigger then it is. I need help on this.

 

Bigger but lost clarity.^^^^

 

Oh well, I tried.

 

Thanks, its got 40 Deluxe caps now, I was going to lower like the 2dr pictured but everyone rides with me when we go somewhere and Im afraid it will bottom out.....

 

I wouldn't let that stand in my way.

 

social media pic of the day, louvers, purple paint and chrome nerf bar

 

Here is mine.

 

Like the orange wheels, nice 40.

 

Thats the Bob McCoy coupe (nerf bar came from his famous tudor), now in the Richard Munz collection

 

In the 70s at the Nats East in Timonium and later at York there was a flamed Forty coupe with a little engraved plaque on the firewall that said "A Forty without flames is like sex without a tongue" . I always laughed when I saw that.

 

That '40 belonged to Barry Lobeck, I saw it in Gatlinburg in the early '70's.

 

JA Miller, that is a good one! I had not heard that and it only adds to my angst of repainting my coupe black without the flames. Man!

 

I never knew Lobeck had a 40 Ford. Anyone have pictures of it ?

 

One of the last posts in the "Barry Lobeck" thread, @J.Wike posted a photo and a story about how he became the owner of it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachments/lobecks-40-jpg.1231854/

 

Ok, I looked at the 40's on Pewsplace. Beautiful cars for sure, but I just can't see them bringing anything near those asking prices. 5 years ago I wouldn't have said that, especially for the convertible. 70K on the coupe would have been high even at that time. You can buy equal cars to those for 30 to 40 per cent less money. That's today's reality. I wish it wasn't so because I have a couple of them myself.

 

This was Timonium, 1974.

 

^^^^^^^^^^Don't know if this was Lobeck's, if so it must have gotten a re-do at some point.^^^^^^^^

 

Roadsterpilot: i'd have to say, that's one of the best lookin' "More-doors" I've seen, & the 2-door w/ driving light & black painted headlight trim is lookin 'just-right too!
Lookin like a procession for dignitaries.

 

Seeing this reminds me of Frank Oddo's coupe. Never will forget the SRM with Dr John Rebenack perched on the running board. I wonder where it is today?

 

Or Mini-Mafiosi.

 

I also have wondered about Franks 40. I asked Brian at SRM if they would do an article about Frank and maybe show his coupe in it's final attire. Got ignored. I know he used to show some photos with a son doing some work, so maybe he has it. Miss Franks work.

 

This is the Lobeck 40 I remember the most.

 

Drove the '40 to work today, It's Fat Fender Friday!

 

todays daily '40 Ford post on the social media thread with same name as this HAMB thread

 

I recently saw a new tag topper commemorating the 75th anniversary but for the life of me I can't remember where I saw it. HRP