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

New running board covers look good Bret!

 

Andy,

Those are the whole enchilada replacement with Drake boards. I had a REAL hard time convincing myself to swap them, but Dad was insistent that I had to. Gotta keep Dad happy.

 

Dennis Parks captured this shot of @arkiehotrods in his long awaited and new to him '40 Standard coupe during the 3rd Annual SWMO Hot Rod Hundred.

 

I remember that car! I was in the Rod-Tiques back in the late '70s. I had a '40 Plymouth about the same color.

 

throw a couple of woodies in the pot to keep this thread perking along

 

Raw Material.

 

Yard art.

 

^^^^Very sad^^^

 

That's more than yard art it appears!

 

A buddy of mine has a '40 tudor for yard art. from the road, it looks pretty cherry, but it was in a fire in the fifties, needs a dash, hood and roofskin.

 

One mans yard art, another's dream project........ I have seen similar hulks salvaged on the HAMB. This car is well beyond the talents of most of us though.

 

That hood looks pretty cherry!

 

I always know I'm on the right track when the peer pressure starts up! Nerfs, full wheelcovers, and a filled and peaked hood too!

 

I did the same combination that you are trying to clone. '39 Deluxe hood and hood trim over a '40 standard grill. It works and gives a cool look. I call it a greatest hits of the 39 and 40 noses/grilles. The hood moldings end up an inch short in the center so you need to form a "beak" of some kind to fill the center gap if you shave the hood latch mechanism like I did. I can take some pix of my set up if that will help you out.

 

I am not going to use the hood molding, I am going to fill and peak the hood, but yes, I would LOVE to see pics of your deal. Thanks, I figured the hoods were shaped differently at the front.

 

For whatever reason, in the back of my mind, I kinda thought that all 1940 Ford Station Wagons were DeLuxe series. Apparently that was all wrong. I'm not sure that I've ever seen a Standard model. Does anyone have the breakdown of production numbers, DeLuxe vs. Standards?

 

From what I could see during a quick read of this Henry Ford sight the Henry Ford Museum says they lost all production numbers for 1940 in a fire.

https://www.thehenryford.org/collec...-resources/popular-topics/production-records/

This Early Ford V* club forum did show some production numbers though.

https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/printthread.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=4476

 

So, apparently there were 4,469 Standard Station Wagons built in 1940. No wonder I've never seen one. I thought maybe that picture was of a DeLuxe that was crashed and got repaired with Standard front sheet metal!

 

Does anyone else own or have pictures of a '40 Standard Station Wagon?

 

Here you go, Don.

 

According to the book I have by Early Ford V-8 Club of America, titled The V-8 Album

1940 Standard Station Wagon production. 4469. O1A-79

1940 Deluxe Station Wagon production. 8730. O1A-79B

 

Thanks guys. My they do look sweet don't they!

 

............Thanks for those numbers. Almost twice as many DeLuxes as Standards. Rare birds indeed.

 

stoking the fire a little on a Saturday nite.

 

Some more.

 

a few more before I go to supper.

 

That whitewall tire/ full moon look sure brings you back to the early 60's.
Lake plugs are the icing on the cake. Love this.