Projects 1940 ford coupe build

Way easier to do now than later, a lot less cuss words too,

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Yeah, I’d like to skip it but I’m going to cut it now

 

I decided to play it safe.

 

Done, and now, no worries about clearance. You can add a bumpstop to the inside of frame rail, if you like.

 

Pretty big day. Cut and welded the notch and primed and painted.

 

The center section of the rear end will hit the floor pan before the frame.

 

It looks good; nice job on the frame.


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Thanks. It’s not going to be a show car so it’s not perfect. I just want a nice semi traditional car that’s dependable.

 

I am trying to make it a “roller”. Things are headed that way. Possibly soon.

 

Aahhh to have access to a spray booth!!! Lookin' good!

 

Looks good, wish your shop was closer to Va., I need some help with my 40.

 

And just like the magic on TV shows......... we have a roller

 

Lookin’ good!!!


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Thanks.

 

Blasted and epoxy primed. Does this make my rear end look fat?

 

Picked up this little 283 from a friend for 500 bucks. It was in a 1967 Nova. I got to try it before I buy it. It was snappy. I think it’s going to land between my coupe frame rails.

 

I’m really enjoying your build. Thanks for sharing it. I do have a question though. Looking at the rear end at the leaf springs in this pic. What will keep the axle from rotating in the cradles over time? I had this happen in a truck with a flip kit where the cradles weren’t tall enough to contact the original spring seats.

 

After I assemble the body on to the frame and build a driveshaft, I will then set the pinion angle and weld the cradles onto the housing. There isnt a way to know the pinion angle with the springs unloaded

 

Your '40 was about the same condition as my '39 Chev coupe when I bought mine in April 2019. I just painted mine recently after building it for the last two years. I had 6 months of replacing metal in the lower 4" of my body too, and all pretty similar to where yours was rotted out. Only good metal down low on mine was the trunk pan. Not perfect, but fairly solid.
Enjoying your progress, and the whole build!

 

Going to be watching this build...

 

Thanks for coming along.

 

Gotcha, thanks for answering that. Makes perfect sense.

 

Cleaned up the 283 this week. Going to try to get it back in the car next week and figure out the cross member.

 

I know its been mentioned here by me and others. That looks like one
of those cheapo motor stands from the local import tool outfit.
It appears to already have a bit of a lean. Please be aware that those
have been known to suddenly fail. Even with a moderate weight
motor like that Chevy. It would be prudent to consider a support of some sort at the front of the motor. Would not like to hear of an issue to you
or your project which I have been enjoying observing.

 

Engine goin in for the last time (hopefully)

 

Spent some time building the exhaust on the hard side

 

Just like "factory". Looks good.

 

Early Chevell manifolds fit on the left side and clears the stock box like they were made for the swap

 

I tend to try and use what I got. Fitting the pipe was not as bad as I thought it would be

 

Looking good,