Hi Everyone I am in the process of trying to acquire a 1940 Ford Coupe, it is an old stock car from the late 1950's to early 1960's. Body is really rough but save-able. The frame rails under the doors is virtually gone....cross members look ok from what I can tell. I would like to keep the stock style frame but in upstate NY this stuff if available is pretty rough to begin with. Does anybody sell the mid section of the outside frame rails??? I see that Speedway sells the outside rails for around $1650.00 but then there is shipping costs on top of that price... I would not be against if anybody in upstate NY area has a workable frame they might want to sell me I would be open to that too... Any insight would be a wonderful thing. MikeC
Isn't speedway free ship over $100 ? ... still Too much $ for me... maybe use some poster board and plot the profile shape of your damaged frame rail... hight and length... try your template on '41 or '42 to '48 car frame rails as they could be patches for your frame... I am going to splice a '30 tonner frame section in front of '41 side rails to slide under a '30 coupester, memory says the '41's side rails are similar to the '35 to '40s... they both curl up toward the front a bit... the out rigger body bolt mounts will be different... hope it helps... . .
I just made a template off the better rail and used a plasma to cut it out and put it on the passenger side.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1935-1940-ford-frame-repairs-rusted-out-areas.9157/ https://cgfordparts.com/wwwsectionfiles/cg_cat1_frame_frame_crossmember__repair_sections.html#Rear X-Member to Outer Frame Repair Section
Not sure how bad it is but I have saved several by having my local sheet metal shop make me some u-channels to replace the rusted areas. Normally run about $50 for both sides under the doors. We can buy good frames in LA for $500-600 bucks if you shop around. Here are some photos of my 40 sedan delivery frame repair.
Mike, You might be able to buy an entire frame. There's a couple here. https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/search.php?searchid=9111107 Also, check out Ebay for used frame and repair pieces. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...d+frame.TRS0&_nkw=1940+ford+frame&_sacat=6000
Just about any chassis can be repaired / patched up. Sometimes a replacement is the way to go, depending on tools, money, time. I'm pretty frugal, (I sometimes can squeeze a nickel 'till the Indian rides the buffalo). Just thinking, it's easy to get carried away with a repair when trying to save a buck. There's a point when being penny wise, and dollar foolish comes into play. Save the area as large as possible where the vin number is, as that could be a "good save".
The Jalopy Journal
