Projects 1940 ford coupe build

Enjoy following your build doing a good job of saving the coupe. What brand of rotisserie are you using ? Thanks Frank

 

Not sure on the brand. Have had it for many years.

 

I have a 40 sedan delivery that I had since high school need to redo it.

 

Found the pedal covers at a swap meet. The box looks really old. Also had a friend clean up this old intake for me. Slowly piece by piece it’s coming together.

 

I have really been enjoying this thread and look forward to seeing more progress! Keep up the great work!

 

if that 283 had the oem front sump Nova pan in it, you have to swap the pan, oil pump/pickup, and the pump drive shaft to convert it to a generic rear sump style. The front sump Nova pump driveshaft is about 1/2” shorter than the generic one, so it won’t engage properly with the rear sump stuff.

just fyi…easier to fix now than later…

 

Yep, been there did that. Thanks!

 

The hard part of the exhaust is done. Need tailpipes and hangers
The hard part of exhaust is done. Need tailpipes and hangers

 

The rest should be a cake walk

 

I decided to jump on to body work and get some sand blasting done before winter. That led me to addressing the passengers side rain gutter. My theory is that someone put paint stripper on the roof many years ago and let it run into the gutter which not only caused it to rust off, but it also pitted the roof. I was shocked to find out that Dennis Carpenter wanted $350 big ones for a set (sold by set only). Grudgingly I ordered a set and luckily forgot to click “confirm”. The next day I cut one off of my 4 door parts car and with a little work on the shrinker/stretcher I was able use the one I had and keep my money. I guess that’s hot rodding.

 

"Hot Rodding"/recycling synonomous.

 

That's a tough job to replace that rain gutter. Did you slip it in between the roof and the quarter?

 

using a used part made it interesting. Around the door was straight forward. My 1/4 panel seam was pushed apart with rust making it possible to clean out the seam with a cut off wheel and sand blast back in. I pinched the seam back together and tack welded it from the outside then I notched the used gutter around those welds and drilled holes every few inches above the seam, installed the gutter tightly and plug welded from the inside of the car. I should have taken pictures but I was flying by the seat of my pants and wasn’t sure how it was going to work out.

 

I would have liked to see some pictures, however when you're in the process and hoping for the best outcome, everything else is a distraction. I'd say ..mission accomplished!

 

Good idea... It's good you replaced the gutter. Aside from being a pain when you get rain, it looks better than when they're shaved.

 

And the mud work begins

 

Almost ready to spray the polyester primer from Eastwood. Anybody tried it on a build?

 

Should be OK; just use a sealer on top of it.

 

The can says it has excellent bonding characteristics over metal. And I agree, a good sealer is important

 

Because this is going to be a driver and also because I welded in a used floor That wasn’t really that pretty, I decided to use a bed liner coating on the bottom side. This will help preserve the bottom as well as make things look a little more legitimate

 

Are you using a remote oil filter?..looks pretty tight there.

 

The engine is out of a 1966-67 nova. The recessed oil filter area gives me a little more room and with a short filter it all works out. Thanks for checking my work.

 

The underside is finished, the body is finally in sealer and the firewall is painted. I’m going to seam seal the rain gutters and put her back on the chassis soon.

 

It looks really good.

 

It always feels like a turning point when you take the body off of the rotisserie and put it back on the chassis. Things seem to fit nicely. I have a new head of steam

 

The door alignment looks like it is pretty close. This is the time when I used some shims between the body and frame to get the best door fit. I also painted the body on the frame (my avatar).

 

The coupe is looking good. Its always a big moment when the body and chassis are married back together. It suddenly becomes a car again. I have used that Raptor bed-liner under a couple cars and been VERY happy with the results, I'm sure you will be too. It works great inside the fenders as well and prevents 'stars' in the outside paint from rocks impacting the underside. Thanks for keeping the updates coming.

 

I’m trying to shim things for good results but there seems to be only so much you can do outside of shaving edges or welding on to edges to achieve perfection. I think I’m going with the Henry fit lol.

 

Good choice in my opinion. That's what I did. On my car the right side door opening was approx. 1/16 " wider than the left; however the right door was approx. 1/16" narrower than the left. Thanks, Henry.