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

Pardon my ignorance but what's with the fire extinguisher's in front of the wheels? Other than to put out fires of course.

 

hoodless

 

.............All I know is that a lot of shows require you to have a fire extinguisher on hand to be allowed onto the show field. How the placing of it by the front driver wheel is the subject of conjecture. Maybe that is spelled out in the show rules.

 

Thanks Loth...ignorance solved, have never been to a car show where that was required. All I ever do is the local small shows, fund raisers etc.
Only makes sense for anyone who has an investment in both labor and money to have one handy at all times.

 

It's an AACA safety thing.

 

In the Hershey pictures, I like how the two standards have the bumper ends, grille guard and whitewalls, but the deluxe is standing tall with blackwalls.

 

Near Gulfport MS. last week during Cruising the Coast event.

 

Pleasanton, August. First time I've been able to park my car next to a stock-bodied '40 convertible.

 

It would be interesting to see which design the Ford designers would have chosen to produce for 1940 if given the choice between these two beauties.

 

Is that blue beauty channeled or sectioned? Unlike many '40s with major body modifications, the proportions are "right"!

 

They would have picked the one that actually was produced, because the passenger space is much roomier than in mine. I do think that the shape of the side windows on mine is a big improvement, though.

 

Thanks. It's channeled 2 1/2". The hood and quarters are sectioned a like amount.

 

For the bump

 

From GOODGUYS event in Bowling Green there are more pics on the thread that is linked in my signature

 

I am usually not a huge whitewall fan, but there is something about a '40 coupe, wearing Moon discs and wide whites that turns my crank!

 

For me it's that perfect shade of gold and 50' Merc caps.

 

Yesss!

 

No Hood Hot Rod.. whitewalls, beauty rings and red wheels, Hot Rod engine, LOUD, As traditional as you can get.

 

'40 overload at Jalopyrama!

 

with apologies to Ron Funkhouser who posted these pics on the Jalopyrama show thread, this was too nice not to copy to this thread! Wow, talk about a flashback to my misspent youth, this brings back so many memories of the late 50s.

 

It's remarkable how much the convertible windshield affects the appearance of this coupe. Not better or worse, IMO, but it really does have a different character. As I recall, that coupe was called Voodoo Child, but I can't remember the name of the guy who built it.

 

IIRC the guy was from Iowa, or maybe Nebraska. Meadors bought the car a few years before he passed from the guy. Not sure if Marilyn kept it or passed it on.