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

I like this color..

 

Stunning.

 

^^^ That maroon one looks like it was all done with springs, a dropped axle, and the proper rubber sizes. All else looks stock. And it's magnificent!

 

Credit to rusty1 from a Friday art post.

 

^^^^Beautiful^^^

 

More.....

 

Lynn Pew And Fordy.. ...

 

Lady In Red....

 

From today's "bring a trailer"

 

Took some time away from the roadster frame and took a little drive yesterday; Ross Lake Overlook...

 

Headed out to our Oldies but Goodies Drags 'n Show this weekend (6/5-6/2021) at Firebird Raceway. Taking a trio of '40's out to celebrate 41st year of nostalgia happening here in western Idaho.

 

Hey that's my buddy Rich's old 40. He sold it to someone on the east coast about ten years ago. It had one of the nicest chops I have ever seen on a 40 coupe. The shaved and peaked hood came off of my 40 convert years ago. I was told that it was chopped in 1948 . It spent most of it's early life on the drag strip. I looked at it when the guy before Rich bought it and the floor pan still had the original pea green paint and looked like new. Here's a picture of it when Rich still owned it.

 

Gassing up mid-way to York, these guys pulled up. There were two more out of frame. I assumed they were going to Fords at Carlisle along with all the late model Mustangs on the Turnpike.

 

I am sure this has been posted before, but it's a great song, by an Oregon Boy in 1959. Leon Smith is still a gearhead, and performs from time to time !
https://lanemusichistory.com/leon-smith/

 

I have had 7 40 fords among tons of others for the last 56 years. got my 1st 40 when I was 13. I usually buid my own but I bought this 40 pickup a long time ago not for the color but because it was a western truck all of its life a high dollar build in the late 90s and a great driver. I ditched the chrome wheels and put on old school torque thrusts and changed valve covers air cleaner etc when I got it. was never happy with the new school flames so I just had the hood and front fenders painted to ditch the flames and going with red steelies and big whites as the purple coupe shows.

 

The coupe is yours also?

 

Rick, the truck looks better without the flames. I kinda prefer the 5 spokes but the red steelies will look good too. Nice truck.

 

coupe is not mine .just showing what red wheels do for the purple