Hello all! When I was in Jr. High back in the nineteen hundred and seventies, one of my best friends had inherited a '40 Ford sedan from his dad. I was smitten at first look. We spent a lot of time with that old girl and told my friend Tom that if he EVER wanted to sell it, to give me first refusal. You can guess how THAT turned out... Well, here I am 40 plus years later and while surfing the ads on Craigslist in early Nov., I come across this beauty. It had been in the possession of the second owner since 1975. It was first owned by a woman named Senia Kallio in Red Lodge, MT. She passed on in '89. Based on it's cancer free condition, with only minor surface rust here and there, it has surely been stored indoors for the majority of it's life. The most recent previous owner can attest to that. Previous owner did the following upgrades- The running gear has all been modified with: IFS with tubular control arms Manual rack and pinion Power disc front and rear drum brakes 9 inch ford rear end GM tilt column 12V wiring from Centech and- rebuilt '52 Flattie (1,000 miles on that) with a C4 auto -Offenhauser heads and 4 barrel manifold -headers with new exhaust Body underside, blasted and sealed. All the hard work is done! It looks funny, but as I said before, the body is solid as a rock. Exterior paint was Earl Schieb-ed in the 60's? not sure but great patina now.... Original interior and still intact but door cards stained and weathered Burlap on seat springs still solid like new! Washington Blue paint still on the floors, firewall, package tray etc. NO CANCER! I am restoring the weatherstripping, window channels and a couple of broken/delaminated windows; all still original but weathered. Finishing up the wiring of dash lights, high beam, etc. Needs wiper conversion to 12v Needs hot water heater conversion (ANY HELP WITH LOCATING STOCK IS APPRECIATED) Still has all the under dash manifold heater parts. Getting a lot of parts from Dennis Carpenter, Bob Drake, etc. So here I go.... Wish me luck! Rick Bellevue, WA
Welcome, A great story. And who doesn't love a 40 We do really like pictures, so please and thank you. Ron...
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