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

what a nice pickup, right color, stance and early looks, flathead powered and a Schwin (?) in the bed?

 

TRJ show Fells Point Pier. Photo by Tom Davison

 

Swapped wheels with my 54 F100. First time the 40 stake truck has worn mags on the street.

 

Love those wheels, what brand etc are they?

 

couple of pics courtesy of Bruce V. Malmstead

 

Gary, those are Ford factory truck slots, from the mid-late 70's. I remember seeing them on pickups, broncos, and econolines. They have 3 screw holes for big ugly center caps that I believe were flat black. I found them on Craigslist for $100, and figured they'd work great to replace the 15x8.5 and 15x10 5 hole slots that were on my 54 F100.

 

A while back (page 21), I posted a few photos of the stake truck in a photo studio. This afternoon, a buddy sent me this photo from the 2016 American National Insurance calendar. I am still blown away that they would use photos of the truck in their marketing materials.

 

Showing off my new fog lamp. Photo by Willie.

 

Thanks for that info, I have a set on a 46 coupe that was imported from the States to Australia and I had never seen them before. I change them around between steelies and the 5 slots from time to time.

 

Way cool. I probably need to have mine blasted and coated, eventually. Here's a photo of what they look like with the big honkin' center caps.

 

Bright sunshiney Sunday morning! Lets see some shiny noses, eh? Gotta keep this thread going until at least New Years Eve.

 

I couldn't take my 40 for a spin due to an unplanned garage door replacement at my mother in laws, but here are a few more early pics of my 40.

 

Well, OK. A couple of shots of the avatar '40 from its first outing at Santa Maria 2014:


Russ Beckwith photo

...and at GNRS 2015:

Dave Lindsay photo


Tom Davison Photo

 

^^Is that copper coloured one in the background the same one that was in TRJ?

 

This isn't the only '39/'40 I have seen from back in the day with '49/'51 taillights. I like the separate nerfs and the frenched plate with expanded metal behind it on this car.

 

Sorry, I don't know. The gold one in the background of the 3rd picture is Lee Pratt's car, though, which was in TRJ a long time ago.

 

This is the one I was thinking of.



pretty sure it is, you cant see it in the front 3/4 I posted, but it has the same bumperguard on the back. Its in TRJ #52 if you want to take a look. interesting car, early sixties survivor with a 327 and chevy 3 speed hooked to the stock column linkage, it has been repainted in the same colour, but otherwise intact. Really neat vintage copper and white interior.

 

my ex, drove it home from Washington state to Missouri, sure miss the old girl.

 

My nose,dressed for the interstate

 

I always liked that sedan!

 

i.rant, is that a Victoria Secret bra? Figured it was with those "cutouts".

 

Mine has the same outfit for the interstate. Can you not close the hood with the hood nose piece on? I can't.

 

No bra for me. The old girl got her licks over the years!

 

I've spent so much time trying to remove bras, I doubt I could figure out how to put one on.

 

You poor bastard!

 

Wow, you have an even bigger fleet than I had realized! What's under the Impala on the lift? And what is/are your winter driver(s)?