Hot Rods Let's have our own 85th anniversary event for the 40 ford...

Hello,

Back in the Winter of 1959, I took a film at an all day drag racing event at the Riverside Raceway in So Cal. It stood out as a fast racer/street class cruiser from our standpoint. The 40 Ford Coupe looked like it was in the throes of building one fast dual purpose car.


We had seen plenty of 1940 Ford Coupes and Sedans in our old Long Beach neighborhood and cruising grounds in Bixby Knolls. One red two door sedan with a Buick motor and 3 speed was always sitting in the parking lot of the local hangout, Grissinger’s. Or, when the parking lot was full, we all moved over one major street to another larger parking lot hamburger place (Ken’s Burgers and next door to the Ken’s Family Restaurant.) with other teens, too. So, there were plenty of places to see cool hot rods and cruisers.

Many year had passed and we had gone through lots of filming escapades, having fun in our Flathead 40 Ford Sedan Delivery and later after high school, a 327 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery for our cruises up and down the coast.

Jnaki

But every time I saw the old Riverside 1940 Ford Coupe film, I liked it then and it brought back tons of memories from those high school adventures.

So, when I came across these photos of a cool, red 1940 Ford Coupe, it had a gold stripe and was connected to the old Dragmaster racing group from Carlsbad, Ca.

This 1940 Ford coupe was once owned and raced by Mike Bamber and was last run in 1959. (prior to his Silver Dollar Willy pickup days…)

Here are some photos from the "Silver Dollar" A/GS prior to all of the sponsorship logos.
1964 Lion’s Dragstrip pits area

"Originally powered by a Latham supercharged small block Chevy, which went onto power the Willys, it ran constant 10s at the drags before gaining an injected 283 punched out to 348. When he ran as part of the Dragmaster’s team he refused to paint the car gold but agreed to add the stripes as a compromise."



A Riverside Raceway 1959, possible Dragmaster Company Red 1940 Ford Coupe?

 

Love the interior, wonder how long before the mods remove it due to the wheels.

 

Oops sorry View attachment 5480390 . Not my style either but it was a beautifully built 40. I like mine because it’s traditional and I strive to stay that way

 

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Lol! Hopefully this one is better..

 

^^^Much better^^^^

 

Robbinsville Hot Rods cruise night.

 

This coupe lives in the UK now, came over maybe 4-5 years ago (2 year lockdown makes me loose track of time) It was at the Nostalgia Drags a month or so ago.

 

New Hope Auto Show

 

Car show Saturday

 

A few from this years Nats.

 

I have never been a fan of custom 40 Fords but this one was nicely done. saw at Louisville nats.

 

Thanks or sharing. That is one kool coupe

 

Crystal Point Marina car show in Point Pleasant and gassing up for the trip back across the width of NJ.

 

love this

 

Ive seen this before I think it is yellow

 

Back in 1998, when I used to run with the big dogs.

 

That's Kenny Mutert's '40. He lives west of the St Louis area out near Wentzville.

NASTY little small block and a 4 speed shifted on the stock column.

 

It’s bad ass for sure. Is it coming to the birthday celebration? I will be there as long as nothing happens on the Frog Follies run in 2 weeks

 

Asbury Park Circuit