1941 Ford...underappreciated?

Just the way we found this in central Florida. I hated the paint job and the **** ugly interior when we spotted it at Daytona Turkey run. Fate and Carma made it ours. After 15-16 years of driving this Chevy powered toy we love it.
See more in my albums.

 

Not in my books.
Was just p***ed this thread.
41 is my favorite year of 40's Ford.
Here's mine, Bought from the second owner how has stored it since 1994.





Here's my plans including 15 inch wheels, caps an rings to look similar to the Snooky Janich car built by Barris.



Heres Snookie's:

 

Just mounted my 15 inch whites...




The size variation was just enough to be noticeable.

 

I'm not a wide white guy but I must say ... they do "make" the ride.

Nice coupe.

PACO

 

Great 41 you have - Just got my 41 Super Deluxe coupe and returning the few non period parts back to original or speed parts, including a Hexagon twin Stromberg set-up.

Love the 41s - a time just before everything changed

Best,
John
Michigan

 

Nice! What a difference!

 

one from old shop i used to work at

 

OK, so I just bought a '41 business coupe... It has been sitting in a barn since 1959 when the previous owners father bought it for him out of an estate.
It has very low miles and even has the orginal Ford script tires still on it! It has suffered some damage while sitting all of these years, but mostly superficial. I took the cylinder heads off of the flathead V-8 and it looks practically new in the cylinders.
My own father recalls a '41 business coupe that he bought in 1956 at age 16. It was his favorite car from his younger days. Dad is 72 now and I can't wait to put him behind the wheel of his Ol' '41 again.

I will add some more pictures as I have time...

 

Loaded up and headed home on Sunday Morning!





This car has 23,975 original miles. Lube and oil sticker shows last oil change in October of 1951 at just under 23000 miles. Car was last driven in early 1952. Has state of Washington inspection decal in window from 1952. Planning a slight clone of my dad's old '41. I have been talking with him and taking down some details on his old car. His car was a mild custom with a fake 1/2 continental kit attached to the trunk lid, dual exhaust with flame throwers, skirts, lowered in the rear, flip flop hubcaps and a dual carb set-up.

Anybody ever seen one of the fake continental kits??? Know where I could find one??

 

great project. looking forward to a build thread.

 

Thanks... already collecting parts!

 

I have one too newly acquired, love the shape of it.
Trying to decide what to do with it. Would be a nice builder, would also be nice to turn into funding for finishing a couple other projects

 

Nice thread! Here's mine, bought it last summer, haven't done much for it yet but in near future it will change a little bit.

 

Your car has a great look to it... nice photos too...

 

That looks more like a 49-50 plymouth to me!!! What's the history on it?

 

I always preferred the 41, one of my next cars.

 

anybody ever see the panels they used to sell to blank out the middle grill section? i think they look cool like that. here's a couple (thanks to rikster)

 

Sam Barris built this one based on a two door 1941 Ford for Joe Urritta in the early 1950's.

There is more info and many more photos of the car on the Custom Car Photo Archive site.
Just click the photo for more.

 

Have not seen them in person.. or in recent years.

 

elbarbariko.... your car looks very good.

What are your future plans.

 

Thanks, maybe something like this.. This is just quick photoshop how it might look.

 

more awesome pics. i dig the look. can't help much with cooling, though...

 

I can't think of too many cars that look equally good as either a rod or a custom. The '41 does this with ease!! Great examples of both styles on this thread by-the-way...

-Dave

 

Up...gotta find me a long door coupe?

 

That nut job is old Henry himself demonstrating how tough his soybean based plastic body panels were. Ford experimented quite a bit with soy based plastics, resins, foods and ink.

 

I 've seen fibergl*** 41 grill blank out panels in Speedway motors catalog. I've actually been thinking of putting a 41 nose with blanked out grill on my 46 business coupe.
Matt

 

GreenMonster,....great score,....finding a '42 !!!!!!!! Not many of that year were "civilian" vehicles . Most went to military, complete with the "G.I" type light switch and "convoy blackout lights".

4TTRUK

 

Spit coffee outta my nose!!

 

Feeling sheepish.... but cant help posting another picture.
the 41 to me is the ***y 40's ford.

 

Mine's a bit different for a '41. It's a Deluxe Sedan Delivery with 35K on the clock.