For me its custom's or race cars. Being that the 40 is probably my all time favorite I seem to prefer the 39 and 40 more stock looking with a rake and caps or chrome wheels. The convertible looks better with a chopped Carson and this is one of the best looking 40 converts.
@Ryan My friend Mark Garza just found a 40 convertible with a real carson top and purchased it...check out his blog called stylish kustoms. He is trying to find history on the car and it looks similar to a few famous 40 ford convertible customs.
I wonder how well it cooled with that small grill opening.... Another vote for the 'less is more' school of thought, nice car.
Great Car. Interesting that it was featured in a 1958 Custom magazine as by that time this look would have been considered "Old School" LOL. I like the look of the Chrome fender welting. I have seen a few Valley customs with this a well. I wonder if it had the so called "California Rake " when it was built in 52 or was that something that came along later with the addition of big and littles perhaps. Torchie.
I've owned 3 different 40 Ford DeLuxe's over the years with Cadillac & SBC engines and they were not the easiest cars to keep cool in heavy traffic,,blocking off the side grills had to restrict air flow. HRP
Danny, I agree, and that's the one thing I'm concerned about with the '40 I've purchased. Colder'n a well digger's *** up there in OH when I test drove it. Big radiators help but you gotta maintain air flow., Did you have to make any changes? The car is so pristine I wouldn't want to do anything to help underhood air flow that woulod change exterior, such as louvers.
**** was a good friend and I believe this was before I met him. He had a legend of cars in Idaho and owned many 32's as his p***ion. This is the last car he built before his p***ing. He built this one as a tribute to Roth. RIP
I recently acquired this car. From the **** Brooks estate.Looking for any information on Jean Sheppard.
I took them when I was at **** Brooks estate sale with a friend to help him with verification of the vin number on this this 32 roadster which he bought and ended up selling to Stokers
When I got there the first time the family was asking 20k for it and it was far from worth that in the condition it was in and had been partially dis***embled. When we picked up the roadster and a couple other cars my buddy had bought the price dropped significantly but I still couldn’t justify it for what it was. My understanding was it went down some more and sold for a reasonable price. My love for it wasn’t there and I wouldn’t have kept it anyway even though it was solid and had NW history
It has a 289 and a c4 in it now. I have it running and driving. Still needs some work. I'm looking for a front seat and a 1940 Washington license plate.
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