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

Thank you, yes I would like to see the article 50Fraud.

And thanks for the pictures and info. I did not recognize the car from the first picture but I do now. and thanks to 40Luv and Lurker Mick for the info pictures and info.

 

Forty sedan at a local show yesterday; a similar hot rod sedan running around the neighborhood turned me on to tudors when I was a kid.

 

Sunday funnies

 

From back in the day? Maybe not but still great!

 

Middle of the page, another Tudor that got my motor running when I was a kid.

 

Car show in Bear Lake Idaho yesterday...

 

Gee...... small show Lou.....but the coupe that showed up is beautiful!

 

.............As a side note: Check out the AlaKart "inspired" scallops on the fenders of the '29 Roadster P/U top right in the page.

 

Wonder if HRP knows of the guy or car. He was from Anderson, S.C.

 

Welcome to the club! I hope you have a blast with your new Cdan!

 

No, that one I took just a couple weeks ago, but I'm glad y'all liked it! Here are some that I took at Back to the '50's this year in St. Paul, Minn. The first one is me in Gene Sonnen's famous Flamed '40, then some shots of some of Dave Bell's work on Gene's car and the last flame job Dave ever did from my rearview mirror.

 

Wow Pinstriper40, thanks for posting those pictures! We lived in Red Wing in the 70s, worked at the nuc plant, and got to see Gene's car in person. That car is sort of an anthem to a '40 Ford hot rod in my mind. And Dave Bell, what a great guy and such a talent. I regret that all my Dave Bell tees have become cleaning rags in the last 40 years, wish I had archived at least one.
Love the purple dash!!!!! I have to return to Back to the 50s on my bucket list, we we'll see. Went to it back in the day when Porky's was still around and my son was young.

 

Love it! Super cool.

 

Here you go:

As I recall, Handler told me that the car had been much altered from these images when he got it. It had been used for drag racing (maybe as a push car), and had big rear wheel cutouts and tires; the interior was gone; I don't recall the other changes. His restoration replaced the '40 headlights with '39s, changed the bumpers, body and top colors, and gave it a much higher stance than it originally had. He also used those cartoonish super-wide whitewalls. I don't care for any of those changes, but I'm glad that the car was saved.

 

Thanks a bunch for taking the time to scan and post the article 50Fraud! I like the car in both versions. That hand tooled leather upholstery was really stunning. It's too bad that the hand tooling could not be duplicated to some degree.

 

Wow; that straight on side-shot really shows the extensive mods to front, that previous pictures only hinted at.

 

' '40s at the Doylestown Road Angels show. I was lucky with a shady spot. Last one is headed back into NJ.

 

Monday

 

a college buddy who summers in Ontario, sent me this pictures this morning of a newly completed '40 coupe that he saw yesterday at a Ridgeway, Ontario car show

 

Here is a picture that made my day! Uncle Mike had the 40 out today for some cruising !

 

Lots of '40s made the cover of the "little books", they truly are classic

 

When traveling the back roads of New England, I always keep my eye out for what may be in one of the many barns in the region

 

Getting ready to go home from work after a long 16 hour Saturday over the 4th of July weekend.

 

Makes it better though to drive the coupe, eh OL 55?

 

Getting the sheet metal buttoned up on my project, after getting it running last week. The hood fits terribly.




Video of the first start:


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Some 40's and a 39 I saw this morning on the HAMB. They were seen at a show Roseburg Oregon last weekend.