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

Menards run tonight for house stuff! Might as well take the '40!

 

1) S.F. Obviously can't tell, so I will point out the obvious, the car in my aviator is not a '39/'40...
2) the car in my avatar was the subject of a full tech article in Hot Rod, and the hood went back after the engine went in...
Call me a nutter, but I usually take the hood off to drop a motor in too. Maybe S.F. pays someone to install his motors, and is unfamiliar with this step...

 

PS: It's actually a '55 Mercury, and if you look closely under Ed Pinks armpit, you can see the hood hinge patiently waiting to receive the hood after the engine swap is completed.
Back in the fifties, some wild and crazy hot Rodders were actually installing Chrysler hemis because they made their cars go faster, not so much for increased cruise night cred.

 

A couple from Deuce Days.

 

Says the guy with more hamb posts than garage hours.

 

Joys of retirement. You have no idea how I spend my time, mouthpiece.

 

A couple from our local cruise in this past weekend.

 

Keep 'em coming! I never get tired of looking at '40 Fords!

 

Are '39's ok?

 

Many of our older members may remember this truck. At first glance it appears to be a '40/'41 p/u but it actually started life as a '37 Sedan! Built by Mr. Ray Nish of Oakland , Ca. it was featured in the August, 1962 Rod & Custom.

 

Gotta go look up my August 62 R&C, I don't remember the 40.

 

Cruise night with a friends 32

 

I've been slow and steadily working out some of the bugs on my recently acquired sedan. One of the things that has perplexing me is tire size. Please chime in on this thread..
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/39-40-ford-owners-lets-talk-bias-ply-tires-sizes.1025741/
Since taking this pic I've removed the painted bumpers. I ordered a 3 rib style rear bumper from Alloy Fab and will likely being making a nerf bar set up for the front.


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My coupe finally got some time out of the garage, last night, for the "Party in the Park" hosted by American National Insurance. Jack and Judy Gaskill's killer '36 sedan sitting next to it.

 

Some 40's and 39 Deluxe's seen at Goodguys Northwest Nationals in Puyallup WA. I expect a few more 40's tommorow and will try to post em.

 

I like the '39 tudor with the redlines

 

I have noticed since this thread started Moriarity has gone from a stock Ford flathead radiator to what looks like a Walker radiator.
How's it working ? I ask because the 365 Cad in my '40 could use a little more cooling in traffic.

 

That blue 39 convert is perfect.