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

The sedan used to belong to Ron Myers, pinstriper extraordinaire. Cool car with a dressed nailhead.

 

Another angle with the lowered front end and new tires:




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This little Tudor got a mill on Monday

 

Absolutely perfection imho !! You took a great find and in a very short time made it the car of my dreams.

 

Yep !

 

SOME I FOUND TODAY CRUISING THE NET SORRY IF THEY ARE REPOSTS

 

Got my beater running and driving this month! Drove it to work yesterday.

 

Another shot with the white walls. Cruising the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD.

 

Thanks -

It's a little worn on the outside - but it runs and drives like a new car. I am shocked at how easy it is to drive and to shift. It feels much more modern than I had expected. The stance came out perfect - great work on the axle drop and customer service from Nostalgia Sid.


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Was that 39 coupe at the hot rod dirt drags a couple months ago?

 

http://www.american-automobiles.com/Ford/1940-Ford.html

 

At a local show in Pennsylvania, then back home.

 

Ford salesman's spiel reel for 1940


Enjoy
Bill

 

Thanks Bill ! That was fun to watch!

 

Here's a question for you 40 Ford Guru's, does an 8 inch wheel fit under a stock 40 rear fender? A friend of mine is building one and he was asking me. He has a Chassis Engineering parallel kit under it with a 9 inch Ford. I told him to do some measuring and figure out his back spacing and go from there.

 

Ol55-sent you a note about wheels

 

My '40 has 8.8" Ford with 7" wheels and Chassis Eng. parallel spring kit and 2.35X15 tires. It fits, but it's close. To pull an inflated wheel and tire you have to sorta scoot it to the rear and down rather than straight down. May require custom backspacing also.
Olscrounger, I'm sure all of us would appreciate your info here, as it is a forum

 

Ok--8's don't fit too well-will rub inner wheel wells toward the front. 7's with 235/75/15 is what I have used on 9 or 10 40's and they must be the right offset or they will rub as well. Have a set of these with tires that I use when I do a 40-no two are the same-bolt these on then adjust as needed for correct backspace with spacers or whatever and have a set made-again no two are ever exactly the same nor are they exactly the same side to side as far as fenders etc. Hope this helps I have the offsets for both front and rear somewhere around here I think. Mine and the last two had 58 1/2 inch wide rears

 

My coupe has a 58" wide 8" Grenada rear end, 15x7 with 3.75" backspace, and 235/70/15's, and I tend to rub the backside on uneven surfaces, like a driveway entrance. there is just a little room between the sidewall and fender lip. I would advise against an 8" wheel, unless it was a truck.

 

Thanks guys. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

That is perfection for a '40 with whitewalls! It sits SOOOO nice!

 

I always enjoy Moriarity's pictures in all the different daily stops he makes. I always tell myself to take a few of these shots (like our local "Don's Drive Inn" hamburger stand, however I get side tracked and forget them. Here's a color shot taken a week ago! I had my own color cruise and ran into others doing the same. Love the '40 Fords!


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