Technical 38 ford front end on a 40 body

does anyone know if you can put a 38 standard front end on a 40 ford body

 

The cowls are different where the hood rests and the fenders attach. You can do modifications, but it's not a bolt-on.

 

any idea how involved the modificaiton would be

 

Can you find some cowl sides off a 38? That would be the easiest way.

 

ok but probably not good enough

 

i am buying a 38 standard 2 door sedan i want to convert to a coupe. so i need either a 40 coupe roof or a whole 40 coupe body or ???? trying to build a 38 custom coupe love a 38 standard front end

 

It’s only metal. .... And this is the custom forum. Get your bits and pieces together and bolt it up .... till you discover what needs modification. I too love the 38 front.

 

do you know of any coupe roofs for sale

 

i found one of the reproduction 40 ford bodies what would it take to modify that body to take the 38 front end

 

????

 

is a 38 standard and a 38 deluxe same cowl

 

Build what you have or sell and buy the body you want.. I'd build the 38 standard sedan, myself... NO^^.. Sedans are completely different bodies....

 

You're forgetting one big thing the 38 Radiator is narrow and tall, the 40 is low and wide so you'll have to use a 38 radiator too., the 38 grill and side panels bolt to the radiator. It's doable with "Prior proper pre-planning". Times sure change , in the 50's everybody put 40 De Lux frontends on 36 thru 39 to make them 40's., it was a joke to have a 37, 38, 39 Std. , cause we all wanted a 40.

 

How about starting with a ‘38 coupe? Way easier than any of the options you’re looking at.

 

I put a 38/39 front on a 37 sedan. I had to modify the lower cowl where the fenders fit.

 

The 38 std coupe is more similar to a 37 coupe than 40 coupe unless you use a complete 40 coupe and rework the cowl.


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I just spotted a '38 Standard coupe for sale in the cl***ified ads here. Check it out. Beats reinventing the wheel.