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 ass 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.
Dick 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 passion. This is the last car he built before his passing. He built this one as a tribute to Roth. RIP
I recently acquired this car. From the Dick Brooks estate.Looking for any information on Jean Sheppard.
I took them when I was at Dick 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 disassembled. 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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