My friend Garrett buys his first OLD car- 1940 Ford

Perfect starter car. Too many jump in with their first rod build and buy something that needs a complete ground up before it moves under it's own power. With this one you can do a simple swap with a near stock SBC get it running and enjoy driving as you finish the details. Deuce Roadster's coupe would be a perfect blueprint to copy.

Frank

 

Slick !!!
Great start, and it already looks cool !!
Good for him.
Cheers....

 

What a wonderful place to begin and end! Beautiful!

 

I got your back man, and as far as ol JJ...don't worry pal, one day you will have a flatty in something, and it will change you. I know you owned a Merc with a flatty...but drive an EARLY car with a flathead. ****, if you tooled my 33 pickup around for a week...even with the underpowered but very cammy 221 in it, you'd be beggin to build a flathead car. They just do something to you.


Oh, and if I wanted to simply peel out, I'd go buy an old 5.0 Mustang or something Don't come cry to me when you blow that 39 trans or smear them rear keys.

 

That is perfect. I own the same thing. Mine was way gone and should have been crushed some say..... I disagree. Mine is a jewel almost shined up now. Im in love.
Great job on the find for your pal.

 

+1!!!

 

sweet 40! what did it cost to pop his cherry chris?

 

I'm all about Chevy engines but , why not a 292 or 312 Ford to be different? A Ford in a Ford, what a concept. And no, I have no idea how much that would cost !

 

3,500, I thought it was a heck of a buy. Has a ton of extra parts, keys in the ignition and has a ***le!

 

ooooo i like!

 

Because with and adapter ring, a truck bell housing, electric fuel pump and a Hurst front motor mount, an SBC will bolt right in with no firewall or frame mods. Makes it very easy to put a flathead back in later.

Congrats to your buddy, nice buy!

 

If Garrett is going to keep the side trim on it, I think I have some
pretty good pieces if his aren't top notch..

 

The only way he could have done any better is with a gun and a mask. Only then he would have had to keep looking over his shoulder every time he took it out.

Frank

 

Best looking sedan ever built IMO.

 

Gotta love those 40 Tudors!!!!

 

looks like a nice tudor. i want to get a 38, 39 or 40 tudor in a couple of years. hopefully i can get a project like that when i am ready. going to build it with the boys for a nice family cruiser.

 

What's the car in the background of the first pic on page 1?

 

Love the bullet holes, just like my coupe. Tell every one it's an old moonshine car

 

nice 40 love the patina...a local hot rod shop had a model a like that sanded it down lightly and clear-coated it,,,,,a friend of mine had a 265 chevy v8 in his....just the right amount of power...he loved it!

 

Had a stock Chevy 350 in my 40 Std. Coupe hooked up to the original closed drive setup. Changed from a Hurst floor shift to the original column shift and really loved the car after that. It had 15" 47-48 Mercury wheels, a 3.24:1 rearend, and got me around just fine for 3 years or so.