The Baddest 40-41 ford pickup

Who here has the Baddest,meanest,bone shaking 1940-41 ford pickup,anyone know?I have a built 40 pickup with a 350 chevy engine and want to drop my 454 chevy in it.Anyone here has that combo? Exterminator

 

1941 shop truck i built.468 bbc ,th 350 9 inch rear 3;70 gear.motor makes about 450 hp.

 

^I bet that thing is a scream!

 

What steering box are you running?

 

I used a reversed corvair box mounted on top of the rail for side steering.the big block will dictate a healthy front spring.i had to add leaves to mine to get it right.

 

My 41 I have been working on for about 10 years. Almost done. No BB Chevy though.

 

More.

 

Is that a 302 with FE valve covers? That's a nice,clean truck...well done.

 

Nice truck. Exterminator

 

They are but even better they are Edsel valve covers! Hey...just wanted something a little different!

 

That, is One Sweet Truck! Nice job!

 

Here are better pics of cover. I have not bolted on the adapters yet.

 

Monkey, by far!

 

Now that is totally cool!! I really dig the seaweed flames.

 

I like the red one.

Carrying kegs in a hot rod would just shake up the beer. Nobody wants foamy, then flat, beer.

 

Nice flames ^^^^^^

 

I love those flames also.I want to add louvers on my hood too.

 

Thanks Beau! Considering this is where it started....Had been sitting in a barn in NW Iowa since 1963.

 

Exterminator.....Got pics of your '41? Like to see them!

 

Thunder....Did you have your hood waterfall rechromed?

 

I will have my 40 put here tomorrow by my wife.Was on here for sale recently.Decided to keep it.

 

Good move on keeping the ride. They are starting to get pricey to buy. Did you keep the stock frt suspension?

 

Basicly yes.Axle has a 2 inch drop .

 

Is that a pic of the back of the truck in your albums? I really like the color. Gotta get some more pics. That's just an unfair tease!

 

Yes.thats it.Built it in the late eighties so it is dated now.

 

I pulled all that and went to a MII. If I had to do it again I would have left the front end alone and dropped it. Then gone with a hopped up flatty. But went the other way...

 

Still looks cl***y from what I could see...The big block will definitely ****e things up! Any concerns over the added front end weight?

 

Your ride will be smoother then mine.We have bad roads around here so i get beat up slightly when crusing but oh well.Don't mine that much.

 

Oh yeah on that big block.Had it my 56 big window when i traded the 56 to get my forty back and then missed that motor so i was able to buy it back.Always felt like a kid driving that big block.I like your truck -will make a nice hot rod.

 

Appreciate the comments....Don't forget to get those pics posted!