'40 ford coupes....where are they?

Probably not much for insperation, but here are the 2 I have owned...

 

Good question that,where are the 40 Fords?...the last few and quite a few of the others have been 39's( and a couple of 39 mercurys) including this 39 standard...I wish I could afford another .

 

One of our own...

 

My old '39 Standard................within a year I was bored and sold it.

 

Here's mine.

If I copied this link correctly, details on the full build are here:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80030&showall=1

 

This is the one Dave built and sold just after he finished it,,, HRP

 

I cannot believe I sold this one almost 3 and 1/2 years ago.
But at least a fellow HAMBer has it, and most likely is a better caretaker of it than I was.

It actually LOOKED even better when I sold it than the above photos show. It had new BLACK paint and a set of Hunley Acuff recovered running boards on it. New interior too ... Heres Vic getting the keys ... He is the guy SMILING with the sunglasses ... I am the guy NOT smiling and having seller's remorse.



I had 32 3W fever, and the 40 had to go so a 32 3W could be bought

 

thanks guys this turned into a pretty cool thread. one of my favorites is Lee Pratts gold olds powered deluxe that was on the cover of Rodders Journal #13, I used to see him driving it around LA in black primer before he painted it, and i always liked that car.

 

Deuce - don't call me Frank! Do I look like a washed-up modified driver?!?! VIC

 

I'm still havin' I should have bought it remorse,,,HRP

 

You guys do hang together a LOT and I get you two mixed up
Sorry about that ... I was thinking about the Hamb village in April and all the good times had there ... when I posted the thread ...

Looking forward to Charlotte AutoFair ... see you there ...
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I should have kept it ...
As you know ... the wife was really upset I sold it ... she wanted me to keep it. I guess it just goes to show what most of you already knew ... She is smarter than I am

 

Here's a few I had saved. This one was on the left coast now it's out here. I love 39s.


This was at GNRS last year..


A couple more I shot, a flamed 40 coupe

Ken Gross' 39 with early hemi when it was at Ty-Rods

A couple of nice ones I found on the HAMB

 

that last flamed one with the blower and the caddy wires is kinda cool. makes me wonder if it has a cad mill under that blower.....I really like the hambers car that is black with the copper wheels too. the satin dark green chopped one a few pages back has a good look to it for a custom. these things can be done in so many ways, thats why I like em, I love seeing the B&W pics from the lakes of the ones they used to race too.

 

well, seeins how troy [greezy] is prolly out pokin a lot lizard somewhere, ill post a pic of his from our show last yr!
and a sedan version just down the street

 

Ready to Trade for shoebox convertible?

 

No lizard pokin going on here....Heres the updated version.

 

nice wheels!!!! im still lookin for a hood for ya!!!

 

Oh Ive got a nice hood, it just needs to be ventilated before I put it on.

 

Get the two of us mixed up .

Yeah, he's the guy with a job and money, I'm the one that's poor with good looks .

AND, Oh yeah, here's my '40s.

Well really, the maroon one is Sally's, but I get to work on it .

the #60 car is a '40 with a '37 hood.

 

Cool thread. Anyone got any more pics of this??