'40 FORD GUYS...Something Different and Something Looooooong!

OK, listen-up you 1940 FORD girls and boys. Just when ya think maybe you've seen about ALL there is to see, something comes A-LOOONNNNG that maybe requires a second look. I've had pictures of this car for a while but was sworn to secrecy until it's availability became public. Supposedly never been restored. Slightly less than 22K miles...all original as built for a funeral home in Napier, Ill. back in the day. A personal friend of mine who judges '40s for the EV8FORD CLUB looked at this car recently and told me it's "right". It obviously started life as a DeLuxe coupe. For you '40 folks with "use or lose" money, it can be had for about $95 BIG! Lots and lots of pics with details at: WWW.VOLOCARS.COM . I have nothing to do with the sale or ownership of this vehicle...just thought it interesting. DD

 

That thing is madness!!! I LOVE IT!! XD lol

 

Id drive the hell out of that!!!

 

I love '40 Fords ... but this one does absolutely nothing for me.

Here's some other pics of this Funeral Home Flower Car:

 

Looks like a Photoshop experiment gone way wrong.

 

40 Fords must be my fav. car, and this cars a buttie but when it comes to grave yard tin, I gota go 59 caddy all the way.

 

Someone in Australia needs that Ute.

 

Ute on steroids?

 

Wow!

 

i think they frucked it up!

 

Needs a coupe rear clip.

JH

 

Ultimate shop truck!

 

Here's one I saw at Macungie PA.

 

I like it! Looks good but I don't know what I'd do with it. Or where to park it for that matter.

 

Both the wheelbase and the asking price are a bit to large for me...and I usually like weird.

 

Unique, yes! "$95 BIG"?..hmmm.

 

If it is the same one, and there couldn't have been many; there is a picture of that rig in one of Petersons one shot Ford mags from about '74 or so. It was at one of the early Ford clubs gathering that year. The one I thought the thread was going to be about was a sedan delivery that was extended as a new car for either a hearse or ambulance. It got a lot press back in the seventies too, when rarities were all the rage with the restorer guys. Makes me wonder where that one is today...

 

Falls into that "cool to look at but don't want to own/buy it" category.

Thanks for posting the photos, I've never seen one of these monsters.

 

Like my girlfriend said last night......"That thing is HUGE"

 

40 Fords are in my top 5 "to own" but that one wouldn't make the top 100. Not to dis the car but it's almost like "turns your stomach a bit" kinda weird.

Frank

 

saw this searching the net..

http://merced.craigslist.org/cto/1814692144.html

 

"built by professional hot rod builder"

 

Not a beauty, to my eyes, but certainly well done -- both the original conversion and the resto.

I wonder how they did the long, straight, side trim?

 

.........and what's with the extra door handle??

 

One word....... Jacuzzi.

 

It may be rare, but it's ugly!

 

No thanks, I dont want something thats been used to haul dead people around.

 

LOL.. Flower cars were used to haul just the flowers from the Mortuary to the cemetary.

 

Hmm, wasnt really paying attention to the fact its only a flower car. I'm still not really interested in anything associated with dead bodies.