Art & Inspiration How bad can it be?

Or, How bad do you want it?

Found this 40 Ford Coupe following an old lead. It's 10-15' over an embankment at the edge of a farm field. The area was used as a dump years ago, with parts of other cars and junk laying around.

I've seen some cars on the HAMB that were close to being gone get rebuilt. A Willys Coupe, 32 Ford anything, Lincoln Zephyr, these are iconic cars in our hobby. Is a 40 Ford worth all this trouble?

This one is missing everything, all that's there is the body. The part of the frame left is a section under the rear of the car. Vermont had many dirt tracks operating at one time and as such, coupe bodies are very scarce, even for me, a guy that's out hunting old cars every weekend. This one survived only because it was hidden from view.

Is it worth getting out of there? How easy is it to come up with a rolling chassis?

 

If you,ve got the time ,,,,We,ve got the beer!.

 

If nothing else grab the decklid and hood.

 

If nothing else get the deck lid!

 

Yeah I'd grab it, a chassis would be way easier to find than a body you can afford. I've seen way worse 40's saved

 

I say grab it. With all the Bob Drake sheetmetal available for the 40 coupe none are beyond saving.

 

Yup.

 

You need to understand that '40 coupes are in the top 5 most desirable hot rod candidates....you named two others...Willys coupe and '32 anything....the other two escape me at the moment.

 

The sheet metal work doesn't scare me.

 

I would acquire it if reasonable just for the parts it offers. Everything is rebuildable if you have the desire and its a desirable car to start with.

 

As long as it 'aint theft, get it! That sucker would have already been home had I found it.

 

People have started with far worse and built some beautiful cars!
The worse part is who owns the property and will they let you remove it?
KK

 

no shit at the very least YARD ART

 

Will make a great story!!!


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Take pics as you get it....make memories!!!


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Jump NOW!

 

It's not even full of bullet holes.

This is a no-brainer.

Get it.

 

I wouldn't mess with that, it's too much work. Where is it again?


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Have empty trailer hooked to truck W/Electric winch and 3 helpers....
I'm in where's it at?

 

I think they'll let me have it just to get it out of there.

 

That's a bonus . Free is good even if what you are getting is bad.

 

Go for it if you have the time and place to work on it.

 

Better move on it fast,things always dissapers if you think about them to long.I would've been back next day.

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At least take a saws all in there and cut off everything above the ground. That's enough to turn a 4 door into a coupe.


BFC

 

I would do it.

 

Get it out and then talk them into you looking inside their barn.

 

free car + beer=happiness!

 

Heck yeah, get it! It can't be a total loss. My '50 looked like it was dredged from the bottom of the ocean. I don't know why I bothered, but I'm too far along now to quit.

I would take that car if it took ten years to build.

 

I see an old gas pump there, throw that in the trunk! Being from Hudson Falls, N.Y., I spent a lot of summer nights at the races with my Dad and always lusted after all the Chevy coupes ( not so much the coaches). Great find, should be saved from this fate, Carp