I had a 1940 Ford Deluxe 2dr when I was 17-21 years old. sold it for economic reasons in 1975. I got it back today in the same condition. I am happy.
Now is that cool or what!!Like
Excellent!
Congratulations, Bob!
Very nice! We had a '39 Ford Deluxe when I was a small kid. I have faint memories of standing in the middle of the front seat while my mother drove it. She drove like a bat out of h*ll. When she'd hit the brakes she'd throw her right arm up to hold me back.
Bob, I am very happy for you. My 1st antique classic was a 1935 Ford 5 window coupe. Nothing sounds better than a Ford flat head V8.
Happy motoring,
Warren
That's wonderful, Bob. My guess is that there is a great story there.
Great job Bob, I seem to have at least one old vehicle with a flat head under the hood on site, keeps my t company.
That is so cool, buying your old car back after 43 years !!! I had a 40, 4 door in my teens. Great cruiser
Great story and great car!
I'm glad you're reunited.
Good story Bob, I have a few V8 Fords and Mercs, great cars. No V8 sounds better.
Full circle. Sweet!
Great story! Congratulations! Now if I could just find my old 34 Ford, 49 Monarch, 51 Merc 53 MG, 39 Chev, 35 Chev truck, etc. etc.--oops, I thinks I ran out of money. Thankfully I still have my 31 Model A roadster from 1957 which is slowly being restored. Hopefully on the road in some form by the end of the year.
WONDERFUL BOB,it makes me tear up, remembering the day I bought a 40 two door,not the deluxe tho,four flats ect,never knew it was in that barn,NEAL had two daughters and one day we were helping with the haying,I paid fifteen dollars for it.hand pumped the tires,used the battery from our doodlebug and a can of gas and a little tinkering we got it to run,not good at first but it made the three miles to home,used the corn barn to work on it,engine had a knock,dad helped me pull the pan and we install'd some undersize inserts, changed the oil&filter got some used tires give a bath found a good battery I drove that car for two or three years,traded it for a 49 ford pickup. still have a wonder bar radio around here some where from suezie.mine was black and body was in nice shape too.never see it again but remember it well,had a lot of fun with that car.yours is a neat story,thank you for sharing.its neat how ones story will trigger another's mind of all but forgoten memories.this forum has given me many hours of remembering.
One of the best cars you will ever own, I owned several, all the variations, coupes, two doors, and convertible, all wonderful cars. Their only failing was a flimsy hood latch, when you really widened out on one, the hood would fly off, they are huge, and if lucky, would land unscathed, then back to the Dealer for a set of hood hinges. I would buy one now over any other car, enjoy, I am attaching a picture of a shoving contest during WW 2, we had an argument about whether the Ford of the Mercury was the better car, so shoved each other around for awhile, nobody won.
A '40 Ford is one very good looking machine. -Glad to hear you came full-circle with yours. -That must feel very satisfactory!
Hi, It is the same car, same paint, same interior, same flathead 8, only change was a Columbia 2 speed was added.
My first car was a 41 Ford opera coupe.
I got it when I was 15 and it was ready for the road when I got my license at 16.
Later traded it for a 1953 Pontiac 2 door
In 1971, it must have been Kenyon's oldest make-out-mobile…...
Looking at a '34 Ford V-8 Sedan locally. Can I get some solid info on this car without the trips to boy hood past? Parts availability, what to problem check ect. Car is extremely clean. Asking roughly 18,000. Seems a bit much. I'm at 12-14 or so.
Hey Bob,
Welcome back to 1940. I have one too! Love to drive it, but I'm having trouble getting those Lockheed brakes adjusted - kind of a pain!!
(As you can see, I can't get photos to orient correctly either!)
Mike, I have had good luck using Rumbleseat's method,
http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/brakeadj.html
In the early 90's I was part owner of a a Ford-Lincoln-Mercury dealership.
I had a fully current line mechanic that was born in 1918.
So,since it was known I had a guy that was familiar with Ford products from the T on up,we had quite a few early cars go through the doors.
We did a complete master cylinder to spindle but cotter pin brake job on a '40 Fordor that was the pride of an area bigshot.
The reason we replaced everything was they couldn't keep brakes in adjustment.
Post mortem showed the shoe adjusting eccentrics were some early aftermarket parts that were not of the proper contour.NOS parts fixed that.
In the early 50's,that same mechanic was nursemaid to the low three digit,two lever car Kim Dobbins owns.
spindle NUT....
Here is a shot of my 40 Bob.
We saw a bunch of these in the museums this past week in all three flavors, Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln. Bob, at least you can drive yours around the place.
Very nice car Dan. I bet it sounds good with those 16 point duels.
Thank you Dan, it does have a great sound, all part of the fun in driving it.
When I was about 17 I bought a ‘40 DeLux two door off a used car lot for $70.
I only drove it about 6 months or more and traded it in on a ‘46
Deluxe fordor.
Eventually went back to my old 33 Tudor.
Then back to the ‘46. I put a Columbia rear end in it and an Oldsmobile V8.
The 40 deluxe is without a doubt the most desirable car of the forties.
There are a lot of 40 deluxe coupes here in taxafornia.