| thunder road | -- 12-24-2016 @ 11:56 AM |
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Hello everyone ,after a two year search I was just able to replace the 1940 deluxe ford coupe with opera seats that I had from 1978 though 1995.That was a N.Y. car that needed floor pans, trunk pans exc. It took seven years to bring that car back. This was my 39th year going to the Hershey Fall meet. Back then you could talk to Benny Bootle, at the Dennis Carpenter tent, or see George Crick in the show field to ask all the hard questions on how these cars were suppose to go back together. My new 1940 ford deluxe coupe has the rear shelf, and is a 44,000 original mile, no- rust ever car that I was blessed to find. Merry Christmas and God bless This message was edited by thunder road on 12-28-16 @ 11:57 AM
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| David Bentley | -- 12-25-2016 @ 8:08 AM |
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We all love to see pictures and tell us more about your car and how you found it David Bentley
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| thunder road | -- 12-27-2016 @ 12:01 PM |
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Hello David, and thanks for the interest in my 1940 ford coupe. I had really missed the 40 coupe that I had in the past, but I promised myself that one day I would find one that had not lived the life that my old one had lived. For the last two years I searched for an original, dry, solid, no hit car, that had not been street rodded, or had any previous rust, or rust repairs. I called on cars that were $40,000-$50,000 and they either had floor pans re-placed or they were hit and put back together.Be Warned if they refuse to send you detailed pictures of all the panel fit gaps, and on a lift , look for the factory spot welds where they are put together by the factory , if you are not sure what they are suppose to look like, get help. I am not knocking cars that have had rust repairs done to them, remember that these cars are 77 years old, and probably 8 out of ten of them have been hot rodded, or customized, and that's with out talking about all of them that were used for rum running, or the early stock car raceing. All I am saying is make sure the car is not being misrepresented before flying across the country. I will try and send pictures but I am not that good on the computer. Dom This message was edited by thunder road on 12-28-16 @ 3:26 PM
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| thunder road | -- 12-29-2016 @ 7:04 AM |
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1940 Ford Coupe returns
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| thunder road | -- 12-29-2016 @ 7:05 AM |
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1940 Ford Coupe Returns
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| TomO | -- 12-29-2016 @ 7:10 AM |
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Congratulations on your new car. The 1940 Ford coupe is one of the most desirable cars from the high point of styling in the 30's to the 50's. Tom
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| thunder road | -- 12-29-2016 @ 5:52 PM |
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Thank you Tom, these three pictures were taken in Rhode Island where we found the car on a Craig's list ad. John's brother Frank a year earlier had passed, after owning the car for four years. Franks best friend had owned it for many, many years and they would go to car shows together. Frank told his friend that he would buy the car if it ever became available. to find a car like this on the east coast is very rare. I also own two 65 ford fastbacks a rust free Dearborn built- k- code, and a rust free San Jose built- A- code, and a 1957 Chevrolet 2dr. 150 handy man wagon. Two of the cars I used Inter-city transport to bring to NY from L.A. California in enclosed trailer for $2,200 each. We purchased the coupe on Nov.21 ,2016 it was about 20 degrees that day with 40- to 50 winds . Since then I was able to change the anti-freeze , and oil , clean and cover it . Can't wait for Rhinebeck NY about May 8th or so. Here in NY we hibernate till early May when the salt is finally gone
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| TomO | -- 12-30-2016 @ 7:48 AM |
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To get more enjoyment out of your car, check out the Hudson Valley Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club. Their contact information can be found in the Regional Club Directory. I believe that they still have a space at the Rhinebeck show. I used to try to wrangle a trip to Kingston, just to see that show, when I was working. I always enjoyed the air show, when I could get there. Tom
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| thunder road | -- 12-30-2016 @ 8:19 AM |
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Hey Tom, that's cool that you have been to their air plane show. Did you ever see a vintage plane with three sets of wings? My friend belongs to the model -A- club and they help to put that show on. Many years ago I use to show my first 1940 business coupe with opera seats their and their were a lot of fords in that class then. Thanks to my friend Bob Sekelsky"s restoration skills we eventually took a first their. Every year you would take notes at Hershey , and make the car more correct . Back then they would have a whole row of 1940 ford coupes . Dom
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| TomO | -- 12-31-2016 @ 5:29 AM |
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The Rhinbeck Airforce had a replica of the "Red Baron's" Focker in the 1970's and 80's. They had mock air battles with the Sopwith Camel replica. In the 70's they gave rides in the Sopwith Camel and a Bi-Plane. There is nothing like flying along the Hudson River at about 60 mph and just a few hundred feet above the ground. I just Googled them and found that the museum still provides rides and has the air show in the summer. http://oldrhinebeck.org/ Tom
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| thunder road | -- 12-31-2016 @ 8:32 AM |
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Tom that sounds like an experience that someone would never forget. In the mid 60's their was an air- port in my home town of Croton-on-Hudson N.Y. called the Croton Airport . It was up near the Croton reservoir , and my friend told me his neighbor would built these home made planes , and one time he said that his neighbor gave him a ride , and they took off from this little air port in Croton, N.Y. Later in the seventies it was abandoned and we would go up their on the week ends and the local gear heads would race. The way I remember it was, it seemed to be" just a 1/4 mile" so the cars would kind of spin off into the dirt ,woods exc. at the end. You have to have a lot nerve to get into one of those antique planes and leave the ground. Dom This message was edited by thunder road on 12-31-16 @ 8:59 AM
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| thunder road | -- 12-31-2016 @ 8:46 AM |
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This message was edited by thunder road on 12-31-16 @ 8:52 AM
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