Price :
$41,000.00

563 Biddie Lane, Hayes, VA 23072

Contact Seller

Vehicle Description

1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible

Exterior

With the body finished by Worrell Auto Body and bathed in very nice

Steel Blue 2 stage paint, and adorned with a small chrome tubular

bumper on the front, near perfect badging and brite-work, we have a

rolling work of art. Very little was left unturned on this

restoration, as lines are straight, gaps are really nice, and steel

is straight. The large visored sealed beam headlamp bezels flank a

horizontal ribbed curved V grille and tall hood center. A nice

chromed spear works its way back on either side along the beltline

of the slightly curved sides. At the curved rear of this car, we

see 2 V shapes Sergeant Stripe like tail lights almost getting lost

in the deep field of blue paint. The rear bumper was omitted, and a

smoothed rear roll pan was added for clean crisp looks. Gleaming

17" American Racing wheels are noted on all 4 corners. A pristine

canvas convertible top, which is manually operated, prepares us for

a gaze into the interior.

Interior

A swing of the door, and we are in a parchment bucket seat and door

panel custom vinyl and leather heaven. With the leather buckets, we

can see not a mark on them, just some material bunching on the

upper bolsters. Moving to the back reveals a pristine parchment

bench bringing up the rear. On the dash some liberties were taken

on the original design, but it retains its beautiful form with blue

shiny paint and even shinier chrome horizontal ribbing over the

factory speaker location. A chrome steering column has a leather

wrapped polished aluminum hub center steering wheel at its end.

This fronts a bevy of Classic Instrument gauges in round form with

chrome bezels. Blue padding covers the lower parts of the dash and

a parchment and blue console flows down to the floor and holds both

the AM/FM/CD stereo and cupholders. Royal blue carpeting in mint

condition floods the floors. The trunk too has been finished to

perfection with more blue carpeting and parchment and blue side

panels.

Drivetrain

A flip of the massive hood, and we are met with an equally massive

350ci V8 in chromed and polished splendor. Our consignor states

that this mill was assembled by Lorenzo and makes a turn smoking

400hp. A QuickFuel 4-barrel feeds plenty of fossils and air to the

mill, and it is backed up by a rebuilt TH400 3-speed automatic

transmission. A Ford 9" rear axle by Currie has Positraction added

in to help the power hit both wheels. Everything looks just

stunning and clean here.

Undercarriage

This entire undercarriage is clean enough to eat off of and shows

the same attention to detail at the topside and interior, very

clean and totally redone, no rust is seen here. A base coat clear

coat painted TCI frame provides the backbone for all the

underpinnings. Independent coil spring front suspension is on along

with tubular lower control arms while leaf springs give the ride

for the rear. Stopping power is courtesy of disc brakes in the

front and drum brakes in the rear all with power assist. Headers

are on and connect to like new exhaust which snakes its way to the

rear of the car through Flowmaster mufflers before ending in highly

polished tips.

Drive-Ability

With the days growing shorter and the weather a bit colder it was a

top up drive for me. A twist of the key and all 8 lit up with a

glorious V8 symphony. Off to the patented and well hidden Classic

Auto Mall test track I went, and boy did I go! Endless acceleration

along with modern car handling was noted. Braking was more than

adequate, and all functions were operational at the time of my

drive save for the heat and ac which are not hooked up, binding of

the convertible top when in motion, a fuel gauge that doesnt read

a level and a horn that doesnt toot. Lots of thumbs up were had

that day by passers by and I enjoyed myself so much I extended my

test drive another lap just for good measure.

Location