1940 Ford standard (Ford v8) business coupe review 

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@@What.its.like. The Spinners teamed up with Dionne Warwick to do a song called “Then Came You.” In the 1970s. I think.

That TV show you described was from "Leave It to Beaver".

Definitely one of fords best cars ever =) timeless design

Great memories =)

Timeless design awesome information thank you so much for sharing that =)

One of fords best designs of all time

It’s a sweet ride =)

Ford mailed it with the styling too bad it was one year only design, 1939 is better because the window can crank out and grill is more pronounced

That's exactly what it is. Back seat was also replaced with a shelf for holding more wares.

Thank you for watching =)

Great memory thank you so much for sharing =)

I would love to have seen that.🦇

I tested that switch after recording the video it controls the widest super slow so must still be vacuum

@@What.its.like. That's odd. I noticed a few other non stock details too. Still, it is a neat little car and I would be proud to drive it.

Thank you for watching gotta do more 40s cars =)

@@What.its.like. That would be great, I like both the pre & post war era of cars!! (along with cars from the 30s, 50s, 60s & 70s) 😀

Shifts so smooth as well =)

Looking for my first car in 1963 I sad a 40 ford sedan for 100 dollars. Both front tires had severe wear of problems there. Looked at a 49 Plymouth in great shape for 100 dollars. I bought the Yplymouth.

Awesome story thank you so much for sharing =)

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Agreed

Awesome information thank you so much =) for sharing

Sure is

Thank you so much for sharing the great memories thank you so much for watching this video and enjoying it =) if you’re new to the channel be sure to check out some other videos because there’s a lot of good content on this channel

I didn’t know that about the distributor thank you so much for sharing that great story for a great car

When I in HS my Sr year in 75' and classmate drove a 46' Plymouth coupe as his daily driver, his brother drove a 55' Chevy. Another guy drove a 57' Chevy.

Sounds like a great time that I missed out on being born 40-50 years too late I was born in 89

Sun machine best bet for setting up exotic distributor. Better yet is install a Petronix.

Timeless design

Thank you so much for that correction I walked in and looked and looked for the original price I could only find the deluxe price I couldn’t find the standard prices anywhere thank you so much for this information

Totally agree

Totally agree they where made to be fixed this will run forever

@@What.its.like. You have a fun job!

It all just happened it was really hard in the beginning super hard wasn’t sure what format or what cars people wanted to see. Everyone is doing new cars and if you listen to people who do new cars that’s what their base wants to see I wanted a classic car channel from the beginning but wasn’t sure if that’s what my base wanted. Until that’s what people where watching over the new cars when that happened I went all in on the classics. And figured the rest will fall into place.. all you need is one or two and then can snowball from there.. I had lots of opportunities that were given to me only for them to shut the door in my face (in the beginning). I agree it’s a great job I got the job at Jkgalleria because of the RU-vid channel, and get to drive all the cars there works in unison =)

@@What.its.like. That is great. Doing what you love really isn't a job. I'd prefer to see the videos on the old car too, far more interesting to me. But I've come across some where they've done complete swaps with an old body sitting on top of a modern car, like an old Ford pickup body sitting on a newer Ford Mustang, so much work involved! But this video of yours is great because it's showcasing what these cars would be like when they were new with info on options and features, very interesting to see what an unmolested original was like! 👍

That’s the lens I try to shoot through like if someone wants to buy this car for the first time just like with new cars.. and this channel we feature lots of cars no one else gives the time of day. I’m glad it’s grown into that =)

Thank you for that correction that car was smooth in every way the steering was light and smooth shift action smooth =)

All Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln cars used worm gear steering in all their cars well into the 1960s. This required much more effort to steer the car, hence the large diameter steering wheels without power steering prior to the 1950s. GM cars always used recirculating ball bearing steering gears in their cars. Even without power steering GM cars required less muscle to drive.

I’m going to make that a segment next episode is probably going to be a comparison episode I didn’t do the push test but I’m going to try and make that part of it like the glove box test =)

Thank you it means the world to me. Still looking for a lot of cars that have Been requested =)

@@What.its.like. You're welcome! You should bring along a top hat when you review cars from this era, use it like you use the camera in glovebox test, LOL.

Awesome information thank you so much for sharing =)

I used to start my 1970 Ford Maverick the same way.

I remember back in the 70s replacing the shift tube in the Steering wheel colom. I was just a teenager but those things where going out Left and right , my dad's Auto repair shop 🙂

The engine in a car with a three on the floor could also be started with gearshift in neutral or in in gear. It is recommended to push the clutch in while starting the engine for safety reasons and reduce the drag on the starter motor. Later cars had a safety feature that would only allow the engine to turn over with the starter if the clutch pedal was pushed in. The shifter was put on the column to give a passenger sitting in the center of the front seat more legroom.

@@tpcoachfix that's right, and pay attention tho ,, you just might go through the liquor store window 🤢🥴. AND that girl beside you would be mad

I’m not sure what version is in the car featured I’ll have to look up number code on engine and find out =)

Awesome I did not know that thank you so much for sharing that information =)

That awesome you still have your first truck =)

You got it someone else got it before you did thank you for that correction and your totally right Motown still sounds amazing =)

=) she is

It was/ is it will be for sale at Jkgalleria I’ll put link in description after it gets serviced

Thank you weirdest key lock cylinder design I’ve seen to date

Really hoping to hit original model A before this years end would really like to drive one as well mechanical brakes (before hydro brakes) I always wondered how those cars stop do they stop as well as Henry Ford said they do steel on steel

@@What.its.like. Ford mechanical brakes were surprisingly good if adjusted properly, which was'nt easy. Even then, pedal pressure needed to effect a qiuck stop was high, too high for a lot of people.

Might still be faster than a vw beetle

Running those radiator hoses across the top of the block had to be the dumbest thing Ford could have done. the car was Notorious for overheating plus funny thing about the car with the windshield wipers which were vacuum powered the faster you drove the faster they moved you'd be sitting at the traffic signal light they would barely move... you have to give it some more gas in order for wipers to move faster

The vacuum wipers left a lot to be desired in a sense of visibility while stopped they were fine at speed as long as there wasn’t a leak in a vacuum line. Your first car sounded awesome =)

Great story I’m not sure where this one came from =)

Awesome information thank you so much for sharing =)

Yeh the ones with the Jump seats were cool,

Thank you so much glad you enjoyed this video

I was born way too late I shifted it pretty good while videoing haha. Which facts are wrong please correct in comment section I do lots of research and Sometimes information is conflicting like there was 90 hp engine on site with resources but according to the advertising only 60 hp engine and 85 hp engine were offered (unless the 90 hp engine came mid year after ads were printed)

Thank you so much I added colors on this one because there wasn’t that many color options as i’m always looking for more feedback we haven’t necessarily found the format in which is perfect the format is always changing just found a general outline in which I like to present these videos but the format is always changing =) Thank you so much for the feed back

It was super comfortable it was so smooth driving shift action was the best column shifting car I drove but to be fair I’ve only ever driven 2 column shift vehicles

I would have loved to see these everyday on the road

Thank you so much for watching

Timeless design

Great story thank you for sharing that awesome memory =)

Awesome story thank you for sharing I don’t mind drive train swaps but I hate when people take a good clean car and cut it up and put a crappy mid 80s Chevy steering column in..

I worked on a 39 1ton truck that had 85hp badges and a flat head v8 in it.

The "v60" (AKA baby flathead) was made in 37-40, it was the replacement for the 4-cylinder Flathead that preceded it, (in 1941 it was replaced by the inline 6 Flathead). The v60 was the economy car engine visually it is extremely small and it's displacement was 136 cubic inches (and literally a grown man can pick it up and put it in the back of a pickup truck although I recommend 2 people as my back has pains for a reason), besides the obvious fact of visually looking tiny it was the only flathead ford to have 17 head studs per cylinder head and most had aluminum cylinder heads from the factory. It got a bad reputation for being underpowered but the reality is it was a great engine but the 37-40 fords were just to heavy for the gas sipper, (I had a model A a few years back and it moved fair with a lightly modified v60, it was not a race car by any means but it was as fast as a 1960s MGB not that that is saying much, what was cool is it got 22 mpg and was a blast to plow through the city scape of southern California in. Anyways The "v85" that is in the car in the video was visually a much larger engine and all of them had cast iron heads and 24 bolt head studs, it was made between 1938 and 1942 in the 221 cubic inch size (this is the original hot ticket hotrodder engine back in the early days of dry lake speed trials if you open a pre 1950 car magazine everyone is either running a built v85 or the real early 1932 to 1937 flathead that had 21 head studs. The 1938 to 42 engine had as this video points out twin water pumps, cast iron heads and the 24 head studs, every deluxe trim vehicle had them installed in those years. Anyways considering the Ford flathead was made from 1932 to 1953 there is a lot of variants, in water pump placement, how many water pumps, head stud count, different crankshafts for mercury and Ford, water hose outlet location, cubic inch displacement, how many bolts that hold the carburetor to the intake, integral bellhousing or a modern style trans bolt up and then there was a monster 27 stud flattie (337CU) that came in f6 or larger Ford trucks and all Lincoln's after the V12 was killed off. There are other things that I can't remember but the v85 was definitely stock in a 1940 ford passenger series vehicle and it is definitely different then the 1949 to1953 flathead as the leader Flathead had what you would call a modern Bell housing mount, where back in 1940 it was cast into the engine block.

@@AtomicReverend Sounds good. I was talking about the model car kit.

It’s a gorgeous car =)

Thank you so much for sharing that story

Thank you for those corrections

Thank you for sharing that information =)

This is a good one =)

Thank you for your service what was your favorite memory of that car

@@What.its.like. it had terrible brakes,and I was a terrible mechanic,but I couldn’t afford anything better,those were the DAYS!

Thank you glad you liked it =)

Oh man that hurts that hurts me and I did even know the car they are timeless in design one of fords best they aren’t fast but not everything is about speed.. just think 1940 what was going one,what that car was around for if only they could talk =)

A truly iconic FORD and Yes …. What a conversation that they could share, about their many road trips !!! It pained me deeply, as I watched the interior shots especially !!!! From the time I was a small lad …. I’d sit in the 40 on Grandpa’s lap ….. pretending to drive !!!! Memories…….

Thank you so much for sharing those memories

Thank you =) I waited for a channel like this for years and then finally figured I’d just do it

Awesome story thank you so much for sharing =)

Compared to other cars of that era it was a lot of power for the money

yes the simca vedette

Hahaha I watch Doug would love to meet him one day thank you so much for that =)

It was a dream getting to drive this car in the crazy thing is you didn’t need to double clutch it going forward as in increasing speed but downshifting you did.. I got to drive a 52 Ford with a crash box and honestly that is the hardest vehicle that I’ve ever driven into think that that car sorry truck is 12 years newer than this car..

Awesome information

Great story thank you so much for sharing =)

@@What.its.like. I forgot to mention. Restored even to the "signal seeking" radio.

Thank you so much for those corrections I didn’t know if they keep some of it was supposed to come out or not I’ve seen other ones that do come out as well so the pin must be broke but that would be the ultimate theft device just take the whole key cylinder nobody could take it lol

I’ve been watching kenos garage since 2005 took a bit of a break around 2010 I’ll have to look his episode up I’ve been waiting to see packard clipper and he has an international kB series truck I’d love to see an episode on that.. my favorite eras are 50s and 30s =)

Thank you.. um I thought about a name that tune from time period but I don’t think it would work good I’m not well versed in 40s music I did a 90s song for the Dodge Viper video and no one has got it yet.. but great suggestion tho =)

Your car sounds amazing =)

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I’ve driven that car on the road since that episode and honestly that car is perfect steering is well balanced.. not hard to turn at all.. and it has cowl vent no need for air conditioning I showed Zach the cowl vent thing while driving and he could believe how good that works

Totally agree =)

Great information and insight =)

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I think they was options but the fact that they was their at all was cool

@@What.its.like. I think it’s only recently that cars are equipped with mirrors on both sides of the vehicle. My old 1970 Chevy was equipped with a mirror only on the driver side door and I could have gotten them on the passenger side if I’d have wanted to pay extra at that time.

Outside mirrors were an option.

Yeah this one’s been converted to 12 V

The hole at the top I thought that was for aftermarket compass but not sure looking at a picture I’m not sure what goes in there, the big rectangular looks like heater controls I’m not 100% sure tho

@@What.its.like. thanks a lot Justin

It's where the radio would go in a 40 Ford.

It was super easy in the 40 ford, but I totally get what you mean I learned last week in a lifted 1971 K10 and it was hard to find the gears. The ford was super easy and smooth the k10 wasn’t as smooth.. the ford was like butter

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@@What.its.like. the fist day , scarry, by day two natural

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One of the best ford designs it’s timeless I love the rear drop headlights ere as well just super cool cars. =)

I dig the 39 the windshield cranks out which was a really cool feature, 39 was last year for ford cars to do that. Maroon is the best color for this car looks very classy that color takes it to the next level

Thank you so much for all that added information now that you mention it I do agree with you I think it was converted to 12 V because it cranked over faster than it would’ve if it was 6 V. =)

The trick back then was to use an 8 volt battery for better starting.

GM cars went to 12 volts in 1955, Ford went to 12 volts in 1956, not sure about Chrysler but I think 12 volts in 1955.

@@rickcecil7635 That's what I was thinking. Mid 50's. That's about the same time that American cars changed over to tubeless tires.

@@billkallas1762 yes about that time on the tires. I know the first year for tubeless tires on Chevrolet was 1955, not sure about Ford and other makers. Probably somewhere in the same time frame.

www.automobile-catalog.com/make/ford_usa/full-size_ford_1gen/full-size_ford_1gen_deluxe_coupe/1946.html

There isn’t a backseat I thought there was a shot of the shelf in the rear