As a re-tired senior judge of the EFV8 Club 39-40 was my specialty. The eng. pans were factory installed. The Hot Air manifold heater was an accessory dealer installed. From what I could tell most of the underside is all original. The carb should say Ford 91-99.
Torque Stripes. She's a cream puff for sure! It's great you got her sold! I hope the new owner cares for it as well as the previous owner(s) have and, as well as you two cared for it. She's a beaut! Thanks for the great content!
Absolutely awesome barn find most likely one of the best I,ve seen in Vintage cars As usual another Awesome video full of technical tips Bill Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
Nice to drive along with you in the '40. I haven't seen so much of the '40 carburetor and exhaust system since about 1958, when I was working and learning on mine. It was a $50 special. Thanks, chaps!
In 1957 I had the chance to buy from the original owner, a 40 Ford Tudor just like the one in this video. I drove it for about a year and then upgraded to a 1951 deluxe Tudor Ford. Looking back, I probably should have kept the 40, but that was a different time.
This is one I would leave stock with basic maintenance & safety upgrades. At most, an engine hop up and wheel upgrade. But I wouldn’t do anything that couldn’t be undone/reversed.
Beautiful car! There was an old bloke used to drive past me and my cousin, [on our way to school in New Zealand, 1956] in a stock black 40 Ford Coupe with wide whitewalls. You couldn't hardly hear that flathead running. Loved seeing that car; it made my day!
A forty would have been really rare in NZ before the late 70's. Once NZ entered the war in 1939 new cars were no longer imported which is why 39's were everywhere. I only ever saw a one 41 car and that was a 41 Buick stashed away in a farm shed up in Doubtless bay. I had a 39 Standard Coupe ,which had been red Dawsons First race car...LOL!.
That's a lovely old 40. Congrats to the new owner. Think of the things that don't need doing! It's great. I'd love to be putting some de-bugging miles on the old thing.
I prefer getting unmolested survivors even with some rust. After check ride I always look at brakes, change all fluids, penetrant all the fasteners, replace all rubber hoses, belts, and have carb redone. Car usually love me long time after that. Luv yer work.
Great video. My Uncle had one back in 1950. He let me drive it to church. I was 12 years old, but we lived away out in the country and kids drove pretty often. What a great time.
Morning Matt & Stromberg Steve(great nickname), very nice car, y'all should do well, don't think you will have this to long.... your nephew is one lucky little dude!! To have a favorite uncle that is a vintage car but is awesome!! Have a safe & happy 4th!!
Wow that is one very clean car for its age, some minor repairs and it will be perfect finds like that dont show up everyday, A friend of mine who I bought my 66 Hillman estate had a 1940 Minx in factory condition driven to where it was in his shed and covered for 25 years it needed brake cables which he had, it went into a huge Rootes collection and is still covered I saw it a year after it moved< I like old original cars and modified ones, none of mine have ever remained stock, Perfect weekend driver.
Very Nice barn find! Back in '70-'73 I drove an old '42 Plymouth coupe to school and work. The sediments in the fuel system was an issue with it, too. I added an in-line fuel filter between the sediment bowl and the carb. Every time the sediment bowl had enough junk in it to warrant cleaning, I would also change the in-line filter. It took a few tanks of fuel before the sediment bowl remained clear (indicating the sediments in the rest of the fuel supply system had been removed). I kept the in-line filter in place even though it could have been eliminated by that time. It just made me feel better. 🙂
Love that steering wheel. Sounds like the starter is starving the coil of power, so that the car won’t fire until you let off it. Poor battery or ground?
Greetings from Australia, This 1940 2Door is amazing for it's age. I hope it goes to a good home and let be it original. Yes hot rods are cool but this has to be one unique survivor!!!
Well done guys, what a lovely car. My first car was a 1936 Ford Y out of the UK (I am in New Zealand and bought it in 1964 when I started my aprenticeship) and it had rod brakes so I am surprised that this car has hydraulic brakes. When did Ford USA fit hydraulic brakes ? Many years on now I am an owner of a 1966 Ford Mustang that was imported into NZ and my daily driver is a a 2016 Ford Mustang GT. So you can see I am a good supporter of the Blue Oval.Henry was an amazing man!!! Cheers Ian
What a sweetheart..I knew this thing would sell after the 1st video,I imagine after this video you'll have a ton of people mad at themselves. I would just like to know where is headed? I'm guessing out of country
Congratulations to the lucky buyer. What a find! You wonder if the original buyer had to park it for a couple of years for war service and after coming back soon bought something newer?
National speed limit in 1940 was 45 MPH. Try to get leaded gas for it or added . Really nice 40. One of my parents friends showed up with a 50 flattie and you would swear it was so quiet that it was not running
Super cool car. Speaking of bad coils, actually been fighting with a hot soak problem on my friend’s 1939 Woody. Just found an NOS coil that I’m going to install, to see if it fixes it. Hot Florida weather not helping.
Beautiful beautiful car. I got a question do you still let people come hangout and work on cars with you guys? If so how can I get on that list? Keep up the good work guys
You can send an email with some background info and what you’re looking for and we can see if we can find some work for you to help with! Irontrapgarage@gmail.com
That car is sweet. Its in great conditon what nice old ford. Its so nice. Now that is a car you could drive everyday a good driver. Put some B12 chemtool in the gas tank to clean the carbon off the valves and the pistons. Or Seafoam. It will clean all the carbon off of everything. It will clean the carberator too. put one in the gas tank. Actually Lucas fuel additive is the best. B12, seafoam, and Lucus. I love the colum shift like my dad use to drive. You can drive in rain with out getting wet. Damn you should have kept it.
Are you going to need to put a lead replacement additive in the fuel tank to keep the engine running well on modern fuel? You have found an exceptional car there, I hope no future inersgive it the hotrod treatment. You could almost call it a mobile time capsule.
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drives perfectly? With a modern fuel delivery system it would drive 2X perfect which is not perfect, since perfect is a "measurement" of maximum acheviable...From the matrix 2 i think: Not to bright though!
Americans colloquially use the word "perfect" for a wide range of quality, and it almost never describes something that is formally perfect. Your conclusion isn't very clear - your sentence is easily interpreted as saying that Matt isn't too bright. If that IS what you meant, well, this channel will be sure to offend your sensibilities.
