40 Ford Coupe

[niterunner71]

Plans call for:
'57 283 bored .060 (292 cid) with Edelbrock C3b intake, domed pistons and comp cams 268H cam, with '57 fuelie heads
Super T10 4speed
9 inch ford rear
chassis engineering leaf spring rear
stock 40 axle with super slide springs and speedway 4-bar kit (yes they DO make a 4-bar kit for 35-40 fords)
speedway discs and ford drums
most likely will be flat black with chrome rev wheels
Build pics to come...

 

[42chevy]

Very cool! That should be a fun car with that drivetrain.

 

[SugarRay8]

I’m officially jealous! One of my all-time favorite cars and you have a great plan for it. Looking forward to seeing the progress, keep us posted.

 

[RoddingRon]

I agree with SR8. 40 Fords are one of my favorite body styles. I have a 2 door sedan tucked away that I'll get to one of these days...til then I'll follow along with your build

 

[niterunner71]

taking off from work thursday till tuesday hope to get some things done. pics of the front suspension coming shortly

 

[niterunner71]

front suspension

here are pics of my progress on the front end. I still yet have to mount the spindles and brakes waiting on a reamer to come in for that. need to patch the hole in the side of the frame someone cut. still undecided whether to use the 40 steering box or a vega box. right now i have started on locating and mounting the brackets for the rear end.
front suspension:
speedway 4 bar kit
stock 40 axle
speedway panhard rod kit
posies super slide spring (reversed eye)
(not shown in pics) pete and jakes shock kit

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

this is one of the cars you get to build in the game "hot rod, american street drag" which by the way is a free download, so you can build it like 30 different ways to see what it looks like

 

[niterunner71]

I may have to check that out. seems like I heard of some software out there that lets you try on different paint and wheels but can't remember where. I am torn between black and white myself. to me black is like the ultimate 40 color, but i have fond memories growing up looking thru garage door windows at a white on my dad's cousin had and never would sell.