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| 1940 Ford Coupe |
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Price: $34,990 |
Last Updated 9 hours ago
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| Year: |
1940 |
| Make: |
Ford |
| Model: |
Coupe |
| Trim: |
N\A |
| Engine: |
350 V8 |
| Fuel: |
N\A |
| Color: |
Blue |
| Miles: |
11925 |
| Stock #: |
856256 |
| Body Style: |
N\A |
| Condition: |
Used |
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Vehicle Description
1940 Ford Tudor Sedan - All-Steel Street Rod, 283/TH350, Heidts Front End, Vintage Air The Car This is a fully-built 1940 Ford Tudor (two-door sedan) finished in blue over a gray cloth bucket-seat interior with a rear bench. It's an all-steel car - no fiberglass - and it's been put together as a complete street rod with the kind of mechanical and creature-comfort upgrades that actually make a pre-war Ford a car you can drive anywhere. Stock #856256, showing 11,925 miles. The 1940 Ford is one of the most recognized hot rod platforms in the world, and the build quality on this one matches the reputation. Paint is straight, panel fit is clean, and the body has been done to a show-quality finish without losing the proportions that make a '40 Ford a '40 Ford. What It Has The drivetrain is a 283 small-block Chevy with an Edelbrock Performer aluminum intake and a 750 CFM Holley four-barrel, backed by a Turbo 350 automatic and a GM 10-bolt rear with 3.73 gears. The engine bay is fully dressed: billet valve covers, billet breather, billet pulleys, billet alternator, billet water pump, and a billet A/C compressor. Coated headers feed an aluminized Flowmaster dual exhaust system that exits at the rear with stainless tips. The chassis is where this car earns its keep as a driver. A Heidts front end with tubular A-arms and adjustable coilovers replaces the original beam axle, rack-and-pinion steering goes in front of you, and front disc brakes handle stopping. Rear air shocks let you adjust ride height. A Walker radiator with a flex fan plus a thermostat-controlled high-flow electric fan keeps it cool in traffic and on the highway. Inside the cabin, vintage A/C blows cold and the heat works with defrost. The electrical system has been redone with a Painless wiring harness and a modern fuse panel. VDO gauges (including the fuel gauge - the one most people forget) all work. Power windows, power trunk, power cowl vent, tilt steering, electric door poppers with remote, third brake light, and a Pioneer CD player sound system are all in place. The interior is fully custom, with matching trim continuing into the trunk. All hinges, latches, and hardware are chrome plated. Glass is all new and tinted, with new felts and rubbers. All chrome trim is new. Fuel tank is 18 gallons. What You Should Know This is a pro-built street rod, not a survivor or a numbers-matching restoration. It's not eligible for original-spec judging or originality points, and it isn't trying to be. What it is: a fully sorted, all-steel '40 Ford with modern brakes, modern steering, modern A/C, modern wiring, and a small-block that can be serviced at any speed shop in the country. Mileage shows 11,925, which we believe represents miles since the build was completed. Everything on the car works at the time of listing. We've gone through it ourselves and we don't have anything to flag. The Bigger Picture The 1940 Ford is, alongside the '32, the cornerstone of American hot rodding. The combination of the Tudor sedan body and a fresh small-block Chevy with a TH350 is one of the most reliable, most-supported builds in the hobby - every part is available, every mechanic recognizes it, and you don't have to plan road trips around the nearest specialist. The Heidts front end and rack-and-pinion swap address the two complaints buyers have about driving an unmodified pre-war Ford: the steering and the front suspension. With those handled and the air conditioning blowing cold, this is genuinely a car you can drive to a show three states away rather than trailer. Pricing on built '40 Tudors varies wildly depending on quality of execution. The line that separates a $40K build from a $90K build is exactly the stuff this car has - billet dressed engine bay, Painless harness, vintage A/C that actually works, all-new glass and rubbers, power accessories, full custom interior carried into the trunk. It's the difference between a car someone started and a car someo |
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