1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[rspears]

Enjoy the purple, for now. It's going satin black or Gloss black before Des moines Good Guys. I'm so tired of looking at the purple now that it is fading so bad.

Go gloss. You won't be sorry as time goes by....

[40FordDeluxe]

Go gloss. You won't be sorry as time goes by....

I may go satin for now because I'm finding things I will need to repair before I can put a nice paint job on it. I doubt I have enough time to get it painted by GG's. We'll see.

[Scooting]

Shiney new parts, yah! Your floorboard looks a lot better than I would have guessed. Charge on.

[40FordDeluxe]

Shiney new parts, yah! Your floorboard looks a lot better than I would have guessed. Charge on.

It's surprisingly rust free and is all original. That's the only thing keeping me from tubbing the back.

[40FordDeluxe]

Today my brakes and front coils arrived.





I removed the dash and the toe board, and the center floor trans tunnel. Not much holds the dash in. i was really surprised. Then I started drilling the spot welds that hold the fire wall in. My brother jumped in and did the LH side. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the old one out. There is a lot more work to replacing one of these than I originally thought. Go figure, right?





Here's a picture of the mods made to the X member to get the TH400 in there years ago....



I think I may shit can this wire harness too. Can anyone recommend a good reasonable price one? I see them advertised in street rodder and other mags for under $200. Anyone ever use any of them?

[rspears]

.... Can anyone recommend a good reasonable price one? I see them advertised in street rodder and other mags for under $200. Anyone ever use any of them?

I used the EZWire EZ 21, 18 fuses, 21 circuit in Color Wiring Harness . I had zero problems with it, but I did call their tech line once to clarify a detail on one of the circuits. The guy was very courteous, and very knowledgable about different ways the circuit could be wired to function right. I will use them again.

[40FordDeluxe]

Thanks Roger! That's exactly what I'm looking for! On my Corvette I used a 21 circuit harness, but I can't find the same brand now. The harness in this car now uses old glass fuses, and all the wires going into the main block use screws to secure them. The biggest complaint I have with it is that the wiring runs out of the fire wall to the front and rear inner fenders, and have junction blocks which are open to the elements. Not a real ideal setup for a car that will actually get driven.

[Dave Severson]

I use the Speedway 20 circuit harness, works fine for me!

[Scooting]

Body Mount Wiring.jpgOn my 40 body mount resides these exposed wiring runs. They aprear to be an early Ron Francis package done by the former owner years and years ago. I have been waiting for them to fail for about 15 years now.
I need to remove my dash. I see where it must be bolted in the upper corners in your photo, can you tell me where else? Thanks

[40FordDeluxe]

Scooting, I think this one might be a Ron francis as well. 2 years ago the blocks in both inner fenders were christmas tree green. I removed all the wires and cleaned them and sprayed a protective coating on them. But I think it's time for it to go. On the dash, you're right. There's supposed to be one bolt on the lower dash at the a pillar per say, per side. Then under the windshield garnish mouldings there are supposed to be 2 or 3 screws on each side that hold the dash to the body. Mine was missing half of them all.

[40FordDeluxe]

I've been trying to fight off a cold the last couple of mornings, so not a whole lot has gotten done. Today I got part of the firewall out and tomorrow hopefully I can get the new one installed. My new balancer and key showed up too.

[Hot Rod Nick]

Nice to see you keep making progress in spite of weather not yet being favorable.

Here's wishing some of the weather we're having now blows your way. Today it was 61F and sunny, tomorrow sunny but a few degrees less, Sunday sunny and mid 60's, Monday and Tuesday sunny and into the low 70's.

[40FordDeluxe]

Thanks Nick! We did get a couple decent days. It's supposed to be real nice tomorrow and wednesday, then 40 and snow/rain on Thursday. Hopefully I can get the engine and trans to the shop before the ground gets more saturated.

Over the weekend I got the new firewall installed. Today I cut off the old engine mounts and the strut rod mounts on the frame. Tomorrow I'm going to try to get the engine sitting in the frame to see how hard the trans install is going to be.






Here's my little girl helping out.

[Dave Severson]

Wow!!! What an improvement! The new firewall looks great! Neat helper you have there, too!

[40FordDeluxe]

Wow!!! What an improvement! The new firewall looks great! Neat helper you have there, too!

Thanks. I was really nervous about how it was going to look right after I removed the rest of the old one. Really, it looks pretty nice. I really like it. Yeah, the little helper sure is a cutie. Her mother isn't crazy she is picking up the car stuff so soon. I told her not to worry, she still has her girly stuff too.