1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

Now that we've been in the house for a little bit, I've been doing a project over view future plan. With that said, I've taken into consideration what extra money I really have after bills, kid stuff, fun stuff for kids, and home up keep. It really shed light that if I want to get the 40 driving by next spring, I need to make some changes. Or sell something. Seeing how there isn't a great favorable market for projects from the sellers perspective, I came up with a plan B.

Plan B

I think the best thing for me to do at the present time is to leave the 354 in storage and get a Model A coupe and build the ride I've always wanted later down the road. I was going to take the chance and just re-seal the Hemi and run it the way it is, but I think that is a dumb idea. Something tells me that a ring will break, or who knows since the engine has been sitting for years. Granted, it has been started and ran, but not ran long enough to put any miles on it. I put a price list together of everything needed to give the hemi a mild rebuild. It came to $3600 before machine work. I'll have near $1000 in machine work after that too. I'm thinking I'll have about $3500 extra to put into the car before spring. The Hemi will eat all the funds and that will leave a car still in half a million pieces.

That brings us to Plan B. I'm going to put a 350 and TH350 in it. No, no, just kidding. I forgot I have a 351c sitting in a shed. The plan is to rebuild it, mild cam, aussie 2v heads, performer rpm air gap intake, aod trans, and vintage air. It won't have the cool factor of the hemi, but the car won't be setting torn apart doing nothing either. We'll see how the plan comes together or changes.