1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

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And the big hemi just looks so "right" sitting there!

Totally off subject, but in the KC Star paper the other day they had an article about the old Civil Defense "air raid" warning system, following up Hawaii's false alarm a while back. The last remaining siren in the KC Metro is mounted atop a tall building downtown, which used to house the old US Army Quartermaster Depot. The thing is HUGE, 12' long and weighing 3 tons, with a 138dB output that could be heard 25 miles away!! What caught my eye though, was that it's a Chrysler Victory Air Raid Siren, powered by a first gen HEMI!

Hmmmmmm, how to get a 600# engine off of the top of a downtown building.... not that it's for sale other than as the 3T package. Oh yeah, the thing was controlled manually. Local PB start, then engage the siren with a big hand lever and the governor would load the engine to wind up the siren. Said they must have had a deaf guy to operate it , or if not he was likely deaf the second time he did the test runs. The current owner of the building did say that people have asked about buying it, but the question "How are you going to get it down?" always stops them. A heavy lift helicopter is about the only way, and those things don't rent cheap!

Sorry for the Hijack, Ryan. Now back to the regularly scheduled coverage... The sedan is lookin' great!

[53 Chevy5]

Totally off subject, but in the KC Star paper the other day they had an article about the old Civil Defense "air raid" warning system, following up Hawaii's false alarm a while back.!

Thanks a lot Roger and Matt, I wasted a half hour this morning on You Tube watching Chrysler air raid siren videos I really want one now!