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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1953 Mercury Monterey Hardtop

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    1940 Ford Rear Light question

    The original tail lamps were painted black inside, so what little light was produced by the tail lamp bulb was absorbed instead of reflected. Although it would not be "original", you can make your stock tail lamp appear much brighter by simply painting the inside of the tail lamp bright white...
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    1940 Ford Rear Light question

    All 1940 Ford Standard passenger cars came from the factory with one chevron shaped tail lamp on the driver's side rear fender. The passenger side rear fender had no light at all. Some states did require that cars have two rear tail lamps, so many 1940 Standards were fitted with a second chevron...
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    Ford Photos

    Thanks for sharing. I've always loved 1940 Station Wagons! Yours reminded me a bit of one I built back in 1982... I had to make all of the wood too, but mine only took a year to complete. It never won a Dearborn, but it take a first place in the "Stock" class, at a model show held by the...
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    Ford Photos

    Here are photos of my family's 1940 Fords, and Dad's 1953 Mercury Monterey. I bought the 1940 Coupe back in 1974 for $225.00; it was a worn out modified car that I did not complete until 1989. I bought the 1940 Tudor in 1992 as a half finished street rod, finished it in 1994, and sold it to dad...
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    40 Coupe Trunk Lid Bumpers:

    Although my car is a "modified", it is an "early" which also had the October '39 date codes on the glass (Just like today, the "new" cars are released in September or October of the previous year.). The original trunk lid had the correct outer skin, but had the 1939 inner structure (no "X"...
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    1940 Turns 50 tour in Reno Video? Photos added!

    I just took the time last night to view the 40 is 50 video. It turns out that all of the footage was shot in Anaheim, CA. There were a number of Convertibles in the video, but none that were bright magenta with ghost flames. Yours may have been there, but they did not include all of the cars in...
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    1940 Turns 50 tour in Reno Video? Photos added!

    Re: 1940 Turns 50 tour in Reno Video? Steve: No problem, glad to help. You brought back some great memories that dad and I shared that weekend. The photos you attached of your car did not display. I took a lot of photos that weekend. There were not very many Convertibles there. I only remember...
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    1940 Turns 50 tour in Reno Video? Photos added!

    Re: 1940 Turns 50 tour in Reno Video? I had just finished my Coupe the year before. I ran across some of the San Jose 40's at a run to Lodi, CA. They told me about the "40 is 50" tour from Reno, but I knew I was not able to get enough time off to participate in the complete tour. I could only...
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