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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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

Dad was a freshman at Hayward High School back in 1945. Back then his first car was a 1930 Chevrolet Deluxe Coupe (3-window with cowl lights, and a rumble seat). Dad lived with his grandparents. The car was a hand-me-down from a cousin who lived two doors down the street. Dad had a part time job...

Years ago I had a neighbor who lived across the street, and was nearing retirement. One day he saw me working on my 1940 Coupe in my driveway. He walked over and said how much my car brought back memories... He claimed that he could blame the 1940 Ford Coupe he had for his joining the military...

THANKS for all of the responses! I now know my options. A stock restored 1940 Ford Deluxe dashboard is truly a thing of beauty! Best regards, push_rod

19Fordy: Thank you for your response! Your car sure has a beautiful interior! Years ago, before I decided to build my coupe into a "modified" street rod, my original plans were for a restored "resto-mod" with a 1950's flair. Back then I purchased several pint cans of the 1940 Deluxe dash paint...

Both of my family's 40's are modified, but I have always loved the look of the stock two-toned Deluxe dashboards! I currently have an extra dash I'd like to repaint in the original colors, and assemble to display on the wall. In fact, I went ahead and bought Bob Drakes spray cans of the maroon...