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 in 1996. Both of the 1940 photos were taken at Martin's Beach in Half Moon Bay CA. Dad bought the 1953 Mercury Monterey back in 1978 with just 83K original miles on it. He is the forth owner (Originally ordered by a woman in Berkeley CA; it then sold to two more Early Ford V8 Club members before dad bought it.) It is the only one of it's kind that we have seen with factory power steering, power brakes, power windows, four-way power front seat, rear package shelf speaker, deluxe steering wheel, windshield washer, and the Merc-O-Matic transmission. Over the years dad and I worked on it together. All of the mechanicals have been rebuilt, and all of the exterior chrome has been redone. The exterior has been repainted once, but the interior is 100% original. I took the photos in my parent's driveway the day it had to be backed out in order to replace their water heater.