help identifying 40 ford convertible

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turbotank

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I know there seems to be the facts that there wasnt any 40 ford convertible sedans made at all. alltho some people think there were 6 made for the worlds fair in 39. or that there were some made for the rose bowl parade.

so here are the facts of the car

-its titled a 1940 ford 4 dr convertible. no way of getting around that

-the serial number I8*5550918* matches the title,frame, engine, and trans

-the serial number falls way in to the 40 model year.

-the firewall is a 40

-the car has column shift

-the car has 40 tail lights

-hood, dash, grill are all 40.

-car was blue, and had duel spotlights. it also has a mount on the ds rear fender on top for either a light or an antenna of some sort.

if anyone can help me figure out what kinda unicorn we have here that would be great.

has anyone went to the henry ford museum and looked up a car by its serial number? or know how that works ?

thanks in advanced
 
welcome to the 'Barn....got pics?...we love pics...and someone will probably be able to help you.....good luck....Mike
 
yes i have about 300 pics lol. i made a post on face book with the pics just cause it easier to snap and upload from my phone.
 
wonder if a trip to ford is in order. this is going to take someone at ford who knows the shhhhh if you know what i mean. if its one of the 6 cars made for the worlds fair i want to find out, and get proof.
 
Some of us, (me), are not on facebook, so could you please
post some pics here on this tread. ;)

By the way, Welcome to the Fordbarn. :)








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If the car was untouched it would be more believable. Dual spotlights? Give me a 39 cs body and I could put it on any of my 40 chassis and create another "mystery" car with matching numbers quite easily. It would take an expert with Kube's knowledge to determine if the car in question is such a combination.
Don't know if the cs bodies had a number on them like my woodie but if it did and say it was an early 39 cs body on a mid to late 40 frame you would know it was created after it left the factory.
 
it has a 40 firewall tho. i would like to know if the body has a number also. i can provide any pic that someone wants to help determine just let me know where
 
I could make that out of my 40 convertible (and so could Kube) if I had a 39 CS body that say had a butchered firewall/cowl. I built a 40 convertible for a customer out of parts from several different cars and did it in a way VERY FEW people could ever tell it didn't come off the assembly line. I have a 40 convertible of my own that I am the first owner out of the family that bought it new and used it to copy all the welds etc.
If it turns out that is legit--- would be extra cool but absence of documentation I am skeptical.
 
Shooting from memory here BUT several years back I was around a conversation about this car as we have a 40 Merc Conv Sedan, to me (and my memory) I thought I recall the owner of C & G Ford Parts in Escondido has one? I think I heard in the conversation that Ford made 4 or 6 (or something like that) of them. Maybe a call to C & G might help in figuring it out.
 
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