| FLTHDCPE | -- 10-31-2014 @ 9:25 PM |
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I have a friend who has an "Early Production" 40 Coupe with a floor shift ( 39 style )He says it was an "early production and it came that way" It is a Deluxe Coupe and it has pull out ash trays.? Anyone know if Ford ever produced any of these.? Thank You,Steve.
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| deuce_roadster | -- 10-31-2014 @ 11:19 PM |
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Steve, I would doubt it. It is far more likely that someone put a 39 trans into a 40 somewhere along the life of the car. Is there any original glass on the car to look at the date codes? Early 40s had 39 dates. What about the Vin on the frame? Does the steering mast jacket have a place for a column shift tube to go into? In my area there was a 39 coupe that the owner was telling everyone it was a 40 "built out of left over 39 parts Henry shipped to California". I called BS on that. Henry was too cheap to do that. The only 40 parts on the entire car were the headlight doors on sealed beam conversions. Be skeptical of these stories. There could have been a stray 39 part on an early 40 like the solenoid. Maybe Mike Kubarth will chime in here but I am very skeptical of a US made 40 passenger car with a floor shift that came from the factory that way.
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| kubes40 | -- 11-01-2014 @ 5:26 AM |
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Um, NO. Your friend has a '40 with a '39 transmission. I can only imagine how many times this modification was done through the years. heck, I'd even done it once for a client. Pull out style ash trays are late 1940 design. Also, you might tell your friend that most "left over" parts were utilized as service replacement parts. And, the last cars of the model run were built on the East coast. This message was edited by kubes40 on 11-1-14 @ 5:27 AM
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| FLTHDCPE | -- 11-01-2014 @ 8:21 AM |
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Appreciate the replys. I tend to agree,although we all know that "Henry" did just about whatever he wanted when using all parts that were available.! Back in the Day when we acquired our first '40,the first thing that we did was install a 39 floor shift.!! Curiosity is what prompted this post and to get feed back from the experts. I got that and agree with you. The car is not available at this time to verify #'s and dates,but I' am ok with the results. Steve.
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