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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Ford Discussion / 1941 Special Sedan Field Car

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eodcoduto

12-29-2025 @ 9:20 PM

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Hello I wanted to introduce myself and my newest project, we pulled this 1941 Special out of the pasture in Western Nebraska that has been sitting since around 1955-1958 as far as anyone can remember. I've know about this car for 25 years and was finally able to bring it home with me to Alabama. (Grew up in Nebraska, retired Marine that settled in Muscle Shoals).

The car is complete, the engine had a stuck piston and all of the rod bearings were broken in multiple places, it looks like it was run out of oil. But thanks to the arid environment and parked on a hill in sandy soil the rust is limited to the front floor board, and the bottom of the quarter panels. The drums weren't even frozen and everything in the front end is loose. During teardown every bolt came loose like it was new which was a great surprise.

The block didn't have any visible cracks after I knocked out the liners, but I dropped it off at the machine shop today to get hot tanked, magnafluxed, and pressure tested to verify before I put any effort into it. The goal with this is to mechanically restore it as cheaply as possible, only new parts where required, bring the interior to stock or period correct'ish, clear the exterior and drive the snot out of it.

If anyone has any pictures of the interior of a Special Sedan they are greatly appreciated, I can't find anything online and the EF V-8 book has great info, but not any images of what I'm looking for.

1940 Tom

12-30-2025 @ 10:08 AM

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Good morning---

Go to the "Online Store" link in the blue section on the left side of your screen. Click on it and go to "Ford Books". The Club offers a 1941-1948 Book for you. All of the members - including me - are very happy with the quality of all these books.

Good luck with the field car.

Tom

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12-30-2025 @ 11:50 AM

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I bought that from this site as soon as I had the car on the trailer, it is great. Now I need to find more pictures of original interiors so I can try to find the right materials.

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12-30-2025 @ 2:25 PM

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Thank you for posting pictures of your 1941 Tudor. When I was a kid my family owned 2 '41 Tudors. One was a Black Super Deluxe and the other was a Chartreuse (not a stock '41 color but used on 1950 Fords as Sportsman's Green) Deluxe Model.
Enjoy your project.

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12-30-2025 @ 4:13 PM

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Sounds like you have a good plan, but for one detail: there’s nothing wrong with the exterior as is, but you’ll be forever sorry if you put clear coat on it. Any car wax or even a quickie job with deisel fuel will make that Ford sparkle.

Alan

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