In 1962 I decided to go all out for a yearly competition at the local hobby shop. I spent a year on a '40 Ford Sedan making it a Low as I could ... chopped, channeled and sectioned with 13" wheels and massacred suspension. Pretty sure I used Bill Cushingbery's Matador as inspiration. The front dual headlight frenched openings were were formed with thin wire molded in as a 1:1 would. The low grill was a piece from parts box and the '39 grill smoothed and body color. The hood was pancaked with a bubble for engine clearance ... engine unknown,but fully wired with sewing thread. The doors were opened with working handle ... just a wire in a hole with ends bent parallel to the door plane. Scoops in the rear fenders were from parts box and fit just right, after more Plastic Wood. Corvette tailights on fenders and a license plate shroud finished the rear. The interior, and undercarriage, was upholstered with strips of green and white corduroy 2 ribs wide. The paint was a disaster using Pactra Candy Green for the first time with dark globs at the bottom of the body.
Despite the bad paint, it was in the running for Best in Show and won First Place in the Custom Class, because it was said to be Not Roadable! The body was at least a couple inches off the ground! This was my last build for 30 years and I have only a few bad photos and the hood and one wheel lest. Somehow the trophy survived too, sentimental.