Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 11, 2017 Posted June 11, 2017 Just finished this one. She started life as a Sedan Delivery a long time ago. I bought her as a built up in need of restoration from a friend. Like I had a Coupe body in my parts box, I decided to actually transform the Sedan delivery into a coupe. A little dig in the parts box found the body, the glass and interior tube from another old build I got already taken apart with a parts lot. Stripped the paint from all parts, repaired some crazing the body had, and started repainting things. Had to add the reinforcement bar to the fenders to stiff things up, as it had to be removed when building the Sedan Delivery. Decided to paint the car black, and used automotive enamel to do so. Did some restoration to the chrome parts by washing them with an old toothbrush and soap. That took off the dust, and brought back almost all the shine. Had to refinish the headlight doors with foil, as the chrome was very thin on that parts. The resulting model is almost box stock AMT, with just the addition of a tailpipe, and vent windows made out of acetate, as the body came without the stock AMT parts. Hope you guys like this little coupe. Thanks for looking. 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr
bbowser Posted June 11, 2017 Posted June 11, 2017 Another killer build from your bench! I really like your dio for pictures as well.
o-man Posted June 11, 2017 Posted June 11, 2017 Another killer build from your bench! I really like your dio for pictures as well.THIS
Intmd8r Posted June 11, 2017 Posted June 11, 2017 Very nice ? great job with the flawless black paint
R. Thorne Posted June 12, 2017 Posted June 12, 2017 Outstanding, as usual. Did you do the fold down rear seats? My brother had a 40 ford business coupe many years ago and I remember the fold down seats on that car. Guess they were for Mr. Businessman's briefcase, hence the name business coupe. Ron.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 12, 2017 Author Posted June 12, 2017 Outstanding, as usual. Did you do the fold down rear seats? My brother had a 40 ford business coupe many years ago and I remember the fold down seats on that car. Guess they were for Mr. Businessman's briefcase, hence the name business coupe. Ron.Yes, the AMT kit has simple representations of the two fold down seats. The Ford Business Coupe was aimed at travelling salesmen, that needed only one seat, and lot's of space for carrying samples, or even small size products delivering. If he or she had eventually to carry more people, there were the two extra seats on the back. If one really wanted a coupe with a full back seat, and some people wanted, Ford released in 1941 the Sedan Coupe body.
David G. Posted June 12, 2017 Posted June 12, 2017 Excellent work, as always Túlio!I noticed that it looks like the sparkplug wires are painted on. If so, that could be a good solution for wiring those old flat-head engines.David G.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 12, 2017 Author Posted June 12, 2017 x2Thanks a lot!!Excellent work, as always Túlio!I noticed that it looks like the sparkplug wires are painted on. If so, that could be a good solution for wiring those old flat-head engines.David G.Thanks !!Yes, the wires are painted on. The AMT heads have the wires molded into the plastic. The '49 Mercury also has the same feature.
Dave Darby Posted June 12, 2017 Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Another home run hit out of the park. I did a very similar one for the AMT catalogue about 25 years ago. Yours is nicer. Edited June 12, 2017 by Dave Darby
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 13, 2017 Author Posted June 13, 2017 Another home run hit out of the park. I did a very similar one for the AMT catalogue about 25 years ago. Yours is nicer. The one you built was the inspiration for mine. 20 some years go, I built one that was also inspired by yours. I just didn't have the correct color for the interior back then. 1940 Ford Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr As in all of your work, very nice! Thanks!!!
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