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I haven't touched this project in awhile but am planning on getting back to it soon. The idea is to build a traditional late 40s/early 50s style custom out of this unusual body style. In my eyes, the factory top is REALLY tall and higher in the rear. With this in mind, I've chopped the top a bit more in the back and did my usual 'plating' of the cut seams on the inside for strength. While I was at it, I lengthened the side doors a bit so that the proportions just feel better. I'm also thinking of opening/hinging the rear door and was in the process of getting the gaps even. I'm also thinking of sinking in a license plate into the rear door. I plan to use the smoother, 39 Standard hood/grill and headlights if I can dig some up. The skirts were standard fare for that time, as are spotlights (I'll add eventually) and early style hubcaps which I haven't decided on just yet. Plans call for a hopped up flathead V8 with finned heads and multiple carbs. Anybody have any ideas for final color? I'm leaning towards dark Blue or dark Red/Maroon:

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1 hour ago, LennyB said:

Ferby, don't know that I've ever seen a chopped sedan delivery but looks good so far.

Thanks! There have been some chopped 1:1 sedan deliveries that I've seen but they were built in the 'modern' street rod style. A few of them were done very tastefully, but like you I've not seen one customized in the early post war style. It looks pretty cool in my head but we'll see how it actually turns out lol 😃

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46 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice job on the chop!👍😎

Thanks! I had to do a bit of trickery which I did not mention to line up the rear area. The rear window portion of the back was tilted out rearwards at the belt line while the entire rear quarters was cut away from the body and tilted forward a bit so that from the side view, the line of the rear door area lines up nicely with the chopped top.

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26 minutes ago, milo1303s said:

Very nice 1940 ford sedan delivery truck Keeping a eye on this !!

Thanks! It's got a long way to go as I've only gotten in started, but yeah stay tuned! 🙂

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Man, what a concept and execution. I've a spare delivery just like this one and it's definitely getting chopped as well. Kudos to you 👍

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On 12/20/2024 at 12:26 PM, Ferbz said:

I haven't touched this project in awhile but am planning on getting back to it soon. The idea is to build a traditional late 40s/early 50s style custom out of this unusual body style. In my eyes, the factory top is REALLY tall and higher in the rear. With this in mind, I've chopped the top a bit more in the back and did my usual 'plating' of the cut seams on the inside for strength. While I was at it, I lengthened the side doors a bit so that the proportions just feel better. I'm also thinking of opening/hinging the rear door and was in the process of getting the gaps even. I'm also thinking of sinking in a license plate into the rear door. I plan to use the smoother, 39 Standard hood/grill and headlights if I can dig some up. The skirts were standard fare for that time, as are spotlights (I'll add eventually) and early style hubcaps which I haven't decided on just yet. Plans call for a hopped up flathead V8 with finned heads and multiple carbs. Anybody have any ideas for final color? I'm leaning towards dark Blue or dark Red/Maroon:

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I’ve done a couple of these chopped, and it is not an easy thing to do. You have absolutely nailed it. It makes me wanna dig out one of my old chopped 40 Ford sedan delivery projects too. Excellent work and keep it going.

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20 minutes ago, carnut said:

I’ve done a couple of these chopped, and it is not an easy thing to do. You have absolutely nailed it. It makes me wanna dig out one of my old chopped 40 Ford sedan delivery projects too. Excellent work and keep it going.

Thanks! Yeah, dig it out! I'd love to see it 👍 Totally agree, all the 39/40 Ford body styles are deceptively difficult to chop I think, especially the coupes. Getting the top profile to flow nicely is tricky. Here's a pic of the last coupe I did. It's the best coupe I've done so far personally, but the top still doesn't flow right to me lol 🤪

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On 12/21/2024 at 12:02 AM, customline said:

It's a cool idea, Ferbs. It's more than a chop. It's more like a section job.  I'm on board.

Thanks! Funny you mentioned that 😉 For a short while I was considering sectioning it a bit ad well. I saw a chopped and sectioned 40 sedan delivery that Bill Stillwagon did and it looked really bitchin'! but I figured I better keep myself calm and not bite off more than I can chew, at least for this first go around 😃

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6 hours ago, Ferbz said:

Thanks! Funny you mentioned that 😉 For a short while I was considering sectioning it a bit ad well. I saw a chopped and sectioned 40 sedan delivery that Bill Stillwagon did and it looked really bitchin'! but I figured I better keep myself calm and not bite off more than I can chew, at least for this first go around 😃

Discretion is the better part of valor. It looks terrific. 😀👍

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On 12/21/2024 at 5:11 AM, Zippi said:

Great looking project Ferby.  Love anything with fat fenders.  Here's a few color ideas.

 

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Thanks! Ooh....I do like that green color 😎

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here's my 40 delivery I'm building as a  custom shop truck. My idea behind it is to display it with an early land speed car. The custom would be the push truck, tow rig, garage and sleeping area etc  still deciding if I want to do full fadeaways on it or not

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On 12/21/2024 at 9:29 AM, espo said:

Looks like the plastic surgery was a success. Like the built Flathead idea for the engine. 

Yeah, so far so good on the bodywork. I'm thinking of building a detailed, hopped up flathead with the same vibe I did for my 39 Ford dry lakes custom. This one has a scratch built 4x2 intake that I made for it:image.png.1d1f82dbdccbb4d823c16aeb7390bceb.pngimage.png.8a21c3080dc2a7fdbff7cd88fa6f0061.png

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