1940 Ford

Al Beckman's 1940 Ford Convertible

Bill Cushenbery's 1940 Ford - The El Matador

Bill Page's 1940 Ford

Bill Vornholt's 1940 Ford Coupe

Bob Creasman's 1940 Ford coupe of Los Angeles, California. Bob began restyling the car late in 1943, making it the first 1940 Ford coupe to be channeled, and the second to be chopped in the Los Angeles area. The work was done in conjunction with the Brand Brothers Body Shop in Los Angeles. In 1948 the car received fadeaway fenders.

Bob Brown's 1940 Ford Coupe of Pico, California sported a flame job done in organe, red and blacl. It was upholstered by John's Auto Top Shop of East Los Angeles

Bob Crespo's 1940 Ford Coupe - Les Po Po was restyled by Barris Kustoms, Cushenbery Custom Shop and Hal Hutchins.

Bob McCoy's 1940 Ford

C. H. Peterson's 1940 Ford-Willys, a Sport Custom from California.

Clyde Castleberry's 1940 Ford Pickup

Clyde Walther's 1940 Ford Convertible of Stockton, California. Clyde bought the car off a used car lot in Stockton about 1953. It had already been customized when he bought it, and they never found out who did the job.

Dan Guguirrer's 1940 Ford Convertible

Danny Hall's 1940 Ford Coupe

Dave Cunningham's 1940 Ford Sedan - The Li'l Beauty

Dick Brooks' 1940 Ford Convertible, was originally restyled by Jean Sheppard of Seattle, Washington in 1952.

Dick Colarossi's 1940 Ford coupe of Glendale, California was restyled by Valley Custom Shop. The build was completed in 1954, and it made it's debut at the Motor Revue and Motorama in November of 1954.

Doug Beattie's 1940 Ford Coupe of Vancouver, Washington. Known as the "Futurama Forty," Beattie's Ford was restyled by Donn Lowe at Lowe Kustoms. The build was completed in 2011, making its debut at the Grand National Roadster Show in January of that year.

Don Moore's 1940 Ford Coupe

Don Schaedel's 1940 Ford Tudor Sedan was restyled by George Cerny of Cerny's Custom Shop in 1950.

Earl Bruce's 1940 Ford Three-Window Coupe

Fred Cain's 1940 Ford coupe of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Fred's coupe was originally restyled in 1948.

Garret Walther's 1940 Ford Coupe of Stockton, California. The coupe was Garret's first car. He bought it in 1955. Installed a huge 1952 Chrysler FirePower Hemi-engine and went racing.

A chopped 1940 Ford Convertible custom that Bill Collins photographed at a small dragstrip in Mansfield, Lousiana circa 1954-1955. According to his buddy Karl Knecht, "North and central Texas racers traveled to this drag strip on several occasions." For all we know, the owner could have been from Texas, Louisiana, or somewhere else. Photo courtesy of Bill Collins, provided by Karl Knecht.

Gary Overby's 1940 Ford Convertible of Tacoma, Washington.

Gene Garret's 1940 Ford of Sacramento, California. Gene was a member of the Thunderbolts auto club, and his custom featured a padded top by Carson Top Shop.

Jim Chapkis' 1940 Ford

John Geraghty's 1940 Ford Convertible

Johnny Williams' 1940 Ford as it looked in 1949.

Larry Ewing's 1940 Ford DeLuxe Coupe of Redwood City, California. The Ford was Larry's first car, and he bought it in 1957 when he was 15 years old. By 1959 he had fixed it up and given it a 1957 Pontiac Limefire Green paint job.

Link Paola's 1940 Ford Convertible was customized before the new 1940 Ford was introduced to the public in in 1939.

Manuel Avila's 1940 Ford, a Sport Custom of Tulare, California.

Manuel Gonzalez's 1940 Ford Coupe of Wilmington, California. Gonzalez was a member of the Pharaohs of Wilmington car club, and in 1956 his coupe received a flame paint job by Von Dutch.

Mike McAuliffe's 1940 Ford Deluxe Fordor Sedan of Pleasant Hill, California. Restyled by East Bay Speed & Custom, the build was started in 2016 and completed in 2017.

Nick De Simon's 1940 Ford Coupe of Teaneck, New Jersey. Nick worked for his dad at De Simon Auto Body. He was a very talented body man and fabricator, and the coupe was built during weekends, nights, and in Nick's spare time. Featuring a chopped top and channeled body, the build was completed around 1957.

Paul McGill's 1940 Ford Convertible was restyled by Clusters of Grays Harbor member Paul McGill, of Aberdeen, Washington, in the early 1950s.

Paul Michael's 1940 Ford

Ralph Jilek's 1940 Ford

Ray Farhner's 1940 Ford Pickup

Ron Smith's 1940 Ford Coupe, of British Columbia, Canada.

The House Of Chrome 1940 Ford

Ted Graziano's 1940 Ford Sport Custom, of Cranston, Rhode Island.

Ted Maedel's 1940 Ford Convertible of Ohio.

Tim Morton's 1940 Ford Pickup of Kingsburg, California. Morton owned the sectioned and channeled truck in 1980, but it is rumored to have been running around Fresno in the late 1950s. It was also supposedly featured in a 1950s hot rod magazine.