Thought i'd go a bit late model lol.
Bob McCoy's '40 Ford Sedan
For people who have never heard of Bob McCoy you need to visit this link:
www.bobmccoyart.com/index.html
He's an extraordinarilly talented hot rod artist, with his work featuring in a lot of the hot rod press and books. This '40 Ford was his high school car, and probably appears in print more than most other hot rods.
He built the car in the mid 50s, using a tidy but stock '40 Ford sedan as the base. The front end was lowered 12" using a Dago'd axle and reversed eye springs, along with much smaller 5.50 x 15 front tyres. The rear tyres were 8.00 x 15, giving a timeless hot rod rake. The engine was a Flathead V-8 pulled out of a drag car, in full race spec.
The car was flamed by Ray Cook, with McCoy adding the lakes pipes and custom nerf bar.
The car was given huge amounts of press between 1955-57, including making the covers of Car Craft, Rodding & Restyling and Hot Rod.
Nothing certain is known about about the whereabouts of the car, though the majority of rumours centre around it being turned into a street rod. Bob McCoy currently owns a '40 Ford Coupe which is running the original nerf bar off the sedan. The sedan is epitomised by '40 Ford owners as inventing "the look".
Matt
Bob McCoy's '40 Ford Sedan
For people who have never heard of Bob McCoy you need to visit this link:
www.bobmccoyart.com/index.html
He's an extraordinarilly talented hot rod artist, with his work featuring in a lot of the hot rod press and books. This '40 Ford was his high school car, and probably appears in print more than most other hot rods.
He built the car in the mid 50s, using a tidy but stock '40 Ford sedan as the base. The front end was lowered 12" using a Dago'd axle and reversed eye springs, along with much smaller 5.50 x 15 front tyres. The rear tyres were 8.00 x 15, giving a timeless hot rod rake. The engine was a Flathead V-8 pulled out of a drag car, in full race spec.
The car was flamed by Ray Cook, with McCoy adding the lakes pipes and custom nerf bar.
The car was given huge amounts of press between 1955-57, including making the covers of Car Craft, Rodding & Restyling and Hot Rod.
Nothing certain is known about about the whereabouts of the car, though the majority of rumours centre around it being turned into a street rod. Bob McCoy currently owns a '40 Ford Coupe which is running the original nerf bar off the sedan. The sedan is epitomised by '40 Ford owners as inventing "the look".
Matt
