Re: 1940 rebuild

Posted by Packard Don On 2024/5/13 12:41:50

I used to drive my 1940 110 all over the state of Washington in at least a 100 mile radius from where I lived and even drove it down to San José, CA when I moved there in 1972. It was my resume when I applied for a machine operator job when I was 20 as it showed my mechanical ability after having disassembled and reassembled it as a teenager. Good driving and zippy car and if I wanted to get it back, it is available once again on Facebook Marketplace and still with the same JC Whitney tires it had in the ‘60s! I still have the original seat upholstery and wiring harness too. This car, which was originally a bright blue, was a bit odd in that it had the standard wood grain on the dash, windshield trim and front door window trim but the window trim in the rear was all blue with no trace of it ever having been wood grained. The seats and rear armrests were also blue in a heavy broadcloth.

Coincidentally, I came across this photo of it again yesterday (I may have posted it before) the one and only time I had to use tire chains (which I still have). The tiny bit of primer on the front fender was due to a collision between it and my 1939 Six when the ‘40 slipped sideways in the snow in the driveway which was downhill from where it is in the photo, hitting the ‘39’s rear fender but doing no damage to it. I had just sold the ‘39 but it had not yet been picked up.