Here we have a 1940 ford Sedan 
Starting with a clean all steel body the sedan has had a few paint jobs and modifications over the years and then it got to us for a fresh start. After taking layers and layers of old paint off, we got down to the nitty gritty of the paint
Welding trunk lid for perfect gap
The first thing we did was line up all panels and cut/ and weld the body seams to get the perfect gap, some metal was taken away, and some metal was added to get clean crisp lines.
Getting Drip Rail Straight, and Fitting Door to roof
Next up we repaired both roof drip rails, and fit the doors to the roof, Older Cars had very poor fit and finish, Alot of metal working and bending goes in to getting perfect gaps.
After Getting the panels fit to the body it was now time to install all latches, this of course required more modification. After getting everything where we wanted, we reinforced the door “strikers” for a more “Solid” door slam.
Fitting the door strikers
Smoothin it out, checking door fitment as we go
Checking trunk fitment
Bare Bones
Once all body panels were fit, and opening and closing as they should, we stripped the car back down to a shell to start the body work.
Now we can concentrate on the shell, the car previously had a smoothed firewall, but the metal was very wavy and stretched out in many places and filled in with a alot of body filler, so we broke out the torches and hammers, and “shrank” the metal back down. Not only did we gain some more room on the firewall, we only need a skim coat of bondo to smooth it back out.
- Shrinkin it down a little more shrinking, and ready for hammer and dolly work
A little more Shrinking and its ready for hammer and dolly work
The interior of the coupe is going to be a one of a kind show stopper. Starting with a completly hand made center console, It houses a 5 In 1 gauge that will be keeping tabs on all engine functions, and has a custom owner made bezels for both the radio, and gauge sourround.
Custom center console, and no those are not cup holders on top, they are ducts for the heater
The dash board will be getting a custom pop out center panel
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