A ‘40 project for Kube?
 

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I'd be willing to bet that Mike wouldn't have anything to do with THAT if it was FREE, and delivered! But, what do I know? DD

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She burned up real good!

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Must not have been that of a "high end build" $6000 for a title seems a little high. Sorry to see another old Ford meet it's demise.

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$600 maybe.

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Good for a stock car

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Now ,,,That’s Patina...!!!

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That looks a lot like the car my friend lost last year due to old tires. I posted pictures in my MISC folder when it happened. And yes that car had flames painted on the front before the blown tire took out the gas tank filler neck.

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/attac...p;d=1609445791
Another Early Ford V8 lost - pity.

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I seem to remember that a guy on the H.A.M.B. took on a badly burned '40 coupe a few years ago. He had some problems but seemed to have a good grasp of metal and it's properties and the car turned out pretty well.

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That car has been annealed.

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From what I remember, that is correct.

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Another El Matador prospect?

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Ah....Bill Cushenberry in the early '60s. I loved that thing back then.


https://th.bing.com/th/id/R06ac2e5af...sl=&pid=ImgRaw


It burned while in storage about '93. I heard that it had been pretty much restored, except with a late Ford Engine. This thing was for sale around '63 for $5 grand with no takers. Of course, you could buy a new Vette for $4K then, too. DD


https://kustomrama.com/w/images/8/81...l-matador9.jpg

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BUT......that seemingly ain't no big deal if the right folks are involved. Many of you will remember Tom Medley's ("Stroker McGurk") '40 coupe that caught fire in his garage I believe around 2011. Burned the car and his garage to a crisp. That '40 meant more to Tom than his right arm. An army of volunteers lead-up by Jack Chisenhall donated their time, labor, money and parts to restore that coupe and present it back to Tom looking just like it had before the fire. Seen here back in all of it's glory when presented to Tom after the rebuild. So, as seen by the carnage in the second picture, it does seem possible to restore this kind of catastrophic damage. Also see the "El Matador" example that I posted elsewhere in this thread. Some of you old guys should remember both of these legendary coupes and their owners. DD


https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...a-jpg.1724108/


https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...e-jpg.1719762/


https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...r-jpg.1719763/



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When fire fighers get involved soon enough in a fire, they start spraying water to aid in fire termination and to cool things so a lot depends on what happened. I've seen cars that melted away in garage fires to where it was just a lump of metal left. Part of annealing steel is the cool down process.

It looks like some of the body parts are salvageable. The hood is toast but many other parts may be OK.

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Yep, I remember all those guys and cars. I think I built a model of the El Matador. The annealed metal certainly moves easier.

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Purchased a pair of 32 sedan doors & a 32 frame that were in a barn fire, only needed the hinges from the doors which were usable but the sheet metal portion had gotten so hot the upper door frames had sagged to a near semi circle & the metal would crack with the slightest tweaking, the garnish mouldings being of much lighter gauge curled up in a dozen directions. the frame I assume was standing on end against an outside wall & bowed from the 'K' member back but useable from the 'K' forward.

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High end build with chevy motor seems like an oxymoron.

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"High End" means that it took more money than sense to build it. They should have spent some sense on fire safety. Rubber fuel lines can cause fires like this.