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Originally Posted by mercman from oz
After making some enquiries regarding this Subject, I have located this 1940 Ford Deluxe Convertible Sedan, owned by Dan Snyder. In Dan's own words, this is what he had to say:- "The story is that Ford deleted the Convertible Sedan from their 1940 lineup, but in June of 1939 they produced 6 Convertible Sedans as though they were 1940 models (grille, dashboard, column shift, etc) for use during the 1940 World's Fair. Of these 6, only 2 are known to still exist: one is a Hot Rod in California, and I have the other. Or, this car might have been wrecked and the repair shop had the parts to convert it to look like a 1940. My car is mostly 1940 style, with a few exceptions. The 1940 Convertible Coupe had swing-open vent windows at the leading edge of the door windows, and mine has the same front door windows as a 'regular' 1939 Convertible Sedan. Also, my car has 1939 tail lights. There may be more, but at this point I'm ignorant. S/N 184989374 - putting if firmly into the 1939 model year. Body plate number is 2559, out of the 3561 built in 1939. So it's not even near the end of the run for 1939."
I hope that this added information is of interest to other Ford Barners.
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Personally I do find this "interesting". I also find it yet more of an argument that Ford did NOT produce this model in 1940.
Your car, although processing the "cool" factor" is quite obviously a modified '39.
I can't quite tell from the photo but the dash appears to be from a
closed model (latter production) 1940 car.
Might you post a photo of the floor as well as the firewall?
Thanks.