40 Ford Raffle

[slowforty]

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I volunteer to drive the 40 to the winners house. If I dont win it.

[BOSSY]

My guess on color is 40 Ford tropical green

[adileo]

Looks like same color as my car. Not sure what they called it in 40 but in 39 it was Dartmouth green.

[Bob NH]

Up until 1936 ,the Ditzler color chart I have shows 10 different shades of green. I would expect some of those carried over to 1940 as well.

[37 Coupe]

Originally Posted by adileo

Looks like same color as my car. Not sure what they called it in 40 but in 39 it was Dartmouth green.

Yosemite green?

[expavr]

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Originally Posted by Bob NH

Up until 1936 ,the Ditzler color chart I have shows 10 different shades of green. I would expect some of those carried over to 1940 as well.

Ford offered three green colors in 1940: Acadia Green, Yosemite Green and Seafoam Gray. I think the color on the coupe is Acadia Green. Yosemite Green is very dark. Seafoam Gray is very light. Acadia Green is in between both and is the color on my 40 Tonner. (photos attached)

[deuce5wndw]

I think it is Cloud mist gray.

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by slowforty

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I volunteer to drive the 40 to the winners house. If I dont win it.

So, if you do win it, are you still going to drive it to the winner's house?

[Alaska Jim]

If I were to win it I would leave it as it is, and drive it all over the lower 48 states before heading for home in Alaska. I probably would ship it from Seattle though. there are a lot of long stretches in Canada with no help, especially for this old of a car. help with experience and parts would be hard to come by.-----Jim

[slowforty]

Definitely Drive it Home at an ever increasing rate of speed

[slowforty]

1200 tickets sol so far.

[Joe Immler]

TJ and Sidevalve. I called Josh and he had sent me my tickets stubs in the mail anyway. Got them Saturday. Thanks

[TJ]

O.K guys the color of the 40 is Cloudmist Gray. If you look at the color chips in the Ditzler paint manual for Fords from 37-48 the Cloudmist Gray chip is on the money for the color on the coupe. Photos , depending on lighting and whether taken indoors or out, can change the actual color on a car. The photos you have seen actually make the color look darker. Posting them from a photo onto a computer also has an effect on the color.

[RalphM]

Originally Posted by Alaska Jim

If I were to win it I would leave it as it is, and drive it all over the lower 48 states before heading for home in Alaska. I probably would ship it from Seattle though. there are a lot of long stretches in Canada with no help, especially for this old of a car. help with experience and parts would be hard to come by.-----Jim

Awe come on Jim, a trip like that would be fun! I'll even take off work and go with you. I just hope it's coming all the way up to North Pole though(already sent off for my tickets).

[Alaska Jim]

Ralph, if I win I will drive it to North Pole, and let you take it for a spin.

[funrunr]

I received my tickets the other day, they spelt congratulations wrong. They spelt it
G O O D L U C K, must have been a typo.

[MuskegonFlatheadFan]

I got my tickets. Bumping this up to promote more sales.

[JSeery]

Originally Posted by 39topless

"spelt" ?

It's a type of flour, he was thinking of the celebration cake!

[Vanspeed]

Originally Posted by 39topless

"spelt" ?

Lol!

[funrunr]

In my defense:

To spell is one of those verbs with both an irregular form and a regular form. (See the table below for some others.) The past tense and the past participle can be written as either spelled or spelt.

Always room to learn something.