1940 Hot Rods

The experts from Rod & Custom Magazine offer featured 1940 Hot Rods that include street rods, old roadsters, rat rods, and other custom vintage cars. Select a featured article below to view web exclusive hot rod photos, read about modification upgrades, analysis, and more.

1940 Hot Rod Cars

	1940 Ford Coupe - Ohio Style Straight From Arizona Cromling's history with this particular '40 Ford coupe is somewhat unusual in the respect that he has owned this car since 1972. Sure,... more

	1940 Ford Coupe - Forty Be Low It may not always be the first thing that comes to mind when looking at a hopped-up old car, but there's usually a great story of how a... more

	1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe - Pretty Swede Coupe A perfect combo more

	1940 Mercury Coupe - Flattered People who have looked into the custom history know about the Nick Matranga Mercury built by Sam Barris in the late '40s. It was one of the... more

	1940 Chevy - The Bowers Boys - Roddin' Around Ray and George Bowers joined the Philadelphia Modifiers Street Rod Club shortly after the club was formed in 1955. The Bowers Boys were... more

	1940 Oldsmobile Coupe - Auto News and Events Some of you are really getting into the spirit of YYG. Randy Keenan of Colfax, California, sent us a whole envelope full of photos from the... more

	Cool Blue in a 1940 Ford Coupe Every hot rodder probably knew somebody like Ray when they were young--some older guy in the neighborhood who built cars and didn't mind... more

	Matt Hiatt's 1940 Ford Coupe - Young Gun Of The Month more

	Gary & Sue Chapman's 1940 Ford DeLuxe Like many of us, Gary Chapman became infatuated with hot rods as a kid, reading magazines like Rod & Custom , Hot Rod , Honk , Car Craft... more

	James Piper's 1940 Ford Cabriolet more

	Mike Stowe's 1940 Ford Coupe After searching for months, 20-year-old Mike Stowe found this ’40 Ford coupe in a Michigan junkyard and drove it home. This morning,... more

	Josh Bailey's 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe There’s no practical reason to chop a ’40 coupe. But there’s a good reason: it’s bad. Josh Bailey knows it, and... more

	Bob Bruhn's 1940 Ford Sedan Was it a big thrash for Bob Bruhn to finish this car in time for the 2001 Grand National Roadster Show? Yes and no. The buildup was... more

	Blue Blazer with a 1940 Ford Standard Coupe Do you know what the most common car for building a street rod is? It's the car that somebody else started building but never got around to... more

	Kirby Lawrence's 1940 Ford Coupe For me, as a kid in the ’50s, South St. Paul was always known for the stockyards. The aroma briefly filled the air going through town.... more

Chrysler 300 Research

Find new Chrysler 300 information as well as review photos, specs and more. The V6 standard engine in the 300 gives you 178 horsepower with an estimated 22 mpg. It has a 5 star frontal impact rating for the driver and a 5 star frontal impact rating for the passenger.

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	Scientific Study I came across an article from a 1940 issue of Popular Science; apparently they wanted to see how... more
	The model all the kids wish they had. A couple weeks ago I started to build a model of the 1958 Impala from the movie American Graffiti.... more

	Brakes I have a T bucket steel body and Iam going to mount it on a model A frame I have ID the front axle... more
	1940 chevy coupe I just went out in my yard to check my trunk on my 1948 chevy business coup. If you are talking... more
	1940 chevy coupe Start with Chev's of the 40's www.chevsofthe40s.com , then keep an eye on EBay, seen a few parts... more
	Fat Fendered Suspension Need some sage advice. Building a 1940 Ford Coupe, vintage body and frame. Using a French block... more