Tony's 40 ford

We're working on this project for Tony Miller. His vision began with the notion that the 40 Ford convertible is pretty much the ugly duckling of that model year (apologies to lovers of 40 Ford convertibles) and it would be much improved if it had the roof and side glass from a 46 convertible. He collaborated with a photoshop artist and came up with the rendering above.

Since 40 and 46 convertibles are rather expensive cars to be chopping up that was the end of the exercise until someone suggested that the effect could be accomplished by putting a Carson style top on a coupe. About that time a coupe project car became available for a reasonable price and the project progressed from paper to steel.

In the process of working on the rendering Tony added several other modifications to improve the overall profile, stance and proportions of the car. These include a two and a half inch channel, moving the front wheels and wheel wells forward two inches, lowering the car, radiusing the fenders, chopping the windshield, and a few other changes along the way.

Follow along as we transform a rough 40 Ford coupe into a phantom 40 ford convertible that never was but, should have been.