Dick's '40

OK folks, let’s say it’s the early to mid 1940’s somewhere in America and you’re a young guy returning home from WWII. OK, better yet, it’s 1949, and the war is over. A young flyboy fighter pilot is home looking for some action on the ground. At his disposal is a barely used 1940 Ford coupe, a Deluxe model with very few miles on the clock and an engine bay that needs to be filled with speed equipment. Let’s just say money is no object, that the family business has done well and you are independently wealthy. Money to burn and a lead foot would best describe this guy. So you search for the best speed equipment money can buy for a flathead Ford. What would you find?

Well, Dick Lewis of Lititz, PA, was thinking of similar scenarios when he built this car. This 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe was built using some rare speed parts that were in short supply and expensive during that era. You may recall that Dick owns an equally impressive roadster (featured in Issue #4) that has just as many, if not more, rare speed goodies.

Read the rest of this article in ISSUE 8: PETE HARRIS' CREAMSICLE