They had located the ’40 coupe, still equipped with a flathead Ford V-8 engine, in west Texas in the fall of 2012. “It was a complete car, except for the gas tank,” said Denise.

After a two-and-a-half year build, the finished coupe found its way to the Goodguys Indy show in 2007, where it picked up one of STREET RODDER's Top 100 awards.

The 1940 Ford coupe with its flathead V-8 is a true icon among car enthusiasts and has a prominent place in American automotive history. As manufactured, it was a standard of sportiness, speed and ...

LAS VEGAS -- Over at the Ford booth, with scores of people milling about, sits a dazzling copper 1940 Ford coupe made by the six-man crew at Hollywood Hot Rods in Burbank.

When Marcus bought the '34 Ford 40 DeLuxe coupe from Lee "Vance" Hulick, another HAMB member, the car was a running project with a Chevy small-block, T5 trans, and 8-inch rear.