For Sale: 1940 Ford Deluxe in Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey

Zoom Classic Cars presents this very unique 1940 Ford Custom Deluxe Coupe. This car started its modified journey back in 1956 when the owner from East Bridgewater MA spent 900 hours crafting a foreign styled 2 seat car with all American parts and dubbed it "Le Cobre". You can see the 1956 Article attached to read the full story. The car went through many iterations through the years and was off the road for a very long time before being found by the current owner in 1994 who began a full restoration and began adding his own unique touches to the vehicle. Today the car is equipped with a rebuilt 351 V8 Mercury with 4 Barrel Edelbrock 600 CFM and Custom Bat Wing Air Cleaner from an an early Cadillac coupled with an FMX Cougar automatic transmission with 3:50 gear ratio with new John's rear end 3rd member. 12 Volt system with alternator. Car has been driven approximately 5K miles on the build with the drivetrain having 28K miles on it when installed. Jade metallic 2 stage point in overall very nice condition. Has yet to be sanded and buffed. The car is mounted on a 1979 Mercury Cougar professionally modified frame that has been shortened 41 inches and narrowed 12 inches. The car is loaded with numerous custom features and options including, Power Tilt Steering with beautiful Superior Wood Steering wheel, Power Brakes, new Classic Instrument gauges, New wiring harness, Ford Mustang retro AM/FM Stereo Radio with Aux connection and Tom Tom GPS integrated into a modified Thunderbird Console. Grey cloth bucket seats from a Pontiac Sunbird in excellent condition with no rips or tears. Full Spare mounted securely behind the seats as shown. Headliner in excellent condition. Custom Blue interior lighting. Exterior of the car is in overall excellent condition with all panels lining up nicely and all the Chrome in excellent condition including the Wurth's Custom 25 Bullet grille and Swan outside mirrors. Additional custom features include shaved door handles, Custom door poppers expertly integrated into the mini fender grilles, Custom Battery cover, 1950 Chevrolet Cowl, 1953 Henry J Roof and back window, 1950's Olds Fiesta Windshield, 1937 Nash rear fenders, Ford front fenders that have been stretched 10 inches and flared, 1961 Dodge Coronet headlights, Frenched 1950 Pontiac Tail lights, 1957 Corvette bumpers with the bumpers reversed front to back and back to front. Very clean trunk compartment where you'll find an all aluminum fuel cell setup. Undercarriage of the car is very clean and features dual flowmaster exhaust that sounds great. The car rides on brand new Yokohama tires mounted on Custom painted steel wheels with Spider Chrome inserts and trim rings. Overall a very beautiful and one-of-a-kind custom build that has been very well maintained and always garaged. Great conversation piece wherever it goes. Runs, drives and handles very well. Stored in MA with clean title in the owner's name. Please click on the Blue "Additional Info" button to see a 2nd video. Call Jeff to schedule a viewing. Thanks for Looking.