For sale in our Atlanta Showroom is this 1940 Ford Deluxe. The Ford
flathead V8, often called simply the Ford flathead, flathead Ford,
or flatty when the context is implicit in hot-rodding, is one of
the best looking V8 engine of all time. Although the V8
configuration was not new when the Ford V8 was introduced in 1932,
the latter was a market first in the respect that it made an
8-cylinder affordable and a V engine affordable to the emerging
mass market consumer for the first time. It was the first
independently designed and built V8 engine produced by Ford for
mass production, and it ranks as one of the company's most
important developments. The engine was on Ward's list of the 10
best engines of the 20th century. It was a staple of hot rodder's
in the 1950s, and it remains famous in the classic car hobbies even
today, despite the huge variety of other popular V8s that followed.
The good example of a 1940 ford deluxe has white wall tires, cloth
interior and a three speed trans. The only thing it is missing is
you in the driver's seat. To view the car in greater detail,
including 100+ HD photos and HD video, please visit
www.gatewayclassiccars.com. For more information please call the
Atlanta showroom at 678-894-4833 or e-mail us at
[email protected].
