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Cliff Wiles
has been in rodding so long he is
almost a legend. Having had some fabulous forties - a '40 Woody, a
rare '40 Panel Van, and
an even rarer '40 roadster, there is a reasonable expectation that
his next car will be a Ford powered '40. Cliff found a Californian '40 Standard
coupe on eBay, in the possession of the
son of the original owner. The car turned out to be exactly as advertised; a rust
free rolling car with no motor.
That is refreshing to hear, given the number of scammers who prey on
eBayers, and it set the whole project off to a good start.◄ |
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In the beginning, there was a Ford. In this
case a damned nice, straight, '40 Standard coupe. It now wears
Deluxe front sheet metal.
Cliff likes the old school flavour of Cragar SS mags, but there is
nothing old school about the all alloy quad cam 32 valve Lexus V8
though.
A massive steel plate on either side of each frame rail allows the
rear suspension rubber mounts to bolt between the Jaguar 'cage' and
the chassis.
The body has been trial fitted on the 2-pack silver chassis, and it
is good to go.
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The front suspension is from the same Jaguar Series 3 that donated
the rear suspension. The '91 Lexus motor will run all the power
options.
The original frame was modified to allow the 4 speed automatic box
out through the bottom, if it is ever necessary.
Cliff points out the bracketry for the rear suspension
mounts. Note the bulk of the bracket.
A lot of rodders let their Jaguar out of the cage, but as the rear
end can't be seen under a '40, Cliff left the suspension in the
stock cage, as all the engineering has been done at the factory.
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Jaguar suspensions are all rubber mounted - Cliffs approach is to
use those rubber mounts, front and back.
All the brake lines are polished stainless steel. Note the stock
brake pedal pivot assembly and adaptor for the master cylinder &
power booster. Very functional and simple to adapt.
Here is a neat way to absorb longitudinal forces while maintaining
the correct geometry for the trailing arms.
If you run out of fuel on a long distance run, and this Blood Orange
'40 coupe is around, you will be glad that Cliff opted for a 95 litre stainless steel tank.
It sits where the stock tank once lived.
Accreditation: The Editor,
and Cliff Wiles
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