1940 Ford Rat Hot Rod Pickup Truck
Up for auction today is a 1940 Ford Pickup. This is an excellent project vehicle for someone intending on making a hot rod or rat rod. There is all NEW front suspension including, new front I-beam axle, new king pins, new Ford spindles, new GM spindle adapters, new GM rotors, new bearings, new cross steering link, new chrome heim joints, new front slide spring and mounts, new 4 bar control arms and mounts. There is all new rear suspension as well, including new quiet ride composite leaf springs, new shackles, new u-bolts, new mounts, new shocks, new bushings, ALL NEW!!! Over $2000 invested in the suspension alone and you can look up the parts at Speedway Motors. Most of the parts have flash rusted over the winter on me, but all the components were left unpainted until after mock up, won't take much to clean up. The rear axle is an 8.8 Ford axle, and from what I can tell it is out of a late 60’s early 70’s Ford Mustang, Torino, or Mercury Cougar. The old axle mounts have been ground off and new mounts are ...
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