If historical past holds true, you’re nearly assured to go away your subsequent automotive present with some form of trophy should you purchase this practice road rod:

The Choose of the Day is a 1940 Ford two-door sedan listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Gilroy, California. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Promoting our stunning, custom-built, award-winning 1940 Ford two-door sedan,” the itemizing begins. “It is a one-of-a-kind road rod with a real authentic metal physique and an entire boxed body. It incorporates a full no-expense-spared frame-off restoration.”

The standard of the construct turns into obvious once we find out about a number of the many awards that the automotive has acquired since completion. The trophy assortment, which will probably be included when the automotive transfers to the brand new proprietor, contains many First Place, Better of Present, Greatest Paint, and Greatest Avenue Rod accolades. One of many images included within the itemizing reveals over a dozen such awards.

What makes this automotive so particular? To start out with, it went via a five-year restoration that was accomplished in 2000. Over the past 20 years, it has been pushed simply 10,000 miles. The unique construct sheet outlines a number of the upgrades, together with shaved doorways, shaved trim, shaved rain gutters, Budnick wheels, a {custom} gasoline door, billet aluminum mirrors, {custom} working boards, a {custom} hood, and dipped window tint. And that’s earlier than we even climb contained in the cabin to understand what occurred there.

Including the “go” to accompany the “present” is a performance-built drivetrain: Energy (far past sufficient energy, I would add) comes from a 350cid small-block V8 with a Weiand 6-71 blower and twin Edelbrock Efficiency four-barrel carburetors. Upgrades embrace a Flowmaster exhaust system, a cultured aluminum radiator, ceramic coated headers, and a Mallory ignition system. Torque is transferred to the rear wheels via a Turbo 350 automated transmission.

It may be rewarding to construct a {custom} automotive from the bottom up and to see it take form. That course of (talking from expertise right here) may also be time-consuming, difficult, and dearer than you had ever imagined. So, to these of you who desire a show-winner with out the stress, right here you go.

“This ’40 Ford is an actual crowd-pleaser, and it instructions plenty of consideration and constructive feedback in all places it goes,” the vendor says. “You’ll at all times be the focus and the speak of the city.”

The asking value is $32,500 – and naturally, all of the awards are a part of the bundle deal.

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