1940 ford V-8 difficult to start after running

[Tom/SC]

I would suspect that the coil is your problem.If you have not already done do, send your ignition coil to Skip Haney in Florida. He rebuilds the coil and does a super job. This is one of the first steps that I take when we restore a flathead Ford with the coil mounted one top of the distributor. Even the NOS ones tend to break down when they are hot. His ad is listed in the V8 Times.