The Ford Barn

slowforty · 01-19-2016, 08:39 PM

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I volunteer to drive the 40 to the winners house. If I dont win it.

BOSSY · 01-19-2016, 09:32 PM

My guess on color is 40 Ford tropical green

adileo · 01-20-2016, 06:16 AM

Looks like same color as my car. Not sure what they called it in 40 but in 39 it was Dartmouth green.

Bob NH · 01-20-2016, 11:25 AM

Up until 1936 ,the Ditzler color chart I have shows 10 different shades of green. I would expect some of those carried over to 1940 as well.

37 Coupe · 01-20-2016, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adileo

Looks like same color as my car. Not sure what they called it in 40 but in 39 it was Dartmouth green.

Yosemite green?

expavr · 01-20-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob NH

Up until 1936 ,the Ditzler color chart I have shows 10 different shades of green. I would expect some of those carried over to 1940 as well.

Ford offered three green colors in 1940: Acadia Green, Yosemite Green and Seafoam Gray. I think the color on the coupe is Acadia Green. Yosemite Green is very dark. Seafoam Gray is very light. Acadia Green is in between both and is the color on my 40 Tonner. (photos attached)

deuce5wndw · 01-20-2016, 01:28 PM

I think it is Cloud mist gray.

CarlG · 01-20-2016, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by slowforty

Official Announcement
I volunteer to drive the 40 to the winners house. If I dont win it.

So, if you do win it, are you still going to drive it to the winner's house?

Alaska Jim · 01-20-2016, 03:19 PM

If I were to win it I would leave it as it is, and drive it all over the lower 48 states before heading for home in Alaska. I probably would ship it from Seattle though. there are a lot of long stretches in Canada with no help, especially for this old of a car. help with experience and parts would be hard to come by.-----Jim

slowforty · 01-20-2016, 06:14 PM

Definitely Drive it Home at an ever increasing rate of speed

slowforty · 01-25-2016, 12:44 PM

1200 tickets sol so far.

Joe Immler · 01-25-2016, 12:49 PM

TJ and Sidevalve. I called Josh and he had sent me my tickets stubs in the mail anyway. Got them Saturday. Thanks

TJ · 01-25-2016, 04:08 PM

O.K guys the color of the 40 is Cloudmist Gray. If you look at the color chips in the Ditzler paint manual for Fords from 37-48 the Cloudmist Gray chip is on the money for the color on the coupe. Photos , depending on lighting and whether taken indoors or out, can change the actual color on a car. The photos you have seen actually make the color look darker. Posting them from a photo onto a computer also has an effect on the color.

RalphM · 01-25-2016, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Alaska Jim

If I were to win it I would leave it as it is, and drive it all over the lower 48 states before heading for home in Alaska. I probably would ship it from Seattle though. there are a lot of long stretches in Canada with no help, especially for this old of a car. help with experience and parts would be hard to come by.-----Jim

Awe come on Jim, a trip like that would be fun! I'll even take off work and go with you. I just hope it's coming all the way up to North Pole though(already sent off for my tickets).

Alaska Jim · 01-25-2016, 11:36 PM

Ralph, if I win I will drive it to North Pole, and let you take it for a spin.

funrunr · 01-26-2016, 06:15 AM

I received my tickets the other day, they spelt congratulations wrong. They spelt it
G O O D L U C K, must have been a typo.

MuskegonFlatheadFan · 02-04-2016, 11:44 AM

I got my tickets. Bumping this up to promote more sales.

JSeery · 02-04-2016, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 39topless

"spelt" ?

It's a type of flour, he was thinking of the celebration cake!

Vanspeed · 02-04-2016, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by 39topless

"spelt" ?

Lol!

funrunr · 02-04-2016, 03:34 PM

In my defense:

To spell is one of those verbs with both an irregular form and a regular form. (See the table below for some others.) The past tense and the past participle can be written as either spelled or spelt.

Always room to learn something.

01-19-2016, 08:39 PM	#41
slowforty BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,200	Re: 40 Ford Raffle Official Announcement I volunteer to drive the 40 to the winners house. If I dont win it.

01-19-2016, 09:32 PM	#42
BOSSY Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: UXBRIDGE, MA. Posts: 316	Re: 40 Ford Raffle My guess on color is 40 Ford tropical green __________________ BOSSY

01-20-2016, 11:25 AM	#44
Bob NH Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Meredith, N.H. Posts: 816	Re: 40 Ford Raffle Up until 1936 ,the Ditzler color chart I have shows 10 different shades of green. I would expect some of those carried over to 1940 as well.

01-20-2016, 01:28 PM	#47
deuce5wndw Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Liberty, KY Posts: 1,024	Re: 40 Ford Raffle I think it is Cloud mist gray.

01-20-2016, 03:19 PM	#49
Alaska Jim Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 1,594	Re: 40 Ford Raffle If I were to win it I would leave it as it is, and drive it all over the lower 48 states before heading for home in Alaska. I probably would ship it from Seattle though. there are a lot of long stretches in Canada with no help, especially for this old of a car. help with experience and parts would be hard to come by.-----Jim

01-20-2016, 06:14 PM	#50
slowforty BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,200	Re: 40 Ford Raffle Definitely Drive it Home at an ever increasing rate of speed

01-25-2016, 12:44 PM	#51
slowforty BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tinley Park Ill Posts: 1,200	Re: 40 Ford Raffle 1200 tickets sol so far.

01-25-2016, 12:49 PM	#52
Joe Immler Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Massillon, Ohio Posts: 786	Re: 40 Ford Raffle TJ and Sidevalve. I called Josh and he had sent me my tickets stubs in the mail anyway. Got them Saturday. Thanks

01-25-2016, 04:08 PM	#53
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,774	Re: 40 Ford Raffle O.K guys the color of the 40 is Cloudmist Gray. If you look at the color chips in the Ditzler paint manual for Fords from 37-48 the Cloudmist Gray chip is on the money for the color on the coupe. Photos , depending on lighting and whether taken indoors or out, can change the actual color on a car. The photos you have seen actually make the color look darker. Posting them from a photo onto a computer also has an effect on the color.

01-25-2016, 11:36 PM	#55
Alaska Jim Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 1,594	Re: 40 Ford Raffle Ralph, if I win I will drive it to North Pole, and let you take it for a spin.

01-26-2016, 06:15 AM	#56
funrunr Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Belleville,MI Posts: 1,478	Re: 40 Ford Raffle I received my tickets the other day, they spelt congratulations wrong. They spelt it G O O D L U C K, must have been a typo. __________________ Thank God this is only a hobby!

02-04-2016, 11:44 AM	#57
MuskegonFlatheadFan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 260	Re: 40 Ford Raffle I got my tickets. Bumping this up to promote more sales.

02-04-2016, 03:34 PM	#60
funrunr Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Belleville,MI Posts: 1,478	Re: 40 Ford Raffle In my defense: To spell is one of those verbs with both an irregular form and a regular form. (See the table below for some others.) The past tense and the past participle can be written as either spelled or spelt. Always room to learn something. __________________ Thank God this is only a hobby!