1939 Ford standard coupe, which do you like better standard or De luxe?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Today on what it’s like 1939 ford standard coupe. Background history period ads, specs and full tour with up close buttons switches and knobs. Which do you like better standard or de luxe? Be sure to stay for name that tune section at the end, my dads favorite band. =)
This absolute gem is currently for sale at classic auto mall in Morgantown Pennsylvania
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Eagles, i cant tell you why
Yeah bubbly, You got it that was dad’s favorite band =)
Saw them with my dad at the place they had the US festivals. The Hell Freezes Over tour. Glad I went.
I have had a 39 Deluxe coupe for 57 years so I’m a long time Deluxe fan.
Nice what’s your favorite things about it what don’t you like, I’ve driven a 40 standard coupe and if it’s like that could use another gear or different rear end that was the only thing that I didn’t like about that car was it was screaming his head off at around 45/50 miles per hour
Beautiful roof line! Represented by 37 Buick and 39 Ford, business coupe in late-30s had one of the most aesthetic profile in car styling.
The 30th is my favorite era outside of the 50s so much innervation and styling in the 30s that often times get looked over.. I’m going to make it a point next year to hit more 30s 40s and 50s cars next year
I like them both. Great looking cars. But the 1940 was one of my all-time best. Great video .
Totally agree I got to drive a 40 ford in the summer it was a cool experience
@@What.its.like. , T-_E--_I_C-‘-_T--_W-
Sorry what??
@@What.its.like. , that was code for the name of the band and song, without wanting to get credit. I just realized I left out the “You”. I’m glad someone guessed it
39, 40 or 41. Great cars.
I can't help but think the age of emmissions exempt retro kits of this type of car would take off
1939 Ford standard coupe, one of my favorite American cars from the 1930s.
Thanks Jay, for a great Ford video! 👍
Thank you so much for watching I’m glad you dig this episode =)
Absolutely agree, they are so much better when they're stock. Great Video!
=) thank you glad you dig
I'm glad you point out the hydraulic brakes! Edsel Ford had to convince his dad to use hydraulic brakes. The way he convinced Herry to use hydraulic brakes was by including the hand brake. Edsel called the hand brake an emergency brake!
I had the complete history of Ford & which included this story. Old Herry didn't trust those new-fangled hydraulic brakes! He liked the mechanical brakes.
So, by including the hand brake got his dad to go along with the change by calling the hand & calling it the emergency brake. Old people!
It’s good to hear that you called the emergency break as well I’m from Western Pennsylvania we have weird names for everything here.., but that’s what I’ve always used it for if the brakes go out you still have that line which generally only works for the rear wheels, I have a 52 Chevy 1 ton truck I had absolutely no brakes the emergency brake wasn’t hooked up either and I drove it 16 miles with no brakes granite I didn’t go over 35 miles an hour and when I needed to stop I did what I said in the video I just figured I’d pass that information off to somebody else that it might help in the future never know when you might need tidbits of information like that.
Emergency brake is what lots of people still call the parking brake.
I never used that break the park I’ve always used the breaking of emergency that’s why I called the emergency brake because if the brakes go out and I need to use the break I don’t say hey I need to use the handbrake to stop I use the emergency brake to stop because it’s an emergency when I use it lol
But if it’s mounted on the consul area then it’s the handbrake because you’re literally using your hand to pull up on it for breaking.. I guess if you use it with your foot it’s an emergency break if you use it with your hand it’s a hand break =P
@@glennso47 - I still call it a hand-brake for cars that have a lever between the seats. It functions as far more than a simple “parking brake”. These new electric systems are crap.
Totally agree the electric peaking brakes are trash
Love your reviews.
BTW: Three on the tree, I believe, refers to the gearshift on the steering column.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you.
Yeah that was my bad I knew it was on the floor I saw it there I think I was thinking of the 40Ford when I was driving it and it was a column shift because 39 was the last year for the Ford mounted shifter until they re-introduced it later on
Glad you dig the channel =)
The 1940 ford is so much more improved.
What a difference a year makes.
Oh man, yeah, I was in H.S. when that song came out, and it was '79, we were coming back from kicking some teams ass in the the S.F. Bay Area..... and the eagles came on, it was that song, > maybe : THE LONG RUN? I remember it , it was a good time. A little bitty , school, going all of the way down to the Bay Area, and > Kicking some "ASS" on that team! Yeah! > Loved it.
The song was Eagles I can’t tell you why.. Eagles was my dad‘s favorite band, when you lose a parent around Christmas things aren’t the same every time Christmas comes around just think of that last christmas.. anyway this song was playing when I left that car on the radio figured that was the song it was meant to be =)
I love the all wood dashboard. Much better looking than today's cheap plastic dashboards.
Me too =)
Jay: Constructive feedback. That Ford had a 3-on-the-floor. Three-on-the-tree referred to a shifter for a 3-speed manual transmission mounted on the steering column (the tree).
And that box you called a fuse box was the voltage regulator for the charging system.
Thank you so much for those corrections I’m really good at misspeaking lol
I reviewed a 40 Ford as well and by that time it was a three speed on the tree and I think my mind went back to the car for some reason even though these cars are two totally different cars different interior dash in the 40 Ford.. And the windshield doesn’t crank out
The steering wheel was large because you needed the torque to turn the wheels. Manual steering was a bitch. That appears to be a 1951 Ford next to the '39. I got a peek at the grille.
Definitely prefer the 1939 Deluxe...very nice, full, and rounded styling with minimal chrome trim. The 1939 Standard was basically a 1938 Ford Deluxe with minor trim changes. Henry Ford was very thrifty and insisted that the body of the more expensive Ford become the body of the cheaper Ford in the following model year (this happened for a few years in the late 1930s). Plymouth was rising fast in sales at that time...mostly at the expense of Ford. The advantage that Ford had over Chevrolet and Plymouth at the time was the V-8 (and better styling). However, Plymouth was the most progressive in engineering which was its greatest advantage. Many buyers of the low-priced cars in that era were satisfied with a 6-cylinder engine (only offered by both Chevrolet and Plymouth). Henry Ford despised 6-cylinder engines...but finally relented for the 1941 Ford.
I’m a sucker for the 41 Plymouth the lines are just gorgeous the only daughter is the engine only produced like 20 or maybe 30 hp at most if I’m thinking the same yea i’m a sucker for the 41 Plymouth the lines are just gorgeous the only daughter is the engine only produced like 20 or maybe 30 hp at most if I’m thinking the right year..
Thank you so much for adding all the insight =)
I like the Standard best. Back in the late 1970's my dad had a black 1937 Ford Coup that needed some work to get it running and street safe. We would work on the engine a few times before he sold it. Too bad, I think it would have been a fun project to bring it back to life. I remember finding acorns in the glove box and upholstery. I guess it was a home to a squirrel or two.
Since you mention Classic Auto Mall in Morgantown Pa....
I decided to Google....only about an Hour drive from me.
I wish I could buy it, but lack of Funds and Garage Space are a problem.
Owned a 39 Pontiac sedan years ago....miss having old car to drive for fun.
Most definitely go and check it out they don’t charge admission make a whole day of it if you get to talk to anybody tell them J from what it’s like sent you =)
You’ll see stuff that you never see well then again that side of the state is totally different than this side of the state there’s a lot more preservation of older cars over there for some reason, not to say that we don’t have Classic Cars here because we do it’s just I’ve looked all year and haven’t seen a Hudson or a Nash at a car show.
My favorite the 39 Ford coupe deluxe
Thanks the review and the information on 1939 being the last year of the crank out window at 12:49.
Thanks for digging this episode =)
I really liked seeing the interior of this 39.
I had front end body parts of a 38 coupe.
I will send pics on FB if I can find them.
Sounds good man look forward to it =)
just beautiful, the 1939 best coupé ever! of course I like both, but Standard is my girl so, for this reason I rather that. thank for sharing.
I grew up with these cars in my childhood and you're right it's 100% stupid to chop the top on them those cars were the perfect the best-looking car to this day of all time was the 39 and 40 Ford coupe the most fastest car for running the moonshine back in the day 🚩💯
Great minds think a like it absolutely kills me whenever people decide to take a really nice car and chop the roof off of it take the gauges out that work and put LED gauges in it it just has a really tacky feel but That’s just my opinion
My Dad's 1st car was a '39 Standard 2dr sedan. It was a battleship gray color. It was 12 yrs old when he got it at age 18 in '51. Like many young men, he tricked it out a little so eventually it had fender skirts, painted on WWW, Sears radio, visor, mud flaps, etc. It was taken on 2 annual road trips in '51 and '52 from Minnesota out to the west coast and back. Lots of photos from those trips show it somewhere in the mountains or plains or camped on the side of the road overnight. It used a lot of oil apparently. One photo of a camp site the trunk is open and there is a 5 gallon bucket of oil visible.
His car sounds awesome besides the whole oil consumption issue, thank you so much fir sharing that memory with us =)
That was the least expensive Ford car for 1939. Interesting that it has no options, radio, clock or heater. The right tail light was also an option and a mandatory option in states where required by law.
Yeah totally agree I’m going to do a Packard next from the 30s cheapest Packard you could buy 115 series would you left a really good impression on me I was gonna wait a little while to do it but I love Packards and I’ve waited all week to do that one so it’s time.. That’s going to be tomorrow’s episode unless something comes up
@@What.its.like. looking forward to it 😀.
@@What.its.like. On new cars the parking brakes are now electronic rather than cable operated. Which do you like better?
In 1939 didn’t ford offer a 6? Or did they only offer v8?!
@@glennso47 V8s only.
Great video! I have a stock '38 Ford V8 which is really similar to this one. You missed the light switch which is the round circle on the steering wheel and what you called the fusebox actually is the voltage regulator.
Thank you so much for fixing those corrections =)
I like the way you show the original brochures - very interesting. Love that Ford called them "Fordor" and "Tudor" for four-door and two-door!
Thank you so much is one of the aspects that I love to I love all the old artwork.. I try to format these in such a way as if you were going to go purchase this car tomorrow.. =)
Nice video of a beautiful car. I had a 39 Ford coupe delux. It had a 48 Merc 296 cu. in. engine and would really go. I could beat most 57 Chevys off of the line. Also.... A floor shift is not "Three on The Tree." That would have been a column shift. Also the "Fuse Box" was actually the voltage regulator.
Thank you so much for sharing that awesome story as well as memory and as well as all the corrections =)
@@What.its.like. It had Fenton heads, Edlebrock headers and manifold, 3 Stromberg 97 carburators, Harmon-Collins dual point ignition, bored and stroked to 296 cu. in. and a 411 rear end. We used to go down to the Great Highway next to the ocean in San Francisco and drag race from about 15 MPH in second gear up to about 80 MPH. Topping it off with a visit to Mel's Drive In on Van Ness Ave. Those where the "Happy Days."
It might have had an Offenhauser manifold and Edlebrock cam. It was back in 1959--a long time ago.
The correct title of The Eagles' song is "I Can't Tell You Why".
Hey Jay, this 38 Ford is a real golden oldie!!! It's in great shape too!!! I can picture Bonnie & Clyde driving around in a beauty like this!!! Thanks for sharing this fun video!!! 👍👍🎄
Yeah totally =)
You can’t picture them driving around in a ‘38 Ford - they both were killed in spring of 1934 …
I believe Clyde wrote to Henry Ford thanking him for the V8 powered get-away car he used.
Another winner Jay. Thanks
Thank you =)
The ‘39 and ‘40 Fords had a lot going for them. I was never a huge fan of that flathead V8, but for the time, it was pretty good. My favorite engine of that era was the Buick OHV I-8 - fantastically smooth and torquey.
But even with that, it’s amazing that these Fords were so well engineered.
I wanted to do that Buick in the background so bad didn’t get to tho maybe next time
this one is very nice. That said? The 40 was the one lots of guys wanted when I started driving, omg 59 years ago. Helped my buddies build a few, high school autoshop gys had a number of the 40 model.
I’ve been in both I think I like the 39 better than the 40 the 39 has these weird windows where you crank it down just a wee bit and it moves over before it goes down the windshield cranks out the 39 it doesn’t in the 40.. but that’s just my opinion.. I want to do a 39 deluxe would like to hit all of the body styles really =)
I own a 1939 standard tudor sedan that has the V8 60 and I like the standard body style and trim. I also like the '39 in general because it is first year with synchronized transmission and juice brakes, the last year for floor shift (not "three on the tree as described in your video)and the last year for tip out windshield and cigar windows.
Awesome thank you for that correction =) your car sounds really cool
I have no idea why you said three on the tree I saw the stick shift right next to me
Wow! That car is soooo original. It should definitely be kept as is as a reference car for restorers, and it's next owner should resist the temptation to fit a second tail light. Was that one the 60 HP engine? It did look very small. The 39 gearbox was the last floorshift, and was the preferred gearbox for hotrodders using flatheads. And your comment about 3 on the tree was thus a bit foot in mouth. There was another great background car. Was the convertible sedan a 38 Buick?
I wanted to do the Buick so bad but I didn’t do it because the top wasn’t on it right awesome catch too by the way I messed up it wasn’t supposed to say three on the tree it was a three speed on the floor.
This might be the nicest original 39 Ford standard coupe that I’ve ever seen I was supposed to do a 39 Ford sedan earlier this year but things changed and wasn’t able to do it plan on doing all of the body styles =)
Looking at the names on the controls, you didn't mention the choke that was above the ashtray and the throttle that was above the lighter. I don't understand the throttle control since the gas pedal controls the throttle. My first car had a choke control. That controls the air going into the carburetor, which, when the control handle is pulled out, cuts down the air allowed in the carburetor, making the fuel mixture run rich. Usually when the engine is cold you pull the choke all the way out to get the engine started and as the engine speeds up you push the choke in to give more air to the mixture and control the idol speed of the engine. When the car warms up, you push the choke all the way in, allowing the choke plate on the carburetor to be fully open. The throttle is the plate that controls the amount of fuel mixture to go from the carburetor into the engine. The more open that is, the faster the engine runs, which relates to the speed at which the car moves. That is all controlled by the gas pedal, so why the throttle control on the dashboard?
Hand throttle is like a very crude cruise control, personally I love manual choke if it vapor locks you have control over that with manual choke
I bought a tudor out of a junkyard in Hurley WI in '74, brakes sill worked, I got it running later, sold it to a guy from Iowa. Note; That is not a 'fuse box' on the firewall, that is the voltage regulator, fuse thing is under the dash. To me, the best looking is the '38 model, that is after the best of all '34's. Edsel Ford knew what a car should look like, he was a style genius, he made the GM's look like ugly stogies, and they were, Ford was the style king.
Thank you so much for that correction.. totally agree edsel was one heck of a designer and doesn’t get the credit he desires
9:22 The side windows rolled down that way in order to provide you with a "vent." 0:18 Thanks for putting the Packard coupe in the intro. Looks just like the one my dad had when he was in high school. He was later sorry he sold it when he was drafted into WWII in 1942. I'm sorry too! 1:32 Before watching your channel, I never knew that Bob Gregory was an Extra Terrestrial. 😉 Maybe that's why his designs were outta this world.
Could you tell I was really intrigued about how that window operated. I never saw a window like that. That’s how his name was spelled E.T. Lol
My father taught me another way to stop if the brakes failed:
"LOOK FOR SOMETHING CHEAP!"
I was going to add that look so something that won’t sue of hurt to bad
Awesome car.
It was
1940 Ford deluxe coup
"I can't tell you why", the Eagles
Yep =)
Very cool and solid looking automobile! 😎 Love the beautiful spacious interior! I do prefer the look of the standard myself . Cool video 😎😃
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I'll take one of each 👍
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I like the looks of the standard coupe. The single master brake cylinder was not something I liked. Even GM used single masters up to 1966, changing to duals in 1967. Liked the 55 Chevy Panel Wagon in the background.
Yeah but it’s not the end of the world if brakes go out, I figured I’d let people in on that information I drove my 52 Chevy 1 ton Dually truck 16 miles with absolutely no brakes The emergency brake wasn’t even hooked up I use the transmission stop I was that guy though I didn’t go over 35 miles an hour because 35 miles an hour in a truck that you know has no brakes it’s fast enough
Fun fact: RAMBLER introduced tandem master cylinders in 1962 !! Rambler/AMC came up with a lot of great ideas and designs in the 60’s. It’s such a shame that they didn’t survive.
Also, Corvettes with power brakes had tandem master cylinders starting in ‘65 …
Totally agree I love ramblers =) wish they made it thank you so much for adding that information I heard studebaker was the first to make a dual master cylinder with two sides to the lines
@@What.its.like. - The way I heard it, a company called Wagner Electric brought out the first tandem master cylinder, and that company was later acquired by Studebaker.
But speak of Studebaker, they “invented” the hill-holder system for manual transmissioned cars way back in 1936 !
Yeah you’re totally right it was Wagner electric that’s how I heard it as well but Studebaker bought them out or something like that.. =)
I had one just like that except it had a 347 Pontiac engine with 3 deuces in it. Never should have sold it.
That car sounds sick wonder if it’s still around
What was your favorite memory =) of that car
Real cars
Ah, yes. The last half of the 1930s. When Ford carried the previous year’s Deluxe body style over as this year’s Standard body style.
Yeah it was Interesting and everyone marketed their products differently
You mentioned 3 on the tree . Don’t think that was available on the Ford until 1940 . Also the wipers were moved to the cowl position for ‘40 . Many 40 fronts were put on ‘39’s but the shift and wipers give it away as a 39.
It was information from a site that gets a lot wrong I think i got confused with how the 1940 was a three speed column shift I mean I saw the shifter on the floor.. =) thank you for the correction
@@What.its.like. I wasn’t trying to be a wise guy or know it all but just know a little about the difference between a ‘39 and ‘40 Ford . That’s all . Btw , I think the deluxe out sold the standard in 39 . Not sure about the 40 .
Not many 60 hp flathead motors around as many were used in midget racers . Or so I’ve been told . Think the 85 hp was originally a truck motor . I relay enjoy your site and info . Love looking at those .
Thank you so much =)
Standard
Remember a guy in my hometown had got his hands on a 2door coup he destroyed it in a week just thrashed it to death last time I seen it it was munted
Wow that’s crazy
@@What.its.like. that was back In about 1968 in New Zealand he rolled it at least once it had road rash all up one side
I’ve got one
Sweet how do you like it
What do you like the most about it what do you like the least about it
Standard is prettier than deluxe
Totally agree =)
3 on tree?-looks like 3 on floor.
Yep I was thinking of the 44 that I drove earlier this year I even saw the stick shift on the floor and I still said it was a three On the tree lol
I dunno. Unsynchronized first gear.
How do you work on that engine? Are the sides easily removed?
It would be hard I have no idea I think everything comes off you’d have to take the fenders off and everything else.. when my friend installed my V-8 engine into my Chevy truck they took off all of the fenders and everything just easier to do it that way a lot more work but nothing was in the way
You probably got answers to this already, but, just in case: I had a 39 Ford Coupe identical to this for 20 years. The vent panels screw on and off at the fender which opens the bay up for working or driving without them. It's so spacious that I actually would climb over INTO the engine bay to work on the engine. Hope this helps.
I just bought one yesterday. There is a hole on floor on drivers side . There is a bowl or something there, what is it for?
Brake master cylinder?
@@What.its.like. That's correct. Still learning here.
@@wildeve2003 =) is the battery under the hood or in the floor on the other side that’s the way my 52 Chevy is
I’m still learning as well but love vintage cars
....the '37, '38, and '39 standards are unattractive from the front due to the headlights being too close together yielding an unappealing face.....the "39 deluxe is a much more modern ( and appealing) looking car from the front, imo.
I don’t know I I kinda like it I like it a whole lot better than the Buick styling from I think it’s a little bit later they almost look like they have a Bird beak
V8 4spd
60 HP ?
60 and 85 Hp
classiccarcatalogue.com/FORD_USA_1939.html
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Totally agree
No contest. The '39 Deluxe is head & shoulders more desirable. Btw, the '39 is the first year for hydraulic brakes, and the last year for crank out windshield & floor shift - and much more.
All great points I too like the 39 over the 40 =)