This 1940 Ford is one of the best looking and most iconic woodie designs, and is offered for cheaper than we typically find a ’40. It is offered in mostly complete driver condition with a GM drivetrain and an improperly mounted longboard. We’d add an economy paint job in cream or navy and sort out the rest of the details while driving it. Find it here on eBay in Oceanside, California.

The front of the 1940 model has the best looking grille design of the era, and these aftermarket steel wheels and hubcaps look good enough and might be helped with some taller tire sidewalls.

The wood is in serviceable but not perfect condition the goal in purchasing one of these is to have he wood already done, as replacement wood kits and labor will easily match this cars opening bid. The tailgate and spare tire holder look to be in good shape as well.

The vintage banjo wheel is fairly thrashed but a replacement could likely be found cheaper than restoring this one.

Roof slats and three benches are all just as we’d want them. There are too many surf stickers for a wagon with a board mounted upside down, so we’d scrape off 90% of them.

Power comes from a SBC that looks very ’90s. If keeping the engine we’d take it in a ’55 aesthetic direction and maybe hide it under a Caddy style air filter housing.

Overall this seems like a worthy driver/project. We want to know more about the 4-link suspension, but overall this seems like a great entry into the ’40 Woodie world.